Bhujissa [cp. BSk. bhujiṣya Divy 302, according to Mhvyut § 84 meaning "clean"; thus fr. bhuj (see bhuñjati2) to purify, sort out] 1. (n. m.) a freed slave, freeman; a servant as distinguished from a slave Vin i.93; J ii.313; PvA 112. -- bhujissaŋ karoti to grant freedom to a slave J v.313; vi.389, 546; DhA i.19; ThA 200. -- f. bhujissā Vin ii.271 (in same sequence as bhujissa at Vin i.93). -- 2. (adj.) freeing fr. slavery, productive of freedom D ii.80 (cp. Dial. ii.80);iii.245; S ii.70; iv.272; A iii.36, 132, 213; Vism 222 (with exegesis). Cp. bhoja & bhojaka.

 -- bhāva state of being freed fr. slavery, freedom ThA 200.