bhū

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[apte] I 1 P. (rarely A.) (bhavati, babhūva, abhūt, bhaviṣyati, bhavituṃ, bhūta) 1 To be, become; kathamevaṃ bhavennāma; asyāḥ kima- bhavat Māl 9. 29 ‘what has become her fate,’ ‘what has become of her’; U. 3. 27; yadbhāvi tadbhavatu U. 3 ‘come what may’; so duḥkhito bhavati, hṛṣṭo bha- vati &c. --2 To be born or produced; yadapatyaṃ bhavedasyāṃ Ms. 9. 127; bhāgyakra- meṇa hi dhanāni bhavaṃti yāṃti Mk. 1. 13. --3 To spring...

[apte] a. (At the end of comp.) Be- ing, existing, becoming, springing from, arising or produced from, &c; cittabhū, ātmabhū, kamalabhū, manobhū &c. --m. 1 An epithet of Viṣṇu. --2 The sacrificial fire.

[mw] cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. i, 1) bh/avati (rarely A1. te; pf. babh/ūva, 2. pers. /ūtha or ūvitha cf. Pa1n2. 7-2, 64; babhūyās,y/ār,babhūtu RV.; A1. babhūve or bubhūve Vop.; cf. below; aor. /abhūt, ūvan; Impv. bodh/i [ cf. budh ], bhūtu RV.; aor. or impf. /abhuvat,... &c, see p.748 &c 096420 760,2 151457 &c, see p.748 &c 096421 760,2 151458 &c, see p.748 &c 096422 760,2 151459

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√bhū भू

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · sattāyām

to exist, to become, to be, to happen

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I 1 P. (rarely A.) (bhavati, babhūva, abhūt, bhaviṣyati, bhavituṃ, bhūta) 1 To be, become; kathamevaṃ bhavennāma; asyāḥ kima- bhavat Māl 9. 29 ‘what has become her fate,’ ‘what...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 28,381
Texts Appeared In: 215

DCS: = -da | Monier-Williams: BU [ cf. Zd. bū ; Gk. ϕύω , ἔϕυν ; Lat. fuit , fuat &c.; S

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Manusmṛti surface: babhūvur

babhūvur hi puroḍāśā bhakṣyāṇāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām
Manusmṛti surface: bhavet

tat paryuṣitam apy ādyaṃ haviḥśeṣaṃ ca yad bhavet
Manusmṛti surface: bhavaty

na tādṛśaṃ bhavaty eno mṛgahantur dhanārthinaḥ