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भाव
भाव
See also: भव
Hindi
Noun
भाव • (bhāv) m
Declension
| Declension of भाव | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | भाव (bhāv) | भाव (bhāv) |
| oblique | भाव (bhāv) | भावों (bhāvõ) |
| vocative | भाव (bhāv) | भावो (bhāvo) |
Synonyms
- (existence): अस्तित्व (astitva), जीवन (jīvan)
- (soul): आत्मा (ātmā)
- (feeling): अनुभव (anubhav), भावना (bhāvnā)
- (opinion): राय (rāy)
- (manner): ढंग (ḍhaṅg), तरीक़ा (tarīqā), रीति (rīti), तौर (taur)
- (price): मूल्य (mūlya), क़ीमत (qīmat), दाम (dām)
Sanskrit
Noun
भाव • (bhāva) m
- (√ भू (bhū)) becoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance.
- turning or transition into.
- continuance (opp. to cessation ; एकोति-भाव, continuity of the thread of existence through successive births.
- state, condition, rank.
- true condition or state, truth, reality (ibc. and °वेन ind. really, truly).
- manner of being, nature, temperament, character.
- manner of acting, conduct, behaviour.
- any state of mind or body, way of thinking or feeling, sentiment, opinion, disposition, intention.
- (in rhet.) passion, emotion (2 kinds of भावs are enumerated, the स्थायिन् or primary, and व्यभिचारिन् or subordinate ; the former are 8 or 9 according as the रसs or sentiments are taken to be 8 or 9 ; the latter 33 or 34).
- conjecture, supposition.
- purport, meaning, sense.
- love, affection, attachment.
- the seat of the feelings or affections, heart, soul, mind.
- that which is or exists, thing or substance, being or living creature.
- (drama) a discreet or learned man (as a term of address = respected sir).
- (astronomy) the state or condition of a planet.
- an astrological house or lunar mansion.
- N. of the 27th कल्प.
- N. of the 8th (42nd) year in Jupiter's cycle of 60 years.
- (grammar) 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, ‘there is cooking’ or ‘cooking is going on’).
- N. of the author of the भावप्रकाश (= मिश्र-भाव).