BARaka · masculine · bhāṇaka 1
reciter
bhāṇaka , reciter (as a kind of entertainer): Mv iii.113.3 ; 255.12 ; 442.9 Cf. Pali bhāṇaka, f. °ikā (only of one who recites religious texts?) and dharma-bhā° .
a reciter of the Scriptures; a big jar
Bhāṇaka 1 (adjective/noun) [from bhaṇati] speaking; (noun) a reciter, repeater, preacher (of sections of the scriptures), like Aṅguttara° Vism 74 f.; Dīgha° Sv I 15, 131; Ja I 59; Vism 36, 266; Jātaka° etc. Miln 341 f.; Majjhima° Vism 95 (Revatthera), 275, 286, 431; Saṃyutta° Vism 313 (Cūḷa-Sivatthera). Unspecified at Pj II 70 (Kalyāṇavihāravāsi-bhāṇaka-dahara-bhikkhu; reading doubtful). — feminine bhāṇikā Vin IV 285 (Thullanandā bahussutā bhāṇikā); also in compound mañju-bhāṇikā sweet-voiced, uttering sweet words Ja VI 422. {450} Bhāṇaka 2 [cf. Sanskrit bhāṇḍaka a small box: Kathās 24, 163; and see Müller P.Gram. page 48] a jar Vin II 170 (loha°); III 90. {502}
【陽】 1. 誦經者。2. 大的廣口瓶。
(masc, masc, agent, from bhaṇati) (of scriptures) reciter; chanter reciter of the Scriptures Construction: √bhaṇ > bhāṇ + *aka
(nt, nt, from bhaṇati) big jar; large pot big jar [lit.] speaker Construction: √bhaṇ > bhāṇ + *aka