bhāvá m. (√ bhū) becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance, [ŚvetUp.]; [KātyŚr.] &c.
turning or transition into (loc. or comp.), [MBh.]; [RPrāt.]
continuance (opp. to cessation; ekoti-bhāva, continuity of the thread of existence through successive births, [Buddh.], wrongly translated under ekoti-bh°), [MBh.]
state, condition, rank (with sthāvira, old age; anyam bhāvam āpadyate, euphem. = he dies; state of being anything, esp. ifc., e.g. bālabhāva, the state of being a child, childhood = bālatā or -tva; sometimes added pleonastically to an abstract noun, e.g. tanutā-bhāva, the state of thinness), [Up.]; [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.
true condition or state, truth, reality (ibc. and °vena ind. really, truly), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
manner of being, nature, temperament, character (eko bhāvaḥ or eka-bh°, a simple or artless nature; bhāvo bhāvaṃ nigacchati = birds of a feather flock together), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
manner of acting, conduct, behaviour, [Kāv.]; [Sāh.]
any state of mind or body, way of thinking or feeling, sentiment, opinion, disposition, intention (yādṛśena bhāvena, with whatever disposition of mind; bhāvam amaṅgalaṃ-√ kṛ, with loc., to be ill disposed against; bhāvaṃ dṛḍhaṃ-√ kṛ, to make a firm resolution), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
(in rhet.) passion, emotion (2 kinds of Bhāvas are enumerated, the sthāyin or primary, and vyabhicārin or subordinate; the former are 8 or 9 according as the Rasas or sentiments are taken to be 8 or 9; the latter 33 or 34), [Kāv.]; [Sāh.]; [Pratāp.] &c.
conjecture, supposition, [Mn.]; [Pañcat.]
purport, meaning, sense (iti bhāvaḥ, ‘such is the sense’ = ity arthaḥ or ity abhiprāyaḥ, constantly used by commentators at the end of their explanations)
love, affection, attachment (bhāvaṃ-√ kṛ, with loc., to feel an affection for), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the seat of the feelings or affections, heart, soul, mind (parituṣṭena bhāvena, with a pleased mind), [ŚvetUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
that which is or exists, thing or substance, being or living creature (sarva-bhāvāḥ, all earthly objects; bhāvāḥ sthāvara-jaṅgamāḥ, plants and animals), [MuṇḍUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
(in dram.) a discreet or learned man (as a term of address = respected sir), [Mṛcch.]; [Mālav.]; [Mālatīm.]
(in astron.) the state or condition of a planet, [L.]
an astrological house or lunar mansion, [ib.]
N. of the 27th Kalpa (s.v.), [ib.]
of the 8th (42nd) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years, [VarBṛS.]
(in gram.) the fundamental notion of the verb, the sense conveyed by the abstract noun (esp. as a term for an impersonal passive or neuter verb having neither agent nor object expressed, e.g. pacyate, ‘there is cooking’ or ‘cooking is going on’), [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 66]; [107] &c.
N. of the author of the Bhāvaprakāśa (= miśra-bhāva), [Cat.]
wanton sport, dalliance, [L.]
birth, [L.]
place of birth, the womb, [L.]
the world, universe, [L.]
an organ of sense, [L.]
superhuman power, [L.]
the Supreme Being, [L.]
advice, instruction, [L.]
contemplation, meditation, [L.] (cf. -samanvita).
&c. See p. 754 &c.