# भाव (bhāva)

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भाव (bhāva) is a Sanskrit word meaning becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance, turning or transition into, continuance, the continuity of existence through successive births, state, condition, or rank, true condition or state, truth, reality. Its 44 recorded definitions are grouped into 14 contexts, among them Being, Existence, Nature, Reality, Mental State, Emotion, Intention, Specific Entities (Birth, World, Senses, Power).

- **Roots:** भू (bhū), कृ (kṛ)
- **Etymology:** E. भू to be, aff. घञ् । — E. bhū to be, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `BAva`  **IAST:** bhāva  **Devanagari:** भाव
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhava
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhava/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भवा (bhavā), भव (bhava)

## Meanings by context

### Being, Existence, Nature, Reality (15 definitions)
- becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 754,1] भाव (bhāva) a m. (√ भू (bhū) ) becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance, Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad (Title); Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) &c. [ ID=150178 ]
- 1. Continuance. 2. The continuity of existence through successive births.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > continuance ( opp. to cessation; एको (eko) ति - भाव (ti-bhāva), continuity of the thread of existence through successive births, Buddhist literature (Literary category), wrongly translated under एको (eko) ति - भ् (ti-bh) ° (°) ), Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=150180 ]
- state, condition, or rank  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > state, condition, rank (with स्थाविर (sthāvira), old age; अन्यम् भावम् आपद्यते (anyam bhāvam āpadyate), euphem. = he dies; state of being anything, esp. ifc., e.g. बालभाव (bālabhāva), the state of being a child, childhood = बालता (bālatā) or - त्व (-tva); sometimes added pleonastically to an abstract noun, e.g. तनुता - भाव (tanutā-bhāva), the state of thinness), Upaniṣad (Literary category); Śrauta-sūtra (Literary category); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=150181 ]
- true condition or state, truth, reality  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > true condition or state, truth, reality ( ibc. and ° वेन (°vena) ind. really, truly), Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=150182 ]
- Nature, temperament, or character.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > manner of being, nature, temperament, character ( एको भावः (eko bhāvaḥ) or एक - भ् (eka-bh) ° (°), a simple or artless nature; भावो भावं निगच्छति (bhāvo bhāvaṃ nigacchati) = birds of a feather flock together), Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ ID=150183 ]
- 1. A thing or substance. 2. A being or living creature.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > that which is or exists, thing or substance, being or living creature ( सर्व - भावाः (sarva-bhāvāḥ), all earthly objects; भावाः स्थावर - जङ्गमाः (bhāvāḥ sthāvara-jaṅgamāḥ), plants and animals), Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=150191 ]
- 1. Becoming, arising, or occurring. 2. Turning into or transformation. 3. Being or existence. 4. Endurance or continuance. 5. Behaviour or conduct. 6. Condition or state. 7. Rank or position. 8. Planetary aspect in astrology. 9. Reality or true state. 10. Nature or manner of being. 11. Mental state, disposition, or temperament. 12. Thought, opinion, sentiment, or feeling. 13. Emotion. 14. Supposition. 15. Meaning or import. 16. Affection or love. 17. The heart, soul, or seat of emotions. 18. A substance or thing. 19. A living being or creature. 20. An astrological house.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 204-2 ] भाव (bhāva) bhāv-a, m. becoming, arising, occurring; turning into ( —° ), transformation into ( lc. ); being, existence; endurance, continuance; state of being ( —°, forming abst. nouns like -tā and -tva); being or becoming ( as the fundamental notion of the verb, sp. of the int. or imps. vb. ); behaviour, conduct; condition, state; rank, position; aspect of a planet ( in astrology ); true state, reality ( °—, in reality); manner of being, nature; mental state, disposition, temperament; way of thinking, thought, opinion, sentiment, feeling; emotion ( in rhetoric there are eight or nine primary Bhāvas corresponding to that number of Rasas or sentiments ); supposition; meaning, import ( iti bhāvaḥ is continually