भव

Noun

 * 1) state of existence

Verb

 * , which is an

Etymology
From, from , an innovated verb stem derived from. The Sanskrit root is.

Noun

 * 1) 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)  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

 * 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