adjective very great, vast, high, lofty, gigantic; nom sg. brahā Snp.410, Snp.550; Thag.31; Ja.iii.117 (= dīgha C.); Ja.iv.111 (su˚); Ja.iv.64#2; Pv.iv.3#10 (of a huge tree), acc sg. brahantaṃ AN.iii.346; Vv-a.182; nom. pl. also brahantā Vv.52#4 (= mahantā Vv-a.224; of the Yama-dūtā or Death’s giant messengers)
■ f. brahatl Ja.v.215 (= uḷārā C.); also given as Name of a plant Abhp.588
■ Superl. brahaṭṭha (= Sk. barhiṣṭha; on inversion bar → bra cp. Sk. paribarhanā → P. paribrahaṇa) in -puppha a large or fully developed blossom Ja.v.416.

• -arañña woodlands, vast forest AN.i.187.
• -vana the wild wood, immense forest AN.i.152; AN.iii.44; Vv.63#3 Ja.v.215.
• -sukha (-vihāra- jjhāna-jhāyin) (a thinker enjoying his meditations in) immense happiness Mil.226 (in characterisation of the term “brāhmaṇa”). Brahma & Brahma

cp. Vedic bṛhant, of bṛh² to increase, to be great or strong; paribṛdha solid (cp. brūha, paribrahaṇa & paribrūhana), Av. bərəƶat high; Arm. barjr high; Oir. brī, Cymr. bre mountain; Goth. baurgs “borough,” Ohg. etc. burg “burgh,” i.e. fortress Ger. berg mountain
■ The fundamental notion is that of an increase above normal or the ordinary: vuddhi (of vṛdh) is used in explains of the term; thus Dhtp.344 (Dhtm.506) baha braha brūha = vuddhiyaṃ; Vv-a.278 brahā = vuddhā. Its use is almost entirely restricted to poetry