bhavant (11182)

bhavant
Entry 11182, Page 407, Col. 2

(Bavant, Bavant)
bhavant¦, used (as in Pali, e.g. MN i.241.7 te bhonto samaṇabrāhmaṇā…vediyanti) like bhagavant, venerable, respected, not necessarily in address (cf. Senart Mv i note 558, on i.235.17): muñcanti yaśasvino bhavato (gen. sg.) Mv i.236.8 (vs); bhavanto śramaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā… vedayanti Mv ii.121.2, 5, etc. (not in address, but simple narration, referring to persons not present); similarly ii.126.13; 127.17; 129.4; 130.7; ya ime bhavantaḥ śramaṇa- brāhmaṇā…vedayanta iti LV 247.19; voc. bhavanto, Sirs! gentlemen!, not as subject of a verb in polite address as in Skt.: Mv ii.442.1, 19; beginning a story, bhūtapūrvaṃ bhavanto…rājā…abhūṣi Mv iii.204.8, Once upon a time, Sirs, there was a king…, and in the sequel; bhavanto yūyaṃ na…śabdaṃ śruṇiṣyatha iii.297.10, sirs, you shall not hear…; often in Divy, e.g. 34.23 (bhavanto 'sti kaścid yuṣmābhir dṛṣṭaḥ…); 35.3, etc.; and in MSV, e.g. i.64.15.