andhī bhūta

 In Sanskrit, andhībhūta means “become blind,” literally or figuratively, as attested in classical dictionaries.

Core meaning

• andhībhūta (अन्धीभूत) is defined as “become blind” in the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary

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• It is an adjectival form (mfn.—masculine, feminine, neuter), so it can modify nouns of any gender.
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Word structure

• andha — “blind” (root meaning “dark, unable to see”).
• bhūta — from the verbal root bhū, “become, be.” In this compound it simply means “become”, not the many other senses of bhūta such as “ghost,” “element,” or “being,” which appear in other contexts

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• The compound is a tatpuruṣa with the cvi affix, giving the sense “one who has become blind”

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Usage notes

• The term can be used literally (physically blind) or figuratively (mentally blinded, deluded), depending on context—this is implied by the dictionary gloss “lit. and fig.”

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• It appears in both Sanskrit and Pali with the same meaning (“one who has reached the state of blindness”)

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Summary

andhībhūta = “become blind,” applicable to people, beings, or metaphorical states of ignorance or obscuration.