# भावना (bhāvanā) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhavana भावना (bhāvanā) is a Sanskrit word meaning promoting or effecting welfare, imagining, fancying, teaching, a creator, producer, an epithet of Shiva, of Vishnu. Its 28 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Mental Conception & Contemplation, Causing, Producing, Promoting & Agent, Specific Concrete Objects. - **Root:** बन्ध् (bandh) - **SLP1:** `BAvanA` **IAST:** bhāvanā **Devanagari:** भावना - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavana - **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/bhavana/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** भावन (bhāvana), भवन (bhavana) ## Meanings by context ### Mental Conception & Contemplation (6 definitions) - imagining, fancying *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > imagining, fancying, Aṣṭāvakra-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=150351 ] - Conception, imagination, fancy, thought, or meditation. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > forming in the mind, conception, apprehension, imagination, supposition, fancy, thought, meditation ( ° नया (°nayā) ind. in thought, in imagination; ° नाम् -√ बन्ध् (°nām-√bandh), with loc., to occupy one's imagination with, direct one's thoughts to), Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category); Śaṃkarācārya [Cologne Addition] (Author); Vedāntasāra (Title) &c. [ ID=150358 ] - that cause of memory which arises from direct perception *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in logic) that cause of memory which arises from direct perception, Tarkasaṃgraha (Title) [ ID=150359 ] - reflection, contemplation *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > reflection, contemplation (5 kinds with Buddhists, Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 128 ) [ ID=150363 ] - right conception or notion *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (with Jainas) right conception or notion [ ID=150366 ] - in thought or imagination *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2C) [Printed book page 755,1] भावनया (bhāvanayā) ind., in thought, in imagination [ ID=150373.1 ] ### Causing, Producing, Promoting & Agent (5 definitions) - causing to be, effecting, producing, displaying, manifesting *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 755,1] 2. भा (bhā) वन (bhāvana) mf( ई (ī) )n. ( fr. Caus.; for 1. See 2. भा (bhā) p. 750) causing to be, effecting, producing, displaying, manifesting, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=150349 ] - promoting or effecting welfare *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > promoting or effecting any one's ( gen. or comp. ) welfare, Mahābhārata (Title); Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=150350 ] - a creator, producer *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > भावन (bhāvana) m. a creator, producer, efficient, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) [ ID=150353 ] - the act of producing or effecting *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > भावन (bhāvana) ( आ (ā) ), f., and n. the act of producing or effecting, Nirukta, by Yāska (Title); Sāhitya-darpaṇa (Title); Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=150357 ] - furthering or promoting *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2B) [Printed book page 755,1] भावन (bhāvana) n. furthering, promoting, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=150371 ] ### Specific Concrete Objects (3 definitions) - a crow *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > a crow, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150369 ] - water *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > water, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150370 ] - the fruit of Dillenia speciosa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the fruit of Dillenia Speciosa, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150372 ] ### Application of Substances, Saturation (2 definitions) - application of perfumes *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > application of perfumes &c. (= अधिवासन (adhivāsana) ), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=150360 ] - saturating powder with fluid, steeping, infusion *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > saturating any powder with fluid, steeping, infusion, Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā (Title) [ ID=150364 ] ### Deities (Śiva, Viṣṇu) (2 definitions) - an epithet of Shiva *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of Śiva (= ध्यातृ (dhyātṛ) ), Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=150354 ] - of Vishnu *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of Viṣṇu, Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Title) [ ID=150355 ] ### Grammatical/Referential Note (2 definitions) - of the preceding *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2) [Printed book page 755,1] भावना (bhāvanā) b f. of prec., in comp. [ ID=150374 ] - The same as bhavana *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > भावन (bhāvana) ा (bhāvanā) [Printed book page 525-03 ] भावन (bhāvana) ा (bhāvanā) f. The same as भावन (bhāvana) (III) q.v. [(3) भावन (bhāvana) या त्वयि लीना (bhāvanayā tvayi līnā) Git.G. iv.; (5) भावन (bhāvana) ा (bhāvanā) मात्रजन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः (bhāvanāmātrajanyaṃ jñānaṃ smṛtiḥ) T.S.; (8) विभागभावन (bhāvana) ा (bhāvanā) ज्ञेया (vibhāgabhāvanā jñeyā) Yaj. ii.149.] [ ID=27437 ] ### Moral, Essence, Nature (2 definitions) - the moral of a fable *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > the moral of a fable, Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan (Title) [ ID=150367 ] - nature or essence *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > ( ifc. ) nature, essence, Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad (Title) [ ID=150373 ] ### Named Texts & Time Periods (2 definitions) - of the twenty-second Kalpa *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > of the 22nd Kalpa ( q.v. ) [ ID=150356 ] - Name of an Upanishad *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > N. of an Upaniṣad [ ID=150368 ] ### Demonstration & Ascertainment (1 definition) - demonstration, argument, ascertainment *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H2B) [Printed book page 755,1] भावना (bhāvanā) a ( आ (ā) ), f. demonstration, argument, ascertainment, Yājñavalkya (Author) [ ID=150361 ] ### Feeling, Sentiment, Devotion (1 definition) - feeling of devotion or faith in *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > feeling of devotion, faith in ( loc. ), Pañcatantra (Title) [ ID=150362 ] ### Mathematical Operation (1 definition) - finding by combination or composition *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (in arithm. ) finding by combination or composition [ ID=150365 ] ### Teaching (1 definition) - teaching *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > teaching, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=150352 ] ## Sources Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. 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