सम्भव

Sanskrit

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• সম্ভৱ (Assamese script)
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• ஸம்ப⁴வ (Tamil script)
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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *sam-

Sanskrit सम्- (sam-)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Sanskrit भू (bhū)

Sanskrit भव (bhava)

Sanskrit सम्भव (sambhava)

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ भव (bhava). Compare सम्भवति (sambhavati, “to happen, be possible”) and सम्भूत (sambhūta, “united”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐm.bʱɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐm.bʱɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

सम्भव • (sambhava) stem, m

1. being or coming together, meeting, union, intercourse (esp. sexual intercourse, cohabitation)
2. finding room in, being contained in
3. birth, production, origin, source, the being produced from
4. cause, reason, occasion
5. being brought about, occurrence, appearance
6. being, existence
7. capacity, ability, possibility
8. (rhetoric) a possible case
9. (philosophy) equivalence (regarded as one of the Pramāṇas, which see; illustrated by the equivalence between one shilling and pence)
10. agreement, conformity (esp. of the receptacle with the thing received)
11. compatibility, adequacy
12. acquaintance, intimacy
13. loss, destruction
14. (with Buddhists) name of a world
15. name of a prince
16. of the third Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सम्भव (sambhava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सम्भवः sambhavaḥ	सम्भवौ / सम्भवा¹ sambhavau / sambhavā¹	सम्भवाः / सम्भवासः¹ sambhavāḥ / sambhavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सम्भव sambhava	सम्भवौ / सम्भवा¹ sambhavau / sambhavā¹	सम्भवाः / सम्भवासः¹ sambhavāḥ / sambhavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सम्भवम् sambhavam	सम्भवौ / सम्भवा¹ sambhavau / sambhavā¹	सम्भवान् sambhavān
Instrumental	सम्भवेन sambhavena	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवैः / सम्भवेभिः¹ sambhavaiḥ / sambhavebhiḥ¹
Dative	सम्भवाय sambhavāya	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवेभ्यः sambhavebhyaḥ
Ablative	सम्भवात् sambhavāt	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवेभ्यः sambhavebhyaḥ
Genitive	सम्भवस्य sambhavasya	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवानाम् sambhavānām
Locative	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवेषु sambhaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Adjective

सम्भव • (sambhava) stem

1. existing, being

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सम्भव (sambhava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सम्भवः sambhavaḥ	सम्भवौ / सम्भवा¹ sambhavau / sambhavā¹	सम्भवाः / सम्भवासः¹ sambhavāḥ / sambhavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सम्भव sambhava	सम्भवौ / सम्भवा¹ sambhavau / sambhavā¹	सम्भवाः / सम्भवासः¹ sambhavāḥ / sambhavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सम्भवम् sambhavam	सम्भवौ / सम्भवा¹ sambhavau / sambhavā¹	सम्भवान् sambhavān
Instrumental	सम्भवेन sambhavena	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवैः / सम्भवेभिः¹ sambhavaiḥ / sambhavebhiḥ¹
Dative	सम्भवाय sambhavāya	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवेभ्यः sambhavebhyaḥ
Ablative	सम्भवात् sambhavāt	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवेभ्यः sambhavebhyaḥ
Genitive	सम्भवस्य sambhavasya	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवानाम् sambhavānām
Locative	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवेषु sambhaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of सम्भवा (sambhavā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सम्भवा sambhavā	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवाः sambhavāḥ
Vocative	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवाः sambhavāḥ
Accusative	सम्भवाम् sambhavām	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवाः sambhavāḥ
Instrumental	सम्भवया / सम्भवा¹ sambhavayā / sambhavā¹	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवाभिः sambhavābhiḥ
Dative	सम्भवायै sambhavāyai	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवाभ्यः sambhavābhyaḥ
Ablative	सम्भवायाः / सम्भवायै² sambhavāyāḥ / sambhavāyai²	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवाभ्यः sambhavābhyaḥ
Genitive	सम्भवायाः / सम्भवायै² sambhavāyāḥ / sambhavāyai²	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवानाम् sambhavānām
Locative	सम्भवायाम् sambhavāyām	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवासु sambhavāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of सम्भव (sambhava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सम्भवम् sambhavam	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवानि / सम्भवा¹ sambhavāni / sambhavā¹
Vocative	सम्भव sambhava	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवानि / सम्भवा¹ sambhavāni / sambhavā¹
Accusative	सम्भवम् sambhavam	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवानि / सम्भवा¹ sambhavāni / sambhavā¹
Instrumental	सम्भवेन sambhavena	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवैः / सम्भवेभिः¹ sambhavaiḥ / sambhavebhiḥ¹
Dative	सम्भवाय sambhavāya	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवेभ्यः sambhavebhyaḥ
Ablative	सम्भवात् sambhavāt	सम्भवाभ्याम् sambhavābhyām	सम्भवेभ्यः sambhavebhyaḥ
Genitive	सम्भवस्य sambhavasya	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवानाम् sambhavānām
Locative	सम्भवे sambhave	सम्भवयोः sambhavayoḥ	सम्भवेषु sambhaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• सम्भवन (sambhavana, “containing”)

Descendants

• Pali: संभव m (saṃbhava, “origin”)
• Prakrit: संभव m (saṃbhava, “origin”)
• → Hindi: संभव (sambhav, “possible”) (learned), असंभव (asambhav, “impossible”), संभवतः (sambhavtaḥ, “possibly”)
• → Tamil: சம்பவம் (campavam)
• → Malayalam: സംഭവം (sambhavaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सम्भव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1178/2, 1179/1.