Bhadda^a & Bhadra^b

adjective

1. auspicious lucky, high, lofty, august, of good omen reverend (in address to people of esteem), good, happy fortunate DN.ii.95^a; SN.i.117^b; Dhp.143 sq.^b (of a good, well-trained horse), Dhp.380^b (id.); Ja.vi.281^b (24 bhadrā pāsakā or lucky throws of the dice); Dhp-a.i.33^a (voc. bhadde = ayye)
   ■ bhadraṃ (nt.) something bringing luck, a good state, welfare; a good deed (= kalyāṇaṃ) Dhp.120 (= bhadra-kamma, viz. kāyasucarita etc. Dhp-a.iii.14); Pv-a.116 (= iṭṭhaṃ). Also as form of address “hail to thee,” bhaddaṃ vo Ja.v.260

2. a kind of arrow (cp. Sk. bhalla) Ja.ii.275 (variant reading bhadra; so Kern,

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   s. v.; but C. takes it as bhadda lucky, in neg. sense “unlucky, sinister,” & explains by bībhaccha = awful).

3. bull (cp. Sk. bhadra, Halāyudha 5, 21) Thag.16, Thag.173, Thag.659.

• -mukha one whose face brings blessings, a complimentary address, like “my noble & c friend!” [cp BSk. bhadramukha; Divy frequent: see Index], MN.ii.53; SN.i.74 (cp. K.S. i.100ⁿ) Ja.ii.261 (variant reading bhadda˚); Vism.92 (variant reading SS bhadda˚).
• -muttaka [cp. Sk. bhadramusta] a kind of fragrant grass (Cyperus rotundus) DN-a.i.81 Abhp.599.
• -yuga a noble pair Dhp-a.i.95 (Kolita Upatissa);
• -vāhana the auspicious (royal) vehicle (or carriage) Mil.4.

cp. Vedic bhadra, on diff. forms see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 53#2. Dhtp.143, Dhtp.589 explains bhadd by “kalyāṇe”; whereas Dhtm.205 & Dhtm.823 gives; bhad (bhadd) with explⁿ “kalyāṇa kammāni”