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bhinnā

bhinna

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

1. broken; cracked; damaged
2. split; split apart; broken
3. separated; differentiated; lit. split
4. (of speech) broken into; spoken; said
5. (of the Saṅgha) divided; split

Etymology. √bhid + na; from √bhid 'break, split'; Sanskrit bhinna [bhid]

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

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