used by commentators like iti‿arthaḥ or iti‿abhiprāyaḥ, at the end of an explanation ); affection, love; seat of the emotions, heart, soul; substance, thing; being, creature; discreet man ( dr. : vc. = respected sir); astrological house: bhāvo bhāvaṃ nigacchati, birds of a feather flock together; bhāvaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kṛ, make a firm resolution; bhāvaṃ kṛ or bandh, conceive affection for ( lc. ): -ka, a. causing to be, producing ( —° ); promoting the welfare of ( g. ); imagining, fancying ( g. or —° ); having a sense of the beautiful, having a poetic taste; -kartṛ-ka, a. having as its agent an abstract noun; -gamya, fp. to be recognised by the imagination. [ ID=13184 ]
- 1. State or condition of being. 2. Natural disposition or innate property. 3. Meaning, purpose, or intention. 4. Mind or soul. 5. Emotion, passion, or sentiment. 6. Birth. 7. Act or action. 8. Movement or gesture. 9. Wanton sport or pastime. 10. Corporeal expression of amorous sentiment or love. 11. Thing or substance. 12. A living being. 13. The place of birth. 14. Superhuman power. 15. The abstract idea conveyed by a word. 16. The simple idea derived from a root. 17. Advice or instruction. 18. A learned man. 19. Venerable or respectable. 20. The world or universe. 21. An organ of sense or passion.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 618 ] भाव (bhāva) m. ( - वः (-vaḥ) ) 1 State or condition of being. 2 Natural state of being, innate property, disposition, nature. 3 Meaning, purpose, intention. 4 Mind, soul. 5 State or affection of mind, emotion, passion, sentiment, especially as an object of amatory and dramatic poetry; two kinds of Bhāvas are usually enumerated, the Sthāyi, and Vyabhicārī; the first of which comprehends eight varieties, and the second thirty-three; the list blends both feelings and effects, and sorrow, and sleep, and passion, and death, &c. are equally classed amongst the Bhāvas; dramatic writers add two other classes, the Vi- bhāvas or preceding states of mind, leading to a particular condition of mind or body, and Anubhāvas the external signs of any state of mind. 6 Birth. 7 Act, action. 8 Movement, gesture. 9 Wanton sport or pastime. 10 Corporeal expression of amorous sentiments; or love, of which the origin and effects are ascribed to the organs of the body. 11 Thing, substance. 12 A being, a living thing. 13 The place of birth, or pudendum muliebre. 14 Superhuman power. 15 The abstract idea conveyed by any word. 16 The simple idea derived from the root, as expressed in one class of derivatives, as a going, a doing, &c. 17 Advice, instruction. 18 A learned man, a Paṇḍita, (in theatrical language; but especially applied to the manager, or principal performer.) 19 Venerable, respectable. 20 The world, the universe. 21 An organ of sense or passion. E. भू (bhū) to be, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=28480 ]
- 1. Nature, state, or condition. 2. Meaning. 3. Mind. 4. Birth. 5. Act. 6. Love. 7. Spot. 8. Thing.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 554-b ] भाव (bhāva) ( वः ) ((vaḥ)) 1. m. Nature, state or condition; meaning; mind; birth; act; love; spot; thing. [ ID=27994 ]
- 1. Being, becoming, or occurring. 2. State, condition, or existence. 3. Manner or mode. 4. True condition or truth. 5. Temperament or disposition. 6. Affection, sentiment, emotion, or feeling. 7. Love or attachment. 8. Inclination of the mind. 9. Idea, thought, opinion, or supposition. 10. Resolution or intention. 11. Contemplation or abstract meditation. 12. Purport, gist, or scope. 13. The heart, soul, or mind. 14. A being or creature. 15. A thing or substance. 16. Conduct or movement. 17. Amorous gesture or dalliance. 18. Birth. 19. The womb. 20. The world or universe. 21. Superhuman power. 22. Advice or instruction. 23. Will. 24. Incident or occurrence. 25. A venerable or learned man. 26. An impersonal verb.