Bhāriya (adj.) [fr. bhāra Vedic bhārya to be nourished or supported; bhāryā wife] 1. heavy, weighty, grave, serious; always fig. with ref. to a serious offence, either as bhāriyaŋ pāpaŋ a terrible sin PvA 195, or bh. kammaŋ a grave deed, a sin DhA i.298, 329; ii.56; iii.120; VvA 68; or bhāriyaŋ alone (as nt.), something grave, a sin DhA i.64. Similarly with ati˚ as atibhāriyaŋ kammaŋ a very grave deed DhA i.70, or atibhāriyaŋ id. DhA i.186. -- 2. bhāriyā(=bhārikā, f. of bhāraka) carrying, fetching, bringing J vi.563 (phala˚).