Bhāvanīya (adj.) [grd. fr. bhāveti, but taken by Bdhgh as grd. formation fr. bhāvanā] "being as ought to be," to be cultivated, to be respected, in a self -- composed state (cp. bhāvitatta) M i.33 (garu+; expld by Bdhgh as "addhā 'yam āyasmā jānaŋ jānāti passaŋ passatī ti evaŋ sambhāvanīyo" MA 156); S v.164; A iii.110; Miln 373; PvA 9. See also under manobhāvanīya.