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 524-26 ] भाव (bhāva) m. 1. Being, becoming, occurring, taking place; 2. state, condition, the state of being, नदीभाव (bhāva) ेनेयं ध्रुवमसहमाना परिणता (nadībhāveneyaṃ dhruvamasahamānā pariṇatā) Vikr. iv., ( प्रपेदे (prapede) ) विवर्णभाव (bhāva) ं स स भूमिपालः (vivarṇabhāvaṃ sa sa bhūmipālaḥ) R. vi.67, Bg. iv.10; 3. being, existence, नासतो विद्यते भाव (bhāva) ः (nāsato vidyate bhāvaḥ) Bg. ii.16; 4. manner, mode; 5. true condition, truth, Bg. x.8; 6. temperament, disposition, temper; 7. affection, sentiment, emotion, feeling; (they are either स्थायिनः (sthāyinaḥ) or वय्भिचारिणः (vaybhicāriṇaḥ); the former are eight or nine in number; they are developed in the course of a composition and rise to rasas; the latter are thirty-three or thirty-four in number; they rise and vanish in the course of a composition often strengthening the prevailing sentiment; for an enumeration of these, See K.Pr. iv.) See अनुभाव (bhāva) (anubhāva), विभाव (bhāva) (vibhāva), रस (rasa); 8. love, attachment, कुमुद्वती भानुमतीव भाव (bhāva) म् (kumudvatī bhānumatīva bhāvam) R. vi.36, K.S. v.58; 9. inclination or disposition of the mind, भाव (bhāva) मंतरगतं नृणाम् (bhāvamaṃtaragataṃ nṛṇām) M. viii.25; 10. idea, thought, opinion, supposition, M. iv.65; 11. resolution, intention; 12. contemplation, abstract meditation; 13. purport, gist, scope, substance; (the expression इति भाव (bhāva) ः (iti bhāvaḥ) is often used in exegetical works), Bg. vii.12; 14. the heart, the soul, the mind, Bg. xviii.16; 15. a being, a creature; 16. a thing, a substance, जगति जयिनस्ते ते भाव (bhāva) ा नवेंदुकलादयः (jagati jayinaste te bhāvā naveṃdukalādayaḥ) M.M. i., R. iii.41; 17. conduct, movement; 18. amorous gestures, wanton sport, dalliance; 19. birth; 20. tle womb; 21. the world, the universe; 22. superhuman power; 23. advice, instruction; 24. will, intention; 25. incident, occurrence; 26. a venerable or learned man (a term of address in theatrical language), कामंदक्याः प्रथमां भूमिकां भाव (bhāva) एवाधीते (kāmaṃdakyāḥ prathamāṃ bhūmikāṃ bhāva evādhīte) M.M. i.; 27. a term for an impersonal verb (in gram.). [ ID=27406 ]
- 1. State or condition of being. 2. Innate disposition or nature. 3. Meaning, purpose, or intention. 4. Mind or soul. 5. Emotion, passion, or sentiment. 6. Birth. 7. Act or action. 8. Movement or gesture. 9. Sport or pastime. 10. Love or amorous expression. 11. Thing or substance. 12. A living being. 13. Place of birth. 14. Superhuman power. 15. The abstract idea conveyed by a word. 16. The root idea derived from a verb. 17. Advice or instruction. 18. A learned man or manager. 19. Venerable or respectable. 20. The world or universe. 21. An organ of sense or passion.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 530-a ] भाव (bhāva) m. ( - वः (-vaḥ) ) 1. State or condition of being. 2. Natural state of being, innate property, disposition, nature. 3. Meaning, purpose, intention. 4. Mind, soul. 5. State or affection of mind, emotion, passion, sentiment, especially as an object of amatory and dramatic poetry; two kinds of Bhāvas are usually enumerated, the Sthayi and Vyābhichāri; the first of which comprehends eight varieties, and the second thirty-three; the list blends both feelings and effects, and sorrow, and sleep, and passion, and death, &c. are equally classed amongst the Bhāvas; dramatic writers add two other classes, the Vibhāvas or preceding states of mind, leading to a particular condition of mind or body, and Anubhāvas the external signs of any state of mind. 6. Birth. 7. Act, action. 8. Movement, gesture. 9. Wanton sport or pastime. 10. Corporeal expression of amorous sentiments; or love, of which the origin and effects are ascribed to the organs of the body. 11. Thing, substance. 12. A being, a living thing. 13. The place of birth, or pudendum muliebre. 14. Superhuman power. 15. The abstract idea conveyed by any word. 16. The simple idea derived from the root, as expressed in one class of derivatives, as a going, a doing, &c. 17. Advice, instruction. 18. A learned man, a pandit, (in theatrical language; but especially applied to the manager, or principal performer.) 19. Venerable, respectable. 20. The world, the universe. 21. An organ of sense or passion. E. भू (bhū) to be, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=29377 ]
- 1. State. 2. Property or nature. 3. Meaning. 4. Purpose or intention. 5. Mind or heart. 6. Emotion, passion, or love. 7. Gesture. 8. Corporeal expression of amorous sentiments. 9. A being. 10. Substance, thing, or object. 11. The world. 12. Superhuman power. 13. The Supreme Being. 14. A learned man. 15. A venerable person or master.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 0650-a ] भाव (bhāva) bhāva, i. e. bhū + a, m. 1. State, Hit. pr. d. 28, M.M.; Vikr. d. 115 ( nadī -bhāvena pariṇata, changed into a river). 2. Property, Pañc. iv. d. 62; nature, Nal. 10, 15. 3. Meaning, Man. 2, 124. 4. Purpose, Man. 4, 234; in- tention, Vikr. d. 102 (Sch.). 5. Mind, Pañc. i. d. 317; heart, Rām. 3, 24, 11; Chr. 18, 35. 6. Emotion, passion, as an object of poetry, Daśak. in Chr. 190, 11; (of music? Pañc. v. d. 44); love, Vikr. d. 72; Lass. 58, 16 (read hurvantyā bhāva° ). 7. Gesture. 8. Corporeal expression of amorous senti- ments. 