adjective deaf Vin.i.91, Vin.i.322; Thag.501 = Mil.367; Ja.i.76 (jāti˚); Ja.v.387; Ja.vi.7; Dhp-a.i.312. See also mūga.

• -dhātuka deaf by nature Ja.ii.63; Ja.iv.146; Dhp-a.i.346.

cp. Vedic badhira, on etym. see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. fatuus, comparing Goth. baups and M Irish bodar