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### Bhaggava

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Pāḷi Text Society
Pāḷi English Dictionary
Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]

Bhaggava: [cp. Sk. *bhārgava, a der. fr. bhr.gu, and bhargah., of same root as Lat. fulgur lightning; Gr. flo/c light; Ger. blitzen, blank; Ags. blanca white horse, all of the idea of "shining, bright, radiant." - How the meaning "potter" is connected with this meaning, is still a problem, perhaps we have to take the word merely as an Epithet at the one passage where it occurs, which happens to be in the Kumbhakāra-jātaka, v. 6, 7. i. e. the "Jātaka of the potter"] potter...J III.381, 382, in voc. bhaggava (m.) and bhaggavī (f.). The terms are not expld in C., evidently because somewhat obscure...
Bhaggavant (adj. n.) [fr. bhagga2, cp. Sk. and P. bhāgyavant] having good luck or auspices, fortunate; in def. of "Bhagavā" at Vism 210... ("bhāgyavā bhaggavā yutto"); with ref. to the 4 qualities implied in the word "Bhagavā,"...

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