9. A being. 10. Substance, Bhāṣāp. 13; thing, object, Utt. Rāmac. 74, 9. 11. The world. 12. Su- perhuman power. 13. The Supreme Being, Man. 4, 234. 14. A learned man. 15. Venerable, master, Vikr. 3, 11. — Comp. A-, m. 1. absence, Man. 8, 259; Hit. i. d. 118, M.M. 2. non- existence; abhāva + tas, adv. in con- sequence of the non-existence, Bhāṣāp. 113. 3. death, Kathās. 18, 270. 4. destruction, Rām. 5, 27, 6. A-badhya-, adj. state of being inviolable, Hit. iii. d. 63. Ādhāra-ā-dheya- ( vb. dhā ), m. state or relation of the receptacle and the object received, Hit. iii. d. 12 ( instr. because it [viz. the mirror] can receive [reflect] only in proportion to its great- ness). Ārya-, m. honest behaviour, Rām. 1, 1, 35. Eka-, I. m. 1. same state, Hit. ii. d. 151. 2. simplicity (op- posite to duplicity), candour, Pañc. iii. d. 61. II. adj. unchanged, MBh. 13, 3677. Kanyā-, m. virginity, MBh. 1, 2405. Kṛta-, adj. resolute, Rām. 6, 70, 12. Tanu-, m. scantiness, Śāk. d. 167. Dāsa-, m. slavery, Draup. 9, 16. Durnīta-, i. e. dus-, m. foolish be- haviour, Chr. 8, 32. Dūra-, m. dis- tance, Megh. 47. Droha-, m. malig- Page0650-b+ 44 nance, Man. 9, 17. Dvandva-, m. discord, Ṛt. 1, 27. Punar-, m. re- generation, Prab. 108, 1. Pṛthagbhāva, i. e. pṛthak-, m. 1. separateness. 2. difference. Prāpta-, i. e. pra-āpta, I. adj. 1. of a good disposition. 2. wise. 3. handsome. II. m. a bullock. Bāla-, m. youth, Pañc. 182, 12, Vṛddha-, m. old age, Pañc. 50, 8. Sadbhāva, i. e. sant-, m. 1. the property of being, entity. 2. truth, Lass. 57, 7. 3. the property of goodness, kindness, Megh. 18, n. 4. honesty, Hit. iv. d. 103. 5. merit, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 1880; a pure or holy disposition. 6. amiability. Sarva-, m. one's whole being, Hit. ii. d. 33. Sādhu-, m. goodness, Brāhmaṇav. 1, 4. Sva-, m. 1. nature, natural dispo- sition, Rām. 3, 51, 33; Hit. i. d. 19, M.M. 2. purpose, Johns. Sel. 46, 76, Strī-sva-, m. 1. female nature. 2. an eunuch, attendant on women. Sthā- yigh°, i. e. sthāyin-, m. 1. fixed con- dition. 2. A passion or feeling, as object of poetical description, viz. desire, mirth, etc. [ ID=10542 ]
- 1. Becoming, being, or existence. 2. State or condition. 3. Conduct or behaviour. 4. Nature or disposition. 5. Sentiment or feeling. 6. Meaning or sense. 7. Heart, soul, or mind. 8. A being, thing, or creature.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 377 ] भाव (bhāva) m. becoming, being (often —°); passing or change into ( loc. or —°); occurrence, appearance, existence, duration; state, condition; conduct, behaviour; nature, character, temper, disposition; sentiment, feeling ( (rh.) ); supposition, conjecture, meaning, sense; the abstract idea of a verb ( g. ); affection, inclination; heart, soul, mind; a being, thing, creature; a clever man, in respectful address = honourable sir ( d. ). [ ID=22833 ]
- 1. Becoming, existence, or condition of being. 2. Condition. 3. Nature. 4. Natural disposition or feeling. 5. Feelings or heart. 6. An existent thing.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 205-b ] bhāva, m. —1. the becoming, 61 2; existence, 15 18; being; in cpds, used as equiv. to the suffix tva or tā, condition of being…, 35 21, 49 12; —2. (way of being, i. e. ) condition; Page206-a+ 50 —3. (way of being, i. e. ) nature; —4. natural disposition; feeling; —5. feelings; heart, 30 18; —6. the existent; existent thing, 66 9. [ √bhū, 1148. 2.] [ ID=2992 ]
- 1. Becoming, being, existing, occurrence, or appearance. 2. State, condition, or relationship. 3. Manner or mode. 4. True condition or reality. 5. Natural state, temperament, or disposition. 6. State of mind or body, feeling, emotion, or passion. 7. Affection, love, or inclination. 8. Thought, opinion, intention, or purpose. 9. Meaning or sense. 10. Contemplation or meditation. 11. The heart, soul, or mind. 12. A living creature, thing, or substance. 13. Behavior, action, or amorous gesture. 14. Change or substitution of nature. 15. Birth, the womb, or the world. 16. An organ of sense, superhuman power, or the Supreme Being. 17. Advice or instruction. 18. An astrological house or mansion. 19. An impersonal passive or neuter verb, or the abstract idea conveyed by a word.