अभावabhāva

अभाव (abhāva) is a Sanskrit word meaning non-existence, absence, non-entity or negation, proof from non-existence, annihilation, death, the seventh category in Kanada's system, annihilation or death. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Non-existence, Absence, Lack, Annihilation, Death, Destruction, Adjective: Lacking Qualities / Non-existent.

Etymology
E. अ neg. and भाव
Definitions
20
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Meanings by context

Non-existence, Absence, Lack

9 definitions
non-existence, absence

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Non-existence

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Absence, want, or failure.

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

non-existence, absence, or lack

Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Non-existence, want, or absence.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Non-existence. 2. Absence, want, or failure. 3. Non-entity. 4. Death or destruction.

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Non-existence, absence, or want. 2. Failure, destruction, or death.

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

non-existence or absence

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Non-existence, absence, negation, or nullity. 2. The seventh category in Kanada's system. 3. Annihilation or death.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Annihilation, Death, Destruction

4 definitions
annihilation, death

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Annihilation, death, destruction

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Non-existence or annihilation. 2. Death. 3. Negation. 4. Absence of essential parts in poetry or character.

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Non-existence or annihilation. 2. Death. 3. Universal or mutual negation. 4. Absence of essential parts or properties.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adjective: Lacking Qualities / Non-existent

2 definitions
Without love or affection

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

non-existent

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Philosophical Category of Non-Being/Negation

2 definitions
non-entity or negation

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Privation, non-existence, nullity, or negation

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Compound: Abhāvasampatti (False Attribution)

1 definition
false attribution

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proof from Non-existence (Pramāṇa)

1 definition
proof from non-existence

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Shade or Shadow (abhāvā, f.)

1 definition
1. Absence, non-existence, or lack. 2. Destruction or death. 3. A shade or shadow.

Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.