As a deity name
Name 423 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
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As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the 14th day of the dark half of the lunar month, ( also )
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M1 · same meaning "bhūtāyai" is the dative of "bhūtā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "bhūtāyai" is the dative of "bhūta" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "bhūtā" is derived from "bhū" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. bhū cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. i, 1) bhavati (rarely Ā. ˚te; pf. babhūva, 2. pers. ˚ūtha or ˚ūvitha cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64; babhūyās, ˚yār, babhūtu, RV.; Ā. babhūve or bubhūve, Vop.; cf. below; aor. abhūt, ˚ūvan; Impv. bodhi [cf. √ budh], bhūtu, RV.; aor. or impf. abhuvat, bhuvat, bhuvāni, ib.; Prec. bhūyāsam, 2. 3. sg. ˚yās, ib. ; bhūyāt, AV.; bhūyiṣṭhās, BhP.; bhaviṣāt [?] AitBr.; abhaviṣṭa, bhaviṣīṣta. Gr.; fut. bhaviṣyati, ep. also ˚te and 2. pl. ˚ṣyadhvam; bhavitā, Br. &c.; inf. bhuve, -bhve, bhūṣaṇi, RV.; bhavitum, ˚tos, Br.; ind.p. bhūtvā; bhūtvī, RV.; -bhūya, RV. &c.; -bhūyam, -bhavam, Br.), to become, be (with nom., or adv. or indecl. words ending in ī or ū cf. kṛṣṇī-√ bhū &c.), arise, come into being, exist, be found, live, stay, abide, happen, occur, RV. &c. &c. (often used with participles and other verbal nouns to make periphrastical verbal forms; with a fut. p. = to be going or about to, e.g. anuvakṣyan bhavati, he is going to recite, ŚBr.; the fut. of √ bhū with a pf. p. = a fut. pf., e.g. kṛtavān bhaviṣyasi, you will have done, MBh.; the pf. P. babhūva after the syllable ām is put for the pf. of verbs of the 10th class &c. [cf. √ 1. as and √ 1. kṛ]; the Ā. appears in this meaning, Śiś. ix, 84; Kum. xiv, 46; observe also bhavati with a fut. tense, it is possible that, e.g. bhavati bhavān yājayiṣyati, it is possible that you will cause a sacrifice to be performed, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 146, Sch.; bhavet, may be, granted, admitted, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iii, 2, 114; bhavatu id., well, good, enough of this, Kāv.; Hit.; iticed bhavet, if this question should be asked, Mn. x, 66; kva tad bhavati, what is to become of this, it is quite useless, TBr.; with na = to cease to exist, perish, die, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; with iha na, not to be born on earth, MBh.; with śata-dhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, MBh.; with dūrataḥ, to keep aloof, ŚārṅgP.; with manasi or cetasi and gen., to occur to the mind of any one, Kād.; id. with gen. alone, Lalit.); to fall to the share or become the property of, belong to (cf. ‘esse alicujus’; with gen., rarely dat. or loc. accord. to Vop. also with pari or prati and preceding acc.), RV. &c. &c.; to be on the side of, assist (with gen. or -tas), MBh. 1301 (cf. Pāṇ. v, 4, 48, Sch.); to serve for, tend or conduce to (with dat. of thing), RV. &c. &c. (with phalāya. to bear fruit, Kām.); to be occupied with or engaged in, devote one's self to (with loc.), MBh.; Kāv.; to thrive or prosper in (instr.), turn out well, succeed, RV.; TS.; Br.; to be of consequence or useful, Mn. iii, 181; (also Ā. Dhātup. xxxiv, 37) to fall, or get into, attain to, obtain, Br.; MBh.; (with idam) to obtain it i.e. be successful or fortunate, TS. : Pass. bhūyate (or ˚ti, Up.; aor. abhāvi) sometimes used impers., e.g. yair bhaviṣyate, by whom it will be existed i.e. who will be, Rājat. : Caus. bhāvayati (rarely ˚te; aor. abībhavat Gr.; inf. bhāvitum, R.; Pass. bhāvyate &c., MBh.), to cause to be or become, call into existence or life, originate, produce, cause, create, Pur.; Sāh.; to cherish, foster, animate, enliven, refresh, encourage, promote, further, AitUp.; MBh. &c.; to addict or devote one's self to, practise (acc.), MBh.; HYog.; to subdue, control, R.; (also Ā. Dhātup. xxxiv, 37) to obtain, Jaim., Sch.; to manifest, exhibit, show, betray, MBh.; Kām.; Daś.; to purify, BhP.; to present to the mind, think about, consider, know, recognize as or take for (two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to mingle, mix, saturate, soak, perfume, Kauś.; Suśr. (cf. bhāvita, p. 755, col. 1) : Desid. of Caus. bibhāvayiṣati (Pāṇ. vii, 4, 80, Sch.), to wish to cause to be &c., Br. : Desid. bubhūṣati (˚te), to wish or strive to become or be, RV. &c. &c.; (with kṣipram), to strive to be quickly possessed, MBh.; to want to get on, strive to prosper or succeed, TS.; Br.; MBh.; to want to have, care for, strive after, esteem, honour, MBh.; Hariv.; to want to take revenge, BhP. : Intens. bobhavīti, bobhavati, bobhoti, bobhūyate, to be frequently, to be in the habit of BhP.; Bhaṭṭ.; to be transformed into (acc.), RV.; AV.; (with tiraḥ), to keep anything (instr.) secret, ŚBr.
bhū [cf. Zd. bū; Gk. ϕύω, ἔϕυν; Lat. fuit, fuat &c.; Slav. byti; Lith. búti; Germ. bim, bin; Angl.Sax. beó; Eng. be.]
bhūtā (ā, f.), the 14th day of the dark half of the lunar month, SkandaP. (L. also m.)
