bhavá m. (√ bhū) coming into existence, birth, production, origin (= bhāva, [Vop.]; ifc., with f(A). = arising or produced from, being in, relating to), [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
becoming, turning into (comp.), [Kāṭh.]
being, state of being, existence, life (= sat-tā, [L.]), [ŚārṅgP.] (cf. bhavāntara)
worldly existence, the world (= saṃsāra, [L.]), [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
(with Buddhists) continuity of becoming (a link in the twelvefold chain of causation), [Dharmas. 42] ([MWB. 102])
well-being, prosperity, welfare, excellence (= śreyas, [L.]), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
obtaining, acquisition (= āpti, prāpti), [L.]
a god, deity, [W.]
N. of Agni, [ŚBr.]
of a deity attending on Rudra and frequently connected with Śarva (later N. of Śiva or a form of Śiva; or N. of a Rudra, and as such of the number 11 or of the 11th lunar mansion, [Gol.]; [Var.], Sch.; du. bhavau = Bhava i.e. Śiva and his wife Bhavānī, [BhP.]; cf. [Vām. v, 2, 1]), [AV.] &c. &c.
of the 1st and 4th Kalpa, [Cat.]
of a Sādhya, [VP.]
of a king, [MBh.]
of a son of Pratihartṛ, [VP.]
of Viloman, [ib.]
of a rich man, [Buddh.]
of an author, [Cat.]
bhavá n. the fruit of Dillenia Speciosa, [L.]
= bhavya, bhaviṣya, bhāvana, [L.]
&c. See p. 748 &c.