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 0707-b ] भाव (bhāva) bhāva, as, m. (fr. rt. 1. bhū ), becom- ing, being, existing, existence, taking place, occurring, appearing, appearance; state of being, condition of existence, state, condition, relationship; manner, mode; true condition or state, truth, ( bhāvena, in truth, really, truly); manner of being, nature, natural state, innate property, temperament, disposition, temper, ( eko bhāvaḥ, a simple or artless nature); any state of mind or body, affection, sentiment, feel- ing, emotion, passion, (in the dramatic system of the Hindūs, two kinds of Bhāvas are usually enumerated, see sthāyin, vyabhi-cārin; but other divisions are also given, see anu-bhāva, vi-bhāva, sāttvika- bhāva ); feeling of love, inclination, attachment, ( bhāvaṃ teṣu cakre, he felt an affection for them; sā tasmin bhāvam babandha, she fixed her affec- Page0707-c+ 81 tions on him); inclination or disposition of mind, ( yādṛśena bhāvena, with whatever disposition or condition of mind); sentiment, idea, thought, opinion, supposition, conjecture; resolution, intention, pur- pose, ( dṛḍho bhāvaḥ, a firm resolution); purport, tenor, scope, drift; meaning, sense, ( iti bhāvaḥ, ‘such is the sense,’ constantly used by Indian com- mentators at the end of their interpretations); con- templation, reflection, abstract meditation; the seat of the feelings and affections, the heart, soul, mind, ( parituṣṭena bhāvena, with a pleased mind, Manu IV. 227; yadā manyeta bhāvena, when he believes in his mind, Manu VII. 171; but according to Kullūka, bhāvena here = tattva-tas, truly); that which is or exists, a being, living creature, thing, matter, object, substance, ( sarva-bhāveṣu niḥspṛ- haḥ, one who is free from attachment to all [earthly] objects); behaviour, conduct, act, action, movement, gesture; amorous gesture, corporeal expression of amorous sentiments, wanton sport, dalliance ( = līlā ); passing from one state to another, change or substi- tution of one nature for another, (dantyānām mūr- dhanya-bhāvaḥ, the change of dentals to cerebrals; bho-bhāvaḥ, the existence or substitution [for the name of a person] of the expression bhos, Manu II. 124); birth; the place of birth, the womb ( = yoni ); the place of being, the world, universe; an organ of sense; superhuman power; the Supreme Being; advice, instruction: (in theatrical language) a learned or worthy man, a man of dignity or conse- quence, gentleman, master, honourable sir [cf. bhāva- miśra, 2. bhavat ]: (in astronomy) the state or condition of a planet; an astrological house, mansion, lunar mansion; N. of the twenty-seventh Kalpa; of the eighth (forty-second) year in Jupiter's cycle of sixty years; (in Pāṇini's grammatical system) a term for an impersonal passive or neuter verb having neither agent nor object expressed (e. g. pacyate, there is cooking, i. e. cooking is going on); the abstract idea conveyed by a word, the sense of the abstract noun (as describing the state or condition of anything; sometimes used at the end of a comp. instead of the affixes tā, tva, ya, e. g. bāla-bhāva = bāla-tā, &c., the state of a child, childhood; and even added pleonastically to the abstract noun itself, e. g. tanutā-bhāva, the state of thinness); the sense of a noun of action (as expressing the idea of the root, e. g. going, doing, &c.): = miśra-bhāva, N. of the author of the Bhāva-prakāśa. —Bhāva-kalpa- latā, f., N. of a commentary by Bhaṭṭa-mudgala on the Bhāvanā-viveka, q. v. —Bhāva-gambhīram, ind. from the bottom of the heart, ( bhāva-gambhīraṃ jahasuḥ, they laughed heartily); deeply; gravely. —Bhāva-gamya, as, ā, am, to be ascertained by reflection or by meditating in the heart. —Bhāva- grāhin, ī, iṇī, i, apprehending the sense, appre- ciating the sentiment. —Bhāva-cūḍā-maṇi, is, m., N. of a work. —Bhāva-ja, as, m. ‘produced in the heart,’ love; the god of love; [cf. mano-ja. ] —Bhāva-jña, as, ā, am, knowing the heart. —Bhāva-tas, ind. through being, in consequence of being, ( jñāti-bhāvatas, through being a relation.) —Bhāva-tva, am, n. the state of Bhāva, q. v. —Bhāva-dīpa, as, m., N. of a commentary on the Tattva-prakāśa; = bhārata-bhāvadīpa. —Bhā- va-dīpikā, f., N. of a commentary. —Bhāva-nārā- yaṇa-māhātmya, am, n., N. of a work. —Bhāva- padārtha, as, m. a thing which has a real or posi- tive existence. —Bhāva-pāda, as, m., N. of a lexi- cographer. —Bhāva-prakāśa, as, m., N. of a medical work by Bhava-deva-miśra. —Bhāva-prakāśikā, f., N. of a grammatical commentary. —Bhāva-pra- tyaya-vādārtha (°da-ar°), as, m., N. of a work by Mathurā-nātha Tarka-vāg-īśa Bhaṭṭācārya. —Bhā- va-pradīpikā, f., N. of a commentary on the Mālatī-mādhava. —Bhāva-bandhana, as, ā, am, ‘heart-enchaining,’ fettering the heart, joining hearts (as love). —Bhāva-bodhaka, as, ikā, am, revealing or displaying any sentiment, indicating a feeling or passion. —Bhāva-miśra, as, m. (in dramatic lan- guage) a gentleman, a man of dignity or consequence, Page0708-a+ 