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Bhavabhavana, 屹屹Բ, 󲹱屹Բ, 屹屹, Bhava-bhavana: 8 definitions

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Bhavabhavana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhavabhavana in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

屹屹Բ (भावभाव�).—Three-fold, Brahma 屹Բ, Karma 屹Բ and Ubhaya 屹Բ, according to the commentator.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa VI. 8. 7.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Vedanta (school of philosophy)

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: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

屹屹Բ (भावभाव�) refers to “thinking about things�, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “He who by nature is empty minded (śūԲⲹ-ٳٲ), and who thinks of things only unintentionally [prakṛtyā śūnyacitto ya� pramādādbhāva屹Բ�], is freed from deliberate remembering like one awakened from a dream. When my desire has been eliminated, I have no wealth, friends, robber senses, scriptures or knowledge? [...]�.

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Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Bhavabhavana in Jainism glossary
: University of Cambridge: Jainism

󲹱屹 (भवभावन�) of Hemacandra Maladhārin deals with the twelve topics of meditation (), especially rebirth (bhava) and the impermanence.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

󲹱屹Բ (भवभावन).�a. conferring welfare.

󲹱屹Բ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhava and 屹Բ (भावन).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󲹱屹Բ (भवभावन).—[masculine] creator of the world.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 󲹱屹Բ (भवभावन):—[=bhava-屹Բ] [from bhava] mfn. conferring welfare, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘author of ex°�, Name of Viṣṇu, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) 󲹱屹 (भवभावन�):—[=bhava-屹] [from bhava-屹Բ > bhava] f. (ifc.) regarding anything as good fortune, [Śāntiśataka]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

󲹱屹Բ (भवभावन):—[bhava-屹Բ] (Բ�) 1. n. Cause of birth. a. Causing or creating the world.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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