masculine · bhāra 1 · bhāra 2
weight
a weight; load; burden; charge; task; an affair
Bhāra [from bhr̥, Vedic bhāra; cf. bhara] 1. anything to carry, a load Vin III 278 (Buddhaghosa; dāru° a load of wood). bhāraṃ vahati to carry a load A I 84; Vv-a 23. — garu° a heavy load, as "adjective" "carrying a heavy load" Ja V 439 (of a woman, = pregnant). — bhāratara (adjective comparative) forming a heavier load Miln 155. — Cf. ati°, sam°. 2. a load, cartload (as measure of quantity) Vv-a 12 (saṭṭhi-sakaṭa°-parimāṇa); Pv-a 102 (aneka-parimāṇa). 3. (figurative) a difficult thing, a burden or duty, i.e. a charge, business, office, task, affair Vism 375; Ja I 292; II 399; IV 427; VI 413; Dhp-a I 6, 111. Several bhārā or great tasks are mentioned exemplifying the meaning of "gambhīra" and "duddasa" (saccāni) at Vibh-a 141, viz. mahā-samuddaṃ manthetvā ojāya nīharaṇaṃ; Sineru-pādato vālikāya uddharaṇaṃ; pabbataṃ pīḷetvā rasassa nīharaṇaṃ. 4. (figurative) in metaphors for the burden of (the factors of renewed) existence (the khandhas and similar agents). Especially in phrase panna-bhāra "one whose load (or burden) has been laid down," one who has attained Arahantship M I 139; A III 84; S I 233; Dhp 402 (= ohita-khandha-bhāra Dhp-a IV 168); Snp 626 (same explained at Pj II 467), 914 (explained as patita-bhāra, oropita°, nikkhitta° Nidd I 334, where 3 bhāras in this sense are distinguished, viz. khandha°, kilesa°, abhisaṅkhāra°); Thag 1021. So at Vism 512 with reference to the ariya-saccāni, viz. bhāro = dukkha-saccaṃ, bhārādānaṃ = samudaya-saccaṃ, bhāra-nikkhepanaṃ = nirodha-s., bhāra-nikkhepanupāya = magga-s. — On bhāra in similes see JPTS 1907, 118. -ādāna the taking up of a burden S III 25. -(m)oropana "laying down the load," i.e. delivery of a pregnant woman Bv II 115; -ṭṭha contained in a load, carried as a burden Vin III 47; -nikkhepana the laying down or taking off of a burden S III 25; -mocana delivery (of a pregnant woman) Ja I 19; -vāhin "burden-bearer," one who carries an office or has a responsibility A IV 24 (said of a bhikkhu); -hāra load-carrier, burden-bearer S III 25 f.
(masc, masc, from bharati) burden; load; weight weight, load, burden [lit.] what is supported Construction: √bhar > bhār + *a
(masc, masc, from bharati) duty; task; responsibility; difficult matter charge, task, affair [lit.] what is supported Construction: √bhar > bhār + *a
(adj, adj) difficult; burdensome [lit.] what is supported Construction: √bhar > bhār + *a