====== bhadanta ======
===== bhadanta =====

//adjectif//, //substantif// (masculin) : **sage** ; **"Seigneur"**
  * déclinaison : [[declinaison_noms|thème en -a]]
  * étymologie : voir [[bhagavant|bhagavant]]
  * une forme contractée du vocatif //bhadante// est **bhante**

=====Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede=====
**bhadanta** （Bhaddanta） [a secondary adj．formation from address bhaddaṁ （=bhadraṁ） te “hail to thee，＂ cp．“bhaddaṁ vo＂ under bhadda 1] venerable，reverend．mostly in Voc．as address “Sir，holy father＂ etc．，to men of the Order．Voc．sg．**bhadante** S．I，216 （v．l．bhaddante）; Voc．pl．**bhadantā** DhA．III，414．-- A contracted form of bhadante is **bhante** （q．v．）．Note．In case of bhadanta being the corresp．of Sk．*bhavanta （for bhavān） we would suppose the change v›d and account for dd on grounds of pop．analogy after bhadda．See bhante．The pl．Nom．from bhadantā is formed after bhadante，which was felt as a Voc．of an a --stem with --e for --a as in Prk．Māgadhī．
=====Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)=====
**bhavat** (2) var. bhavad [bhagavat] m. adr. Monsieur (présent, forme polie de tu/vous à la 3e pers.) | pl. bhavantas Messieurs — f. bhavatī Madame (voc. bhavati).