cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. i, 1]) bhávati (rarely Ā. °te; pf. babhū́va, 2. pers. °ū́tha or °ūvitha cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64]; babhūyās, °yā́r, babhūtu, [RV.]; Ā. babhūve or bubhūve, [Vop.]; cf. below; aor. ábhūt, °ūvan; Impv. bodhí [cf. √ budh], bhūtu, [RV.]; aor. or impf. ábhuvat, bhúvat, bhuvāni, [ib.]; Prec. bhūyāsam, 2. 3. sg. °yās, [ib.] ; bhūyāt, [AV.]; bhūyiṣṭhās, [BhP.]; bhaviṣāt [?] [AitBr.]; abhaviṣṭa, bhaviṣīṣta. Gr.; fut. bhaviṣyáti, ep. also °te and 2. pl. °ṣyadhvam; bhavitā, [Br.] &c.; inf. bhuvé, -bhvé, bhūṣáṇi, [RV.]; bhavitum, °tos, [Br.]; ind.p. bhūtvā́; bhūtvī́, [RV.]; -bhū́ya, [RV.] &c.; -bhū́yam, -bhávam, [Br.]), to become, be (with nom., or adv. or indeclinable words ending in ī or ū cf. kṛṣṇī-√ bhū &c.), arise, come into being, exist, be found, live, stay, abide, happen, occur, [RV.] &c. &c. (often used with participles and other verbal nouns to make periphrastical verbal forms; with a fut. p. = to be going or about to, e.g. anuvakṣyan bhavati, he is going to recite, [ŚBr.]; the fut. of √ with a pf. p. = a fut. pf., e.g. kṛtavān bhaviṣyasi, you will have done, [MBh.]; the pf. P. babhūva after the syllable ām is put for the pf. of verbs of the 10th class &c. [cf. √ as and √ kṛ]; the Ā. appears in this meaning, [Śiś. ix, 84]; [Kum. xiv, 46]; observe also bhavati with a fut. tense, it is possible that, e.g. bhavati bhavān yājayiṣyati, it is possible that you will cause a sacrifice to be performed, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 146], Sch.; bhavet, may be, granted, admitted, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 114]; bhavatu id., well, good, enough of this, [Kāv.]; [Hit.]; iticed bhavet, if this question should be asked, [Mn. x, 66]; kva tad bhavati, what is to become of this, it is quite useless, [TBr.]; with na = to cease to exist, perish, die, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; with iha na, not to be born on earth, [MBh.]; with śata-dhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, [MBh.]; with dūrataḥ, to keep aloof, [ŚārṅgP.]; with manasi or cetasi and gen., to occur to the mind of any one, [Kād.]; id. with gen. alone, [Lalit.]); to fall to the share or become the property of, belong to (cf. ‘esse alicujus’; with gen., rarely dat. or loc. accord. to [Vop.] also with pari or prati and preceding acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be on the side of, assist (with gen. or -tas), [MBh. 1301] (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 4, 48], Sch.); to serve for, tend or conduce to (with dat. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c. (with phalāya. to bear fruit, [Kām.]); to be occupied with or engaged in, devote one's self to (with loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; to thrive or prosper in (instr.), turn out well, succeed, [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; to be of consequence or useful, [Mn. iii, 181]; (also Ā. [Dhātup. xxxiv, 37]) to fall, or get into, attain to, obtain, [Br.]; [MBh.]; (with idám) to obtain it i.e. be successful or fortunate, [TS.] : Pass. bhūyate (or °ti, [Up.]; aor. abhāvi) sometimes used impers., e.g. yair bhaviṣyate, by whom it will be existed i.e. who will be, [Rājat.] : Caus. bhāvayati (rarely °te; aor. abībhavat Gr.; inf. bhāvitum, [R.]; Pass. bhāvyate &c., [MBh.]), to cause to be or become, call into existence or life, originate, produce, cause, create, [Pur.]; [Sāh.]; to