adjective · bhāvanīya 1 · bhāvanīya 2
to be cultivated; to be respected
Bhāvanīya (adjective) [gerundive from bhāveti, but taken by Buddhaghosa as gerundive formation from bhāvanā] "being as ought to be," to be cultivated, to be respected, in a self-composed state (cf. bhāvitatta) M I 33 (garu + ; explained by Buddhaghosa as "addhā'yam āyasmā jānaṃ jānāti passaṃ passatī ti evaṃ sambhāvanīyo" Ps I 156); S V 164; A III 110; Miln 373; Pv-a 9. See also under manobhāvanīya.
【形】 被培養的，被尊敬的。
(ptp, ptp of bhāveti) respected; honoured; worthy of esteem to be respected [lit.] to cause to be Construction: bhāve + anīya
(ptp, ptp of bhāveti) to be cultivated [lit.] to cause to be Construction: √bhū > bhāv + *anīya