Bheda [fr. bhid, cp. Ved. & Class. Sk. bheda in same meanings] 1. breaking, rending, breach, disunion, dissension Vism 64 sq. (contrasted with ānisaŋsa), 572 sq. (with ref. to upādāna & bhava); VbhA 185 (id.); Sdhp 66, 457, 463. -- mithu˚ breaking of alliance D ii.76; J iv.184; Kvu 314. -- vacī˚ breaking of [the rule as to] speech Miln 231. -- sangha˚ disunion in the Sangha Vin ii.203. -- sīla˚ breach of morality J v.163. -- abl. bhedā after the destruction or dissolution in phrase kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā, i. e. after the breaking up of the body & after death: see kāya I. e. & cp. D iii.52, 146 sq., 258; Dh 140; Pug 51. -- 2. ( -- ˚) sort, kind, as adj. consisting of, like J ii.438; vi.3 (kaṭuk' ādi˚); DhA iii.14 (kāya -- sucarit' -- ādi˚ -- bhadra -- kammāni); SnA 290 (Avīci -- ādi -- ˚ niraya).

 -- kara causing division or dissension Vin ii.7; iii.173; v.93 (cp. Vin i.354 & Vin. Texts iii.266 for the 18 errors in which the Sangha is brought into division by bhikkhus who are in the wrong); DhsA 29 (aṭṭhārasa bheda -- kara -- vatthūni the 18 causes of dissension).