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भ्रूणधेय (bhrUNadheya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
bhrūṇa-dheya (see -dheya), in °yam idaṃ cittaṃ niḥsāram anidarśanam Ud 〔xxxi.4〕. This cpd. of -dheya not recorded in Pali
is it a false Sktization of the troublesome Pali word bhūna-ha or °hu? This word the Pali comms. seem evidently to misunderstand. Cf. Renou, JA 1939, 〔p. 348 with n. 1〕, who connects the Pali word with Vedic and Skt. bhrūṇa-han
acc. to his note 1, the Skt. form is to be ‘restored’ in Dharmasamuccaya 〔16.8〕. Renou apparently did not know our BHS form, which seems only to complicate the question further. It is clear, in any case, that it is an uncomplimentary epithet. The Pali comms. interpret the Pali as destroying prosperity or welfare.