neuter accusative singular, past participle of bhāsati; or nominative/accusative singular neuter of bhāsita (adjective)
Analysis. bhāsati is a root verb meaning 'to speak' or 'say'; bhāsitaṁ is the past participle in accusative form, often appearing in stock formulas like 'tathāgato bhāsito' (the Tathāgata's words) or as the object of verbs of speaking.
Etymology. The root bhās- (to shine, speak) is connected to the Sanskrit bhāṣ- (to speak) and more distantly to the Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (to shine, speak). The sense of 'speaking' developed from the image of brightness or clarity issuing forth—compare English beam and Sanskrit bhāti (shines).
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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