remedy, medicament, medicine Vin.i.278; DN.ii.266; MN.i.30; Snp-a.154, Snp-a.446; Sdhp.393-bhesajjaṃ karoti to treat with a medicine Dhp-a.i.25 mūla-bhesajjāni the principal medicines Mil.43; pañca bhesajjāni the 5 remedies (allowed to bhikkhus) Dhp-a.i.5.

• -kapālaka medicine bowl Vb-a.361.
• -sikkhāpada the medicine precepts Vb-a.69.

cp. Vedic bhaiṣajya = bheṣaja, fr. bhiṣaj; see also P. bhisakka