adjectif, substantif (masculin) : sage ; “Seigneur”
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．
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).