भव

See also: भाव

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• bhava (Latin script)
• 𑀪𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ভৰ (Bengali script)
• භව (Sinhalese script)
• ဘဝ or ꧤဝ (Burmese script)
• ภว or ภะวะ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠວ or ຠະວະ or ຠະວະ (Lao script)
• ភវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑅇 (Chakma script)

Noun

भव m

1. state of existence

Declension

Declension table of "भव" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	भवो (bhavo)	भवा (bhavā)
Accusative (second)	भवं (bhavaṃ)	भवे (bhave)
Instrumental (third)	भवेन (bhavena)	भवेहि (bhavehi) or भवेभि (bhavebhi)
Dative (fourth)	भवस्स (bhavassa) or भवाय (bhavāya) or भवत्थं (bhavatthaṃ)	भवानं (bhavānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	भवस्मा (bhavasmā) or भवम्हा (bhavamhā) or भवा (bhavā)	भवेहि (bhavehi) or भवेभि (bhavebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	भवस्स (bhavassa)	भवानं (bhavānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	भवस्मिं (bhavasmiṃ) or भवम्हि (bhavamhi) or भवे (bhave)	भवेसु (bhavesu)
Vocative (calling)	भव (bhava)	भवा (bhavā)

Verb

भव

1. Devanagari script form of bhava, which is an inflection of भवति:
   1. imperfect active first/third-person singular
   2. imperative active second-person singular (bhavati, “to become”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬯ (Balinese script)
• ভব (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဘဝ (Burmese script)
• ભવ (Gujarati script)
• ਭਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಭವ (Kannada script)
• ភវ (Khmer script)
• ຠວ (Lao script)
• ഭവ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଭଵ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖪 (Siddham script)
• භව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚦 (Takri script)
• ப⁴வ (Tamil script)
• భవ (Telugu script)
• ภว (Thai script)
• བྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰawH-ás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰowH-ós, an innovated verb stem derived from *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

Noun

भव • (bhavá) stem, m (root भू)

1. coming into existence, birth, production, origin (= भाव Vop. ; ifc., with f( आ). = arising or produced from, being in, relating to) Yājñ. MBh. Kāv. &c.
2. becoming, turning into (comp.) Kāṭh.
3. being, state of being, existence, life (= सत्-ता L.) ṠārṅgP. (cf. भवान्तर)
4. worldly existence, the world (= संसार L.) Kāv. Pur.
5. (Buddhism) continuity of becoming (a link in the twelvefold chain of causation) Dharmas. 42 (MWB. 102)
6. well-being, prosperity, welfare, excellence (= श्रेयस् L.) MBh. Kāv. &c.
7. obtaining, acquisition (= आप्ति, प्राप्ति) L.
8. a god, deity. W.

Proper noun

भव • (bhavá) stem, m (root भू)

1. name of a deity attending on Rudra and frequently connected with शर्व (later name of शिव or a form of Shiva)
2. name of the 1st and 4th Kalpa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भवः (bhaváḥ)	भवौ (bhavaú) भवा¹ (bhavā́¹)	भवाः (bhavā́ḥ) भवासः¹ (bhavā́saḥ¹)
vocative	भव (bháva)	भवौ (bhávau) भवा¹ (bhávā¹)	भवाः (bhávāḥ) भवासः¹ (bhávāsaḥ¹)
accusative	भवम् (bhavám)	भवौ (bhavaú) भवा¹ (bhavā́¹)	भवान् (bhavā́n)
instrumental	भवेन (bhavéna)	भवाभ्याम् (bhavā́bhyām)	भवैः (bhavaíḥ) भवेभिः¹ (bhavébhiḥ¹)
dative	भवाय (bhavā́ya)	भवाभ्याम् (bhavā́bhyām)	भवेभ्यः (bhavébhyaḥ)
ablative	भवात् (bhavā́t)	भवाभ्याम् (bhavā́bhyām)	भवेभ्यः (bhavébhyaḥ)
genitive	भवस्य (bhavásya)	भवयोः (bhaváyoḥ)	भवानाम् (bhavā́nām)
locative	भवे (bhavé)	भवयोः (bhaváyoḥ)	भवेषु (bhavéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• भवन (bhavana)
• भवानी (bhavānī)

Descendants

• Tamil: பவம் (pavam)
• Telugu: భవము (bhavamu), భవుడు (bhavuḍu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 748, column 3.
• Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 48: “*bʰou̯h₂-ó-”