81 master, sir; N. of the author of the Bhāva-prakāśa, (also called Miśra-bhāva and Bhāva-deva-miśra.) —Bhāva-rāma-kṛṣṇa, as, m., N. of a man men- tioned in the second part of the Prabodha-candrodaya. —Bhāva-rūpa, as, ā, am, ‘consisting of reality,’ actually being, really existing, real, actual; ( am ), n. (?), N. of a work. —Bhāva-vacana, as, ā, am, (in gram.) signifying a state or action, denoting the abstract notion of a verb. —Bhāva-vat, ān, atī, at, being in a state or condition. —Bhāva-vācaka (?), an abstract noun. —Bhāva-viveka, as, m., N. of a Buddhist teacher. —Bhāva-vṛtta, as, ā, am, relat- ing to creation, concerned with cosmogony; ( as ), m., N. of Brahmā. —Bhāvavṛttīya, as, ā, am, an adj. formed from bhāva-vṛtta. —Bhāva-śataka, am, n., N. of a work. —Bhāva-śabala-tā, f. or bhāva-śabalā, f. mixture or union of various emo- tions. —Bhāva-śānti, is, f. the allaying of any (transitory) emotion. —Bhāva-śuddhi, is, f. purity of mind. —Bhāva-śūnya, as, ā, am, void of affec- tion or attachment. —Bhāva-saṃśuddhi, is, f. purification of the natural condition, purity of nature. —Bhāva-sandhi, is, m. union of emotions or feel- ings, co-existence of two emotions, a vacillating frame of mind between conflicting emotions and feelings. —Bhāva-samāhita, as, ā, am, fixed or collected in mind, abstracted, devout. —Bhāva-sarga, as, m. the intellectual creation (comprising the faculties of the human mind and their affections, as distinguished from the material creation, see bhautika ). —Bhāva- sāra-viveka, as, m., N. of a work by Gaṅgā-dhara Mahāḍakara. —Bhāva-stha, as, ā, am, being in a state of love or affection, attached, enamoured. —Bhāva-snigdha, as, ā, am, attached in heart or mind, affectionately disposed. —Bhāvākūta (°va- āk°), am, n. the thoughts of the heart or mind. —Bhāvā-gaṇeśa-dīkṣita, as, m., N. of the author of several commentaries. —Bhāvātmaka (°va-āt°), as, ā, am, ‘consisting of reality,’ real, actual; [cf. bhāva-rūpa. ] —Bhāvātmaka-tā, f. reality. —Bhā- vādvaita (°va-ad°), am, n. natural cause; material cause (as thread of cloth). —Bhāvānandī (°va-ān°), f., N. of a commentary by Bhāvānanda Siddhānta- vāg-īśa on the Dīdhiti or Śiro-maṇi. —Bhāvānanadī- prakāśa, as, m., N. of a commentary on the pre- ceding by Mahā-deva Pandit. —Bhāvānuga (°va- an°), as, ā, am, ‘following the object,’ natural, simple, not forced or assumed; ( ā ), f. a shadow; [cf. bhāvālīnā. ] —Bhāvāntara (°va-an°), am, n. another state, a different state or condition. —Bhā- vābhāsa (°va-ābh°), as, m. simulation of feeling or emotion. —Bhāvārtha (°va-ar°), as, m. the simple or inherent meaning (of words), the obvious purport (of a phrase &c.), subject-matter. —Bhāvārtha-dī- pikā, f. ‘light of the inherent meaning,’ N. of a metrical commentary by Gaurī-kānta Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya on the Tarka-bhāṣā; on the Vṛtta- ratnā-kara by Janārdana-vibudha; = bhāgavata-bh°, q. v. —Bhāvālīnā (°va-āl°), f. ‘cleaving to an object,’ a shadow; [cf. bhāvānugā. ] —Bhāvodaya (°va-ud°), as, m. the rising of emotion or passion. 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### Mental State, Emotion, Intention (5 definitions)
- state of mind or body, way of thinking or feeling, sentiment, opinion, disposition, or intention  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > any state of mind or body, way of thinking or feeling, sentiment, opinion, disposition, intention ( यादृशेन भावेन (yādṛśena bhāvena), with whatever disposition of mind; भावम् अमङ्गलं - (bhāvam amaṅgalaṃ-) √ कृ (√kṛ), with loc., to be ill disposed against; भावं दृढं - (bhāvaṃ dṛḍhaṃ-) √ कृ (√kṛ), to make a firm resolution), Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=150185 ]
- conjecture or supposition  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > conjecture, supposition, Manu-smṛti (Title); Pañcatantra (Title) [ ID=150187 ]
- love, affection, attachment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > love, affection, attachment ( भावं - (bhāvaṃ-) √ कृ (√kṛ), with loc., to feel an affection for), Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ ID=150189 ]
- the heart, soul, or mind  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the seat of the feelings or affections, heart, soul, mind ( परितुष्टेन भावेन (parituṣṭena bhāvena), with a pleased mind), Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=150190 ]
- contemplation, meditation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > contemplation, meditation, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ( cf. - समन्वित (-samanvita) ). [ ID=150207 ]

