bhoja 1.1 · bhoja 2.1
Bhoja [literal gerund of bhuñjati 2 , to be sorted out, to be raised from slavery; thus also meaning "dependence," "training," from bhuj, to which belongs bhujissa] one who is getting trained, dependent, a freed slave, villager, subject. Only in compounds like bhojisiyaṃ [bhoja + isi + ya = issariya] mastery over dependence, i.e. independence S I 44, 45; bhojājānīya a well-trained horse, a thoroughbred Ja I 178, 179; bhojaputta son of a villager Ja V 165; bhojarājā head of a village (-district) a subordinate king Snp 553 = Thag 823. — In the latter phrase however it may mean "wealthy" kings, or "titled" kings (khattiyā bh.-r., who are next in power to and serve on a rājā cakkavatti). The phrase is best taken as one, viz. "the nobles, royal kings." It may be a term for "vice-kings" or substitute-kings, or those who are successors of the king. The explanation at Pj II 453 takes the three words as three different terms and places bhojā = bhogiyā as a designation of a class or rank (= bhogga). Neumann in his translation of Snp ( SB ) has "Königstämme, kühn and stolz," free but according to the sense. The phrase may in bhoja contain a local designation of the Bhoja princes (name of a tribe), which was then taken as a special name for "king" (cf. Kaiser > Caesar, or Greek βασιλεύς.) With the wording "khattiyā bhoja-rājāno anuyuttā bhavanti te" cf. M III 173: "paṭirājāno te rañño cakkavattissa anuyuttā bhavanti," and A V 22: "kuḍḍarājāno" in same phrase. — Mrs. Rh.D. at Ps.B. , page 311, translates "nobles and wealthy lords."
(masc, masc) name of a country
(masc, masc, in comps, from bhuñjati) king; ruler [lit.] enjoying Construction: √bhuj > bhoj + *a