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bhabba

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Bhabba (adj.) [grd of bhū, Sk. bhavya] 1. able, capable, fit for ( -- ˚ or with dat. or inf.); abhabba unfit, incapable; Vin i.17; S iii.27 (dukkha -- kkhayāya); iv.89 (id.); Pug 12, 13; Vism 116 (bhikkhu), neg. It 106 (antakiriyāya), 117 (phuṭṭhuŋ sambodhiŋ); J i.106 (˚puggala a person unfit for the higher truths & salvation).bhabbâbhabba nt & unfit people Nd2 2353=Vism 205, expld at Vbh 341, 342 by "bhabbā niyāmaŋ okkamituŋ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaŋ." -- 2. possible (& abhabba impossible) M iii.215 (kammaŋ bhabbaābhāsa apparently possible). -- See also abhabba.