### Specific Entities (Birth, World, Senses, Power) (5 definitions)
- birth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > birth, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150200 ]
- place of birth, the womb  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > place of birth, the womb, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150201 ]
- the world or universe  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the world, universe, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150202 ]
- an organ of sense  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an organ of sense, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150203 ]
- superhuman power  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > superhuman power, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150204 ]

### Proper Name (Person, Place, Time Cycle) (4 definitions)
- name of the twenty-seventh Kalpa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the 27th Kalpa ( s.v. ), in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=150195 ]
- relating to the 42nd year in Jupiter's cycle of sixty years  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the 8th (42nd) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years, Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=150196 ]
- the author of the Bhavaprakasha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the author of the Bhāvaprakāśa (= मिश्र - भाव (miśra-bhāva) ), Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=150198 ]
- the 27th kalpa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 2-558 ] Bhāva (Darśa) — the 27th kalpa; Agni became Maṇḍali and shone over bhuva and deva; after the end of 1000 years came the Sūrya maṇḍala. Vā. 21. 61-7. [ ID=9607 ]

### Astronomical/Astrological Term (2 definitions)
- the state or condition of a planet  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in astron. ) the state or condition of a planet, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150193 ]
- an astrological house or lunar mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an astrological house or lunar mansion, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=150194 ]

