As a deity name
Name 917 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
अभव · noun · masculine
न होना अनस्तित्व · नाश । प्रलय · निर्वाण । मोक्ष (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
अभव · adj
जो उत्पन्न हो । अजन्मा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अभव" is अ- + भव: भव means "Being, existing", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अभव" is अ- + भव: भव means "Being, existing", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
destruction, end of the world.
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Dictionary citations
a-bhava m. nonexistence
destruction, end of the world.
abhava m. (vaḥ) 1 End of the world, liberation from the world. 2 Non-existence. mfn. (-vaḥ-vā-vaṃ) Non-existent. E. a neg. bhava being.
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