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bhūtena

bhūta

masc instr sg of bhūta (pp); nt instr sg of bhūta (pp); nt instr sg of bhūta (noun); masc instr sg of bhūta (noun)

1. bhūta (pp): existing; born; living; lit. become
2. bhūta (pp): true; correct; genuine; accurate; lit. become
3. bhūta (nt): being; living being; entity; lit. become
4. bhūta (pp): become; born
5. bhūta (nt): state; elemental state; element; lit. become
6. bhūta (masc): plant; lit. grown
7. bhūta (masc): born being; animal; creature; lit. become
8. bhūta (pp): like; as; similar to; lit. become
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Built from

• bhū — root · become, be
  The core verbal root expressing existence and becoming. Cognates: Sanskrit bhū, Greek φύω phúō, Latin fuī, English be—all from Indo-European *bʰeuH- 'grow, become, be'.
• -ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta suffix forms a past participle from the verbal root, here 'that which has become', hence 'existing, true, genuine'. In instrumental singular it functions adverbially or as a means/agent.

Etymology. Past participle of √bhū (become, be), cognate with Sanskrit bhūta, Greek φύω phúō (grow, produce), Latin fuī (I was), and English be. The root expresses becoming and existing; bhūta as a noun means a being or creature, and as an adjective, what has become or come to pass, hence true or genuine.

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

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