භික‍්ඛවෙ

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භික‍්ඛවෙ

  1. Sinhala script form of bhikkhave, vocative plural of භික‍්ඛු (bhikkhu, bhikkhu), brethren, Bhikkhus! (an address to Buddhist monks)
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[1], page 336:
      25. සෙය්‍යථාපි භික‍්ඛවෙ පුරිසො අද‍්ධානමග‍්ගපටිපන‍්නො - සො පස‍්සෙය්‍ය මහන‍්තං උදකණ‍්ණවං, ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං, පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං, න චස‍්ස නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය;
      25. Seyyathāpi bhikkhave puriso addhānamaggapaṭipanno - so passeyya mahantaṃ udakaṇṇavaṃ, orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ, pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ, na cassa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya;
      Suppose, brethren, there was a person traveling along the road. They’d see a large deluge, whose near shore was dubious and perilous, while the far shore was a sanctuary free of peril. But there was no ferryboat or bridge for crossing over.