cherish, foster, animate, enliven, refresh, encourage, promote, further, [AitUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to addict or devote one's self to, practise (acc.), [MBh.]; [HYog.]; to subdue, control, [R.]; (also Ā. [Dhātup. xxxiv, 37]) to obtain, [Jaim.], Sch.; to manifest, exhibit, show, betray, [MBh.]; [Kām.]; [Daś.]; to purify, [BhP.]; to present to the mind, think about, consider, know, recognize as or take for (two acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to mingle, mix, saturate, soak, perfume, [Kauś.]; [Suśr.] (cf. bhāvita, p. 755, col. 1) : Desid. of Caus. bibhāvayiṣati ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 80], Sch.), to wish to cause to be &c., [Br.] : Desid. búbhūṣati (°te), to wish or strive to become or be, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with kṣipram), to strive to be quickly possessed, [MBh.]; to want to get on, strive to prosper or succeed, [TS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]; to want to have, care for, strive after, esteem, honour, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to want to take revenge, [BhP.] : Intens. bóbhavīti, bobhavati, bobhoti, bobhūyate, to be frequently, to be in the habit of [BhP.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to be transformed into (acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; (with tiraḥ), to keep anything (instr.) secret, [ŚBr.]
bhūtá mf(A)n. become, been, gone, past (n. the past), [RV.] &c. &c.
actually happened, true, real (n. an actual occurrence, fact, matter of fact, reality), [Yājñ.]; [R.] &c.
existing, present, [Kaṇ.]
(ifc.) being or being like anything, consisting of, mixed or joined with, [Prāt.]; [Up.]; [Mn.] &c. (also to form adj. out of adv., e.g. ittham-, evam-, tathā-bh°)
purified, [L.]
obtained, [L.]
fit, proper, [L.]
often w.r. for bhṛta
bhūtá m. a son, child, [L.]
a great devotee or ascetic, [L.]
(pl.) N. of an heretical sect (with Jainas, a class of the Vyantaras), [L.]
N. of Śiva, [L.]
of a priest of the gods, [L.]
of a son of Vasu-deva and Pauravī, [BhP.]
of a son-in-law of Dakṣa and father of numerous Rudras, [ib.]
of a Yakṣa, [Cat.]
bhūtá n. (cf. above) that which is or exists, any living being (divine, human, animal, and even vegetable), the world (in these senses also m.), [RV.] &c. &c.
a spirit (good or evil), the ghost of a deceased person, a demon, imp, goblin (also m.), [GṛS.]; [Up.]; [Mn.] &c. (cf. [RTL. 241])
an element, one of the 5 elements (esp. a gross element = mahā-bh°, q.v.; but also a subtle element = tan-mātra, q.v.; with Buddhists there are only 4 element), [Up.]; [Sāṃkhyak.]; [Vedāntas.] &c.
N. of the number ‘five’ (cf. mahā-bh° and pāñcabhautika)
bhū́yas mfn. becoming (n. the act of becoming; see brahma-bh°)
‘becoming in a greater degree’ (in this meaning accord. to [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 158] compar. of bahu) i.e. more, more numerous or abundant, greater, larger, mightier (also ‘much or many, very numerous or abundant’ &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.
abounding in, abundantly furnished with (instr. or comp.), [Kathās.]; [Sāh.]
bhū́yas (as), ind. (g. svar-ādi) more, most, very much, exceedingly, [RV.] &c. &c.
still more, moreover, besides, further on [GṛŚrS.]; [Up.] &c. (also bhūyasyā mātrayā, [Divyāv.]; pūrvam-bhūyaḥ, first-next, [R.]; ādau-paścāt-bhūyaḥ, first-then-next, [Prasaṅg.])
once more, again, anew, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (also bhūyo 'pi, bhūyaś cāpi, bhūyo bhūyaḥ and punar bhūyaḥ)