N. of a woman, HPariś.
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bhūtā (ā, f.), the 14th day of the dark half of the lunar month, SkandaP. (L. also m.)
N. of a woman, HPariś.
bhūta mf(ā)n. become, been, gone, past (n. the past), RV. &c. &c.
actually happened, true, real (n. an actual occurrence, fact, matter of fact, reality), Yājñ.; R. &c.
1. bhū cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. i, 1) bhavati (rarely Ā. ˚te; pf. babhūva, 2. pers. ˚ūtha or ˚ūvitha cf. Pāṇ. vii, 2, 64; babhūyās, ˚yār, babhūtu, RV.; Ā. babhūve or bubhūve, Vop.; cf. below; aor. abhūt, ˚ūvan; Impv. bodhi [cf. √ budh], bhūtu, RV.; aor. or impf. abhuvat, bhuvat, bhuvāni, ib.; Prec. bhūyāsam, 2. 3. sg. ˚yās, ib. ; bhūyāt, AV.; bhūyiṣṭhās, BhP.; bhaviṣāt [?] AitBr.; abhaviṣṭa, bhaviṣīṣta. Gr.; fut. bhaviṣyati, ep. also ˚te and 2. pl. ˚ṣyadhvam; bhavitā, Br. &c.; inf. bhuve, -bhve, bhūṣaṇi, RV.; bhavitum, ˚tos, Br.; ind.p. bhūtvā; bhūtvī, RV.; -bhūya, RV. &c.; -bhūyam, -bhavam, Br.), to become, be (with nom., or adv. or indecl. words ending in ī or ū cf. kṛṣṇī-√ bhū &c.), arise, come into being, exist, be found, live, stay, abide, happen, occur, RV. &c. &c. (often used with participles and other verbal nouns to make periphrastical verbal forms; with a fut. p. = to be going or about to, e.g. anuvakṣyan bhavati, he is going to recite, ŚBr.; the fut. of √ bhū with a pf. p. = a fut. pf., e.g. kṛtavān bhaviṣyasi, you will have done, MBh.; the pf. P. babhūva after the syllable ām is put for the pf. of verbs of the 10th class &c. [cf. √ 1. as and √ 1. kṛ]; the Ā. appears in this meaning, Śiś. ix, 84; Kum. xiv, 46; observe also bhavati with a fut. tense, it is possible that, e.g. bhavati bhavān yājayiṣyati, it is possible that you will cause a sacrifice to be performed, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 146, Sch.; bhavet, may be, granted, admitted, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iii, 2, 114; bhavatu id., well, good, enough of this, Kāv.; Hit.; iticed bhavet, if this question should be asked, Mn. x, 66; kva tad bhavati, what is to become of this, it is quite useless, TBr.; with na = to cease to exist, perish, die, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; with iha na, not to be born on earth, MBh.; with śata-dhā, to fall into a hundred pieces, MBh.; with dūrataḥ, to keep aloof, ŚārṅgP.; with manasi or cetasi and gen., to occur to the mind of any one, Kād.; id. with gen. alone, Lalit.); to fall to the share or become the property of, belong to (cf. ‘esse alicujus’; with gen., rarely dat. or loc. accord. to Vop. also with pari or prati and preceding acc.), RV. &c. &c.; to be on the side of, assist (with gen. or -tas), MBh. 1301 (cf. Pāṇ. v, 4, 48, Sch.); to serve for, tend or conduce to (with dat. of thing), RV. &c. &c. (with phalāya. to bear fruit, Kām.); to be occupied with or engaged in, devote one's self to (with loc.), MBh.; Kāv.; to thrive or prosper in (instr.), turn out well, succeed, RV.; TS.; Br.; to be of consequence or useful, Mn. iii, 181; (also Ā. Dhātup. xxxiv, 37) to fall, or get into, attain to, obtain, Br.; MBh.; (with idam) to obtain it i.e. be successful or fortunate, TS. : Pass. bhūyate (or ˚ti, Up.; aor. abhāvi) sometimes used impers., e.g. yair bhaviṣyate, by whom it will be existed i.e. who will be, Rājat. : Caus. bhāvayati (rarely ˚te; aor. abībhavat Gr.; inf. bhāvitum, R.; Pass. bhāvyate &c., MBh.), to cause to be or become, call into existence or life, originate, produce, cause, create, Pur.; Sāh.; to cherish, foster, animate, enliven, refresh, encourage, promote, further, AitUp.; MBh. &c.; to addict or devote one's self to, practise (acc.), MBh.; HYog.; to subdue, control, R.; (also Ā. Dhātup. xxxiv, 37) to obtain, Jaim., Sch.; to manifest, exhibit, show, betray, MBh.; Kām.; Daś.; to