bhatta

See also: Bhatta

English

Noun

bhatta (countable and uncountable, plural bhattas)

1. Alternative form of batta

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• भत्त (Devanagari script)
• ভত্ত (Bengali script)
• භත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဘတ္တ or ꧤတ္တ or ꧤတ်တ (Burmese script)
• ภตฺต or ภัตตะ (Thai script)
• ᨽᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠຕ຺ຕ or ຠັຕຕະ (Lao script)
• ភត្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भक्त (bhaktá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaktás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-tó-s, from the root *bʰeh₂g- (“to divide, distribute”). Cognate to Maharastri Prakrit 𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bhatta), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bhatta).

Noun

bhatta n

1. boiled rice
2. food, meal
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[1], page 558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Declension

Declension table of "bhatta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhattaṃ	bhattāni or bhattã
Accusative (second)	bhattaṃ	bhattāni
Instrumental (third)	bhattena	bhattehi or bhattebhi
Dative (fourth)	bhattassa or bhattāya or bhattatthaṃ	bhattānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhattasmā or bhattamhā or bhattā	bhattehi or bhattebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhattassa	bhattānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhattasmiṃ or bhattamhi or bhatte	bhattesu
Vocative (calling)	bhatta	bhattāni

Synonyms

• anna

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhatta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead