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bhāvitā

bhāvita

masc nom pl of bhāvita (pp); fem nom sg of bhāvita (pp); fem nom pl of bhāvita (pp); nt nom pl of bhāvita (pp); …

1. cultivated; developed; lit. caused to be
2. (comm) Jain doctrinal term for the pleasure of the five senses; lit. caused to be
3. (comm) object of desire; object of sensual pleasure; lit. caused to be

Built from

• bhāv — root · to be, become
  The root √bhū 'to be' takes the causative suffix -aya-, here seen as -āv-. The concrete image is growth and becoming; the abstract extension to 'cultivate' means to cause growth in the mind or practice.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Marks a completed action (passive voice in meaning): what has been caused to become, i.e. what has been cultivated or developed. Used here in nominative case agreement with the noun it modifies.

Etymology. bhāvita is the past participle of bhāveti (causative of bhavati 'to be, become'), formed from the root √bhū 'to be, become, grow'. The sense 'cultivated' derives from the causative: what is caused to be/grow is cultivated or developed. Related to Sanskrit bhāvita, and distantly to English 'be' and German 'bin'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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