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bhāvanīyo

bhāvanīya

masc nom sg of bhāvanīya (ptp)

1. respected; honoured; worthy of esteem; lit. to cause to be
2. to be cultivated; lit. to cause to be

Etymology. bhāve + anīya; from √bhū 'be, become'; Sanskrit bhāvanīya [bhū]

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

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