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vibhāvaविभावvi-°bhāva (for 2. see p. 978, col. 3) and °bhā́van, mf(arI See next)n. (voc. vi-bhāvas), id., [ib.]
and 2. vi-bhāva. See above and p. 978, col. 3.
vi-bhāva m. (for 1. See under vi-√ bhā) any condition which excites or develops a partic. state of mind or body, any cause of emotion (e.g. the persons and circumstances represented in a drama, as opp. to the anu-bhāva or external signs or effects of emotion), [Bhar.]; [Daśar.]; [Sāh.] (-tva n.)
a friend, acquaintance, [L.]
N. of Śiva, [Pañcar.]
vibhāvanविभावन्1. vi-°bhāva (for 2. see p. 978, col. 3) and °bhā́van, mf(arI See next)n. (voc. vi-bhāvas), id., [ib.]
vibhāvakaविभावकvi-°bhāvaka mfn. causing to appear, procuring or intending to procure (ifc.), [MBh. iii, 1347] ([Nīlak.])
discussing, [W.]
vibhāvanāविभावनाvi-°bhāvanā f. (in rhet.) description of effects the causes of which are left to be conjectured (or accord. to some, ‘description by negatives, bringing out the qualities of any object more clearly than by positive description’), [Vām.]; [Kāvyād.] &c.
vibhāvanaविभावनvi-°bhāvana mfn. causing to appear, developing, manifesting, [Hariv.]
vi-°bhāvana n. causing to appear or become visible, development, creation, [BhP.] (Sch. = pālana)
showing, manifesting, [Kull.] on [Mn. ix, 76]
clear perception, examination, judgement, clear ascertainment, [Mn.]; [Vikr.]
(ifc.) reflection on [Kathās.]
the act of producing a partic. emotion by a work of art, [Sāh.]
vibhāvarīविभावरीvi-°bhāvarī f. (see prec.) brilliant, bright (in [RV.] often applied to Uṣas, ‘Dawn’; accord. to [Nīlak.] on [MBh. v, 4495] also = kupitā)
the (starry) night, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
turmeric, [L.]
= haridrā and °drā-dāru, [Bhpr.]
a kind of ginger, [L.]
a procuress, [L.]
a deceitful woman, [L.]
a loquacious woman, [L.]
(?) the shreds of a garment torn in a scuffle (= vivāda-vastra-guṇṭhī or °tra-muṇḍī), [L.]
a kind of metre, [Ked.]
N. of a daughter of the Vidyādhara Mandāra, [MārkP.]
of the city of Soma, [BhP.]
of the city of the Pracetas, [ib.]
vibhāvasuविभावसुvi-bhā́—vasu (vi-bhā́-), mfn. abounding in light (applied to Agni, Soma, and Kṛṣṇa), [RV.]; [VS.]; [Hariv.]
vi-bhā́—vasu m. fire or the god of fire, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the sun, [APariś.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]
the moon, [L.]
a sort of necklace or garland, [L.]
N. of one of the 8 Vasus, [BhP.]
of a son of Naraka, [ib.]
of a Dānava, [ib.]
of a Ṛṣi, [MBh.]
of a mythical prince dwelling on the mountain Gaja-pura, [Kathās.]
of a Gandharva (who is said to have stolen the Soma from Gāyatrī as she was carrying it to the gods), [MW.]
vibhāvatvaविभावत्वvi-bhāva—tva n.
vibhāvanīyaविभावनीयvi-°bhāvanīya mfn. (fr. Caus.) to be clearly perceived or ascertained, [MārkP.]
to be convicted (= bhāvya), [Kull.] on [Mn. viii, 60.]
vibhāvarīśaविभावरीशvi-°bhāva°rīśa m. ‘lord of night’, the moon, [VarBṛS.]
vibhāvarīmukhaविभावरीमुखvi-°bhāvarī—mukha n. ‘beginning of night’, evening, [MBh.]
vibhāvarīkāntaविभावरीकान्तvi-°bhāvarī—kānta m. ‘husband of night’, the moon, [Kpr.]
vibhāvanālaṃkāraविभावनालंकारvi-°bhāva°nālaṃkāra m. the rhetorical figure described above, [MW.]