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.]
[cf. Zd. bū; Gk. ϕύω, ἔϕυν; Lat. fuit, fuat &c.; Slav. byti; Lith. búti; Germ. bim, bin; Angl.Sax. beó; Eng. be.]
bhū́ mfn. becoming, being, existing, springing, arising (ifc.; cf. akṣi-, giri-, citta-, padmabhū &c.)
bhū́ m. N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh. xii, 1509] ([Nīlak.])
of an Ekāha, [ŚrS.]
bhū́ f. the act of becoming or arising, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 31]
the place of being, space, world or universe (also pl.), [RV.]; [AV.]
the earth (as constituting one of the 3 worlds, and therefore a symbolical N. for the number ‘one’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
one of the three Vyāhṛtis (see bhúvas, bhūr, pp. 760 and 763)
earth (as a substance), ground, soil, land, landed property, [ib.]
floor, pavement, [Megh.]
a place, spot, piece of ground, [RV.] &c. &c.
the base of any geometrical figure, [Āryabh.]
object, matter (see vivādasaṃvāda-bhū)
a term for the letter l, [RāmatUp.]
a sacrificial fire, [L.]
(also) a partic. land-measure, [Inscr.]