As a deity name
Name 163 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 45 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 282 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 354 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
भूतावास · noun · masculine
संसार । दुनिया · शरीर । देह · बहेड़े का वृक्ष — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘abode of beings’, N. of Viṣṇu and Śiva
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Dictionary citations
bhūtāvāsa m. ‘abode of beings’, N. of Viṣṇu and Śiva, MBh.; Hariv.
Terminalia Bellerica (as the abode of evil b˚), L.
the body (as the ab˚ of the elements), Mn.; MBh. &c.
bhūtāvāsa m. (-saḥ) The body. E. bhata, and āvāsa abode.
Alternative readings
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