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bhava

bhava noun: a feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from understanding of the continuity of life and death (reincarnation).

Noun

bhava (countable and uncountable, plural bhavas)

  1. A feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from understanding of the continuity of life and death (reincarnation).

Proper noun capitalized: Bhava

Bhava

  1. The eighth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Forms of bhava

pluralbhavas

Origin of bhava

Borrowed from Sanskrit भव (bhava) directly, as well as through Pali bhava.

Questions about bhava

What does bhava mean?
Bhava means a feeling or mood, especially one of maturation that arises from understanding of the continuity of life and death (reincarnation).
What part of speech is bhava?
Bhava can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bhava?
The plural of bhava is bhavas.

Words near bhava in the dictionary

  1. bhattis
  2. bhatura
  3. bhaturas
  4. bhau
  5. Bhaumik
  6. bhava
  7. bhavacakra
  8. bhavacakras
  9. bhavachakra
  10. bhavai
  11. Bhavana

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