भव

See also: भाव

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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 *bʰáwH-a, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwH-e, an innovated verb stem derived from *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”). The Sanskrit root is भू (bhū).

Noun

भव • (bhava) stem, m

1. (√ भू) 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 • (bhava)

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
Nom. sg.	भवः (bhavaḥ)
Gen. sg.	भवस्य (bhavasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भवः (bhavaḥ)	भवौ (bhavau)	भवाः (bhavāḥ)
Vocative	भव (bhava)	भवौ (bhavau)	भवाः (bhavāḥ)
Accusative	भवम् (bhavam)	भवौ (bhavau)	भवान् (bhavān)
Instrumental	भवेन (bhavena)	भवाभ्याम् (bhavābhyām)	भवैः (bhavaiḥ)
Dative	भवाय (bhavāya)	भवाभ्याम् (bhavābhyām)	भवेभ्यः (bhavebhyaḥ)
Ablative	भवात् (bhavāt)	भवाभ्याम् (bhavābhyām)	भवेभ्यः (bhavebhyaḥ)
Genitive	भवस्य (bhavasya)	भवयोः (bhavayoḥ)	भवानाम् (bhavānām)
Locative	भवे (bhave)	भवयोः (bhavayoḥ)	भवेषु (bhaveṣu)

Derived terms

• भवन (bhavana)
• भवानी (bhavānī)
• भव्य (bhavya)

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 748/3.