abhāva

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[apte] a. [na. ba.] 1 Without love or affection. --2 Non-existent. --vaḥ 1 Not being or existing, non-existence; gato bhavo'bhāvaṃ Mk. 1 has disap- peared. --2 Absence, want, failure; sarveṣāmapyabhāve tu brāhmaṇā rikthabhāginaḥ Ms. 9. 188; mostly in comp.; sarvā- bhāve harennṛpaḥ 189 in the absence of all, failing all; toyaº, annaº, āhāraº &c. --3 Annihilation, death, destruction, non-entity; nābhāva upalabdheḥ S. B.; Śi....

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√śarva शर्व

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · hiṃsāyām

to kill, to destroy, to hurt

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a. [na. ba.] 1 Without love or affection. --2 Non-existent. --vaḥ 1 Not being or existing, non-existence; gato bhavo'bhāvaṃ Mk. 1 has disap- peared. --2 Absence, want, failure;...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 937
Texts Appeared In: 105

DCS: incompetent as a witness; not an eye-witness

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Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: abhāvān

tadabhāvān niścayaḥ kiṃnibandhanaḥ kimāśrayaḥ
Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: abhāvayoḥ

kaḥ kilānudbhrāntamatiḥ puraḥprasphuradrūpe sad iti pratyayakāriṇi ghaṭādau nāya
Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: abhāvo

abhāvo hi tadasaṃbhavalabdhajanmāpi yadi tenaiva bhāvena sahitaḥ syāt tadānīm ab