bhávat mf(antI)n. being, present, [RV.] &c. &c.
bhávat m. f., (nom. bhávān, °vatī; voc. bhavan or bhos, q.v.; f. °vati; cf. [Mn. ii, 49]) your honour, your worship, your lordship or ladyship, you (lit. ‘the gentleman or lady present’; cf. atra- and tatra-bh°; used respectfully for the 2nd pers. pron., but properly with the 3rd and only exceptionally with the 2nd pers. of the verb, e.g. bhavān dadātu, ‘let your highness give’; sometimes in pl. to express greater courtesy, e.g. bhavantaḥ pramāṇam, ‘your honour is an authority’), [ŚBr.] &c.
bha°vat &c. See p. 748 &c.