Bāva | Bआव | BAva

Bāva/ | Bआव/ | m. (√ Bū | Bऊ |) becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance, ŚvetUp.; KātyŚr. &c.
turning or transition into (loc. or comp.), MBh.; RPrāt.
continuance (opp. to cessation; ekoti-Bāva | एकोति-Bआव |, continuity of the thread of existence through successive births, Buddh., wrongly translated under ekoti-B˚ | एकोति-B˚ |), MBh.
state, condition, rank (with sṭāvira | स्टाविर |, old age; anyam Bāvam āpadyate | अन्यम् Bआवम् आपद्यते |, euphem. = he dies; state of being anything, esp. ifc., e.g. bālaBāva | बालBआव |, the state of being a child, childhood = bālatā | बालता | or -tva | -त्व |; sometimes added pleonastically to an abstract noun, e.g. tanutā-Bāva | तनुता-Bआव |, the state of thinness), Up.; ŚrS.; MBh. &c.
true condition or state, truth, reality (ibc. and ˚vena | ˚वेन | ind. really, truly), MBh.; Hariv.
manner of being, nature, temperament, character (eko Bāvaḥ | एको Bआवः | or eka-B˚ | एक-B˚ |, a simple or artless nature; Bāvo Bāvaṃ nigacCati | Bआवो Bआवं निगच्Cअति | = birds of a feather flock together), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
manner of acting, conduct, behaviour, Kāv.; Sāh.
any state of mind or body, way of thinking or feeling, sentiment, opinion, disposition, intention (yādfṣena Bāvena | याद्फ़्षेन Bआवेन |, with whatever disposition of mind; Bāvam amaṇgalaṃ-√ kf | Bआवम् अमण्गलं-√ क्फ़् |, with loc., to be ill disposed against; Bāvaṃ dfQaṃ-√ kf | Bआवं द्फ़्Qअं-√ क्फ़् |, to make a firm resolution), Mn.; MBh. &c.
(in rhet.) passion, emotion (2 kinds of Bhāvas are enumerated, the sṭāyin | स्टायिन् | or primary, and vyaBicārin | व्यBइचारिन् | 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), Kāv.; Sāh.; Pratāp. &c.
conjecture, supposition, Mn.; Pañcat.
purport, meaning, sense (iti Bāvaḥ | इति Bआवः |, ‘such is the sense’ = ity arṭaḥ | इत्य् अर्टः | or ity aBiprāyaḥ | इत्य् अBइप्रायः |, constantly used by commentators at the end of their explanations)
love, affection, attachment (Bāvaṃ-√ kf | Bआवं-√ क्फ़् |, with loc., to feel an affection for), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the seat of the feelings or affections, heart, soul, mind (parituśwena Bāvena | परितुश्wएन Bआवेन |, with a pleased mind), ŚvetUp.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
that which is or exists, thing or substance, being or living creature (sarva-Bāvāḥ | सर्व-Bआवाः |, all earthly objects; Bāvāḥ sṭāvara-jaṇgamāḥ | Bआवाः स्टावर-जण्गमाः |, plants and animals), MuṇḍUp.; MBh. &c.
(in dram.) a discreet or learned man (as a term of address = respected sir), Mṛcch.; Mālav.; Mālatīm.
(in astron.) the state or condition of a planet, L.
an astrological house or lunar mansion, ib.
N. of the 27th Kalpa (s.v.), ib.
of the 8th (42nd) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years, VarBṛS.
(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. pacyate | पच्यते |, ‘there is cooking’ or ‘cooking is going on’), Pāṇ. iii, 1, 66; 107 &c.
N. of the author of the Bhāvaprakāśa (= miṣra-Bāva | मिष्र-Bआव |), Cat.
wanton sport, dalliance, L.
birth, L.
place of birth, the womb, L.
the world, universe, L.
an organ of sense, L.
superhuman power, L.
the Supreme Being, L.
advice, instruction, L.
contemplation, meditation, L. (cf. -samanvita | -समन्वित |).
Bāva | Bआव | &c. See p. 754 &c.

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