सम्भव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সম্ভৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬫ᭄ᬪᬯ (Balinese script)
• সম্ভব (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰦𑰿𑰥𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀪𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• သမ္ဘဝ (Burmese script)
• સમ્ભવ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਮ੍ਭਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦩ꧀ꦨꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂧𑂹𑂦𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಮ್ಭವ (Kannada script)
• សម្ភវ (Khmer script)
• ສມ຺ຠວ (Lao script)
• സമ്ഭവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᢨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠪᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧆𑧠𑧅𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐩𑑂𑐨𑐰 (Newa script)
• ସମ୍ଭଵ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢪ꣄ꢩꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆩𑇀𑆨𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖦𑖿𑖥𑖪 (Siddham script)
• සම‍්භව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩴 𑪙𑩳𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚢𑚶𑚡𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஸம்ப⁴வ (Tamil script)
• సమ్భవ (Telugu script)
• สมฺภว (Thai script)
• ས་མྦྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒧𑓂𑒦𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨢𑩇𑨡𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

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): /s̪ɐm.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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ)	सम्भवौ (sambhavau) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवाः (sambhavāḥ) सम्भवासः¹ (sambhavāsaḥ¹)
vocative	सम्भव (sambhava)	सम्भवौ (sambhavau) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवाः (sambhavāḥ) सम्भवासः¹ (sambhavāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सम्भवम् (sambhavam)	सम्भवौ (sambhavau) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवान् (sambhavān)
instrumental	सम्भवेन (sambhavena)	सम्भवाभ्याम् (sambhavābhyām)	सम्भवैः (sambhavaiḥ) सम्भवेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Adjective

सम्भव • (sambhava) stem

1. existing, being

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सम्भव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सम्भवः (sambhavaḥ)	सम्भवौ (sambhavau) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवाः (sambhavāḥ) सम्भवासः¹ (sambhavāsaḥ¹)
vocative	सम्भव (sambhava)	सम्भवौ (sambhavau) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवाः (sambhavāḥ) सम्भवासः¹ (sambhavāsaḥ¹)
accusative	सम्भवम् (sambhavam)	सम्भवौ (sambhavau) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवान् (sambhavān)
instrumental	सम्भवेन (sambhavena)	सम्भवाभ्याम् (sambhavābhyām)	सम्भवैः (sambhavaiḥ) सम्भवेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of सम्भवा

	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 (sambhavayā) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)	सम्भवाभ्याम् (sambhavābhyām)	सम्भवाभिः (sambhavābhiḥ)
dative	सम्भवायै (sambhavāyai)	सम्भवाभ्याम् (sambhavābhyām)	सम्भवाभ्यः (sambhavābhyaḥ)
ablative	सम्भवायाः (sambhavāyāḥ) सम्भवायै² (sambhavāyai²)	सम्भवाभ्याम् (sambhavābhyām)	सम्भवाभ्यः (sambhavābhyaḥ)
genitive	सम्भवायाः (sambhavāyāḥ) सम्भवायै² (sambhavāyai²)	सम्भवयोः (sambhavayoḥ)	सम्भवानाम् (sambhavānām)
locative	सम्भवायाम् (sambhavāyām)	सम्भवयोः (sambhavayoḥ)	सम्भवासु (sambhavāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of सम्भव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सम्भवम् (sambhavam)	सम्भवे (sambhave)	सम्भवानि (sambhavāni) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)
vocative	सम्भव (sambhava)	सम्भवे (sambhave)	सम्भवानि (sambhavāni) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)
accusative	सम्भवम् (sambhavam)	सम्भवे (sambhave)	सम्भवानि (sambhavāni) सम्भवा¹ (sambhavā¹)
instrumental	सम्भवेन (sambhavena)	सम्भवाभ्याम् (sambhavābhyām)	सम्भवैः (sambhavaiḥ) सम्भवेभिः¹ (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)

• 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.