bhoja
Bhoja，[lit．grd．of bhuñjati2，to be sorted out，to be raised from slavery; thus also meaning “dependence，＂ “training，＂ from bhuj，to which belongs bhujissa] one who is getting trained，dependent，a freed slave，villager，subject．Only in cpds．like bhojisiyaṁ [bhoja+isi+ ya=issariya] mastery over dependence，i．e．independence S．I，44，45; bhojājānīya a well-trained horse，a thoroughbred J．I，178，179; bhojaputta son of a villager J．V，165; bhojarājā head of a village （-district） a subordinate king Sn．553=Th．1，823．-- In the latter phrase however it may mean “wealthy＂ kings，or “titled＂ kings （khattiyā bh-r．，who are next in power to and serve on a rājā cakkavatti）．The phrase is best taken as one，viz．“the nobles，royal kings．＂ It may be a term for “vice-kings＂ or substitute-kings，or those who are successors of the king．The expln at SnA 453 takes the three words as three diff．terms and places bhojā= bhogiyā as a designation of a class or rank （=bhogga）．Neumann in his trsln of Sn．has “Königstämme，kühn and stolz，＂ free but according to the sense．The phrase may in bhoja contain a local designation of the Bhoja princes （N．of a tribe），which was then taken as a special name for “king＂ （cp．Kaiser›Cæsar，or Gr．basileuζ）．With the wording “khattiyā bhoja-rājāno anuyuttā bhavanti te＂ cp．M．III，173：“paṭirājāno te rañño cakkavattissa anuyuttā bhavanti，＂ and A．V，22：“kuḍḍarājāno＂ in same phrase．-- Mrs．Rh．D．at Brethren，p．311，trsls “nobles and wealthy lords．＂ （Page 510）