भव
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See also: भाव
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
भव m
- state of existence
Declension
Declension table of "भव" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | भवो (bhavo) | भवा (bhavā) |
Accusative (second) | भवं (bhavaṃ) | भवे (bhave) |
Instrumental (third) | भवेन (bhavena) | भवेहि (bhavehi) or भवेभि (bhavebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | भवस्स (bhavassa) or भवाय (bhavāya) or भवत्थं (bhavatthaṃ) | भवानं (bhavānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | भवस्मा (bhavasmā) or भवम्हा (bhavamhā) or भवा (bhavā) | भवेहि (bhavehi) or भवेभि (bhavebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | भवस्स (bhavassa) | भवानं (bhavānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | भवस्मिं (bhavasmiṃ) or भवम्हि (bhavamhi) or भवे (bhave) | भवेसु (bhavesu) |
Vocative (calling) | भव (bhava) | भवा (bhavā) |
Verb
भव
- Devanagari script form of bhava, which is an inflection of भवति:
- imperfect active first/third-person singular
- imperative active second-person singular (bhavati, “to become”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ভৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬪᬯ (Balinese script)
- ভব (Bengali script)
- 𑰥𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀪𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဘဝ (Burmese script)
- ભવ (Gujarati script)
- ਭਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌭𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦨꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂦𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಭವ (Kannada script)
- ភវ (Khmer script)
- ຠວ (Lao script)
- ഭവ (Malayalam script)
- ᢨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘥𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧅𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐨𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଭଵ (Odia script)
- ꢩꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆨𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖥𑖪 (Siddham script)
- භව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩳𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚡𑚦 (Takri script)
- ப⁴வ (Tamil script)
- భవ (Telugu script)
- ภว (Thai script)
- བྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒦𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨡𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwH-a, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwH-e, an innovated verb stem derived from *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”). The Sanskrit root is भू (bhū).
Noun
भव • (bhava) stem, m
- coming into existence, birth, production, origin (= भाव Vop. ; ifc., with f( आ). = arising or produced from, being in, relating to) Yājñ. MBh. Kāv. &c.
- becoming, turning into (comp.) Kāṭh.
- being, state of being, existence, life (= सत्-ता L.) ṠārṅgP. (cf. भवान्तर)
- worldly existence, the world (= संसार L.) Kāv. Pur.
- (Buddhism) continuity of becoming (a link in the twelvefold chain of causation) Dharmas. 42 (MWB. 102)
- well-being, prosperity, welfare, excellence (= श्रेयस् L.) MBh. Kāv. &c.
- obtaining, acquisition (= आप्ति, प्राप्ति) L.
- a god, deity. W.
Proper noun
भव • (bhava)
- name of a deity attending on Rudra and frequently connected with शर्व (later name of शिव or a form of Shiva)
- name of the 1st and 4th Kalpa
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of भव (bhava) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | भवः bhavaḥ |
भवौ / भवा¹ bhavau / bhavā¹ |
भवाः / भवासः¹ bhavāḥ / bhavāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | भव bhava |
भवौ / भवा¹ bhavau / bhavā¹ |
भवाः / भवासः¹ bhavāḥ / bhavāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | भवम् bhavam |
भवौ / भवा¹ bhavau / bhavā¹ |
भवान् bhavān |
Instrumental | भवेन bhavena |
भवाभ्याम् bhavābhyām |
भवैः / भवेभिः¹ bhavaiḥ / bhavebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | भवाय bhavāya |
भवाभ्याम् bhavābhyām |
भवेभ्यः bhavebhyaḥ |
Ablative | भवात् bhavāt |
भवाभ्याम् bhavābhyām |
भवेभ्यः bhavebhyaḥ |
Genitive | भवस्य bhavasya |
भवयोः bhavayoḥ |
भवानाम् bhavānām |
Locative | भवे bhave |
भवयोः bhavayoḥ |
भवेषु bhaveṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “भव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 748/3.
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