(Bhīyo, Bhīyyo)

1. (adj.) more Snp.61 (dukkham ettha bhiyyo), Snp.584 (id.), Snp.306 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhatha); Dhp.313 (bh. rajan ākirate), Dhp.349 (bh. taṇhā pavaḍḍhati).
2. (adv.) in a higher degree, more, repeatedly, further SN.i.108 (appaṃ vā bhīyo less or more); Snp.434 (bh. cittaṃ pasīdati) Dhp.18 (bh. nandati = ativiya n. C.); Mil.40
   ■ See also bhiyyoso, yebhuyyena.

• -kamyatā desire for more, greed Vin.ii.214.
• -bhāva getting more, increase, multiplication DN.iii.221; Vin.iii.45; SN.v.9, SN.v.198, SN.v.244; AN.i.98; AN.v.70; Vb-a.289.

Vedic bhūyas, compar. form fr. bhū, functioning as compar. to bhūri. On relation Sk bhūyaḥ: P. bhiyyo cp. Sk. jugupsate: P. jigucchati