### Conduct, Action, Gesture (2 definitions)
- manner of acting or conduct  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > manner of acting, conduct, behaviour, Kāvya literature (Literary category); Sāhitya-darpaṇa (Title) [ ID=150184 ]
- wanton sport or dalliance  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wanton sport, dalliance, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150199 ]

### Cross-references / Non-definitional Entries (2 definitions)
- See page 754  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 760,2] भाव (bhāva) b &c. See p. 754 &c. [ ID=151460 ]
- See pages 707 and 708.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0714-c ] Bhāva, bhāvanīya, bhāvayat, bhāvita, bhāvya, &c. See pp. 707, 708. [ ID=35662 ]

### Term in Rhetoric, Poetics, or Grammar (2 definitions)
- passion or emotion in rhetoric  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in rhet. ) passion, emotion (2 kinds of Bhāvas are enumerated, the स्थायिन् (sthāyin) or primary, and व्यभिचारिन् (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), Kāvya literature (Literary category); Sāhitya-darpaṇa (Title); Pratāparudrīya (Title) &c. [ ID=150186 ]
- the fundamental meaning of a verb, expressed by its abstract noun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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. पच्यते (pacyate), ‘there is cooking’ or ‘cooking is going on’), Pāṇini (Author) iii, 1, 66; 107 &c. [ ID=150197 ]

### The Supreme Being / Deity (2 definitions)
- the Supreme Being  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the Supreme Being, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150205 ]
- 1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Vishnu.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > भाव (bhāva) [Printed book page 126-2 ] Bhāva 1 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ); 2 = Viṣṇu (1000 names). [ ID=1427 ]

### Adverbial Form for 'Really/Truly' (1 definition)
- really, truly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1C) [Printed book page 754,2] भावेन (bhāvena) ind., really, truly [ ID=150207.1 ]

### Advice, Instruction (1 definition)
- advice, instruction  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > advice, instruction, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150206 ]

### Meaning, Purport, Sense (1 definition)
- purport, meaning, sense  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > purport, meaning, sense ( इति भावः (iti bhāvaḥ), ‘such is the sense’ = इत्य् अर्थः (ity arthaḥ) or इत्य् अभिप्रा (ity abhiprā) यः (yaḥ), constantly used by commentators at the end of their explanations) [ ID=150188 ]

### Term of Address / Respected Person (1 definition)
- a discreet or learned man, used as a respectful form of address  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in dram. ) a discreet or learned man (as a term of address = respected sir), Mṛcchakaṭikā (Title); Mālavikāgnimitra (Title); Mālatīmādhava (Title) [ ID=150192 ]

### Transformation, Change (1 definition)
- turning or transition into  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 754,2] turning or transition into ( loc. or comp. ), Mahābhārata (Title); Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title) [ ID=150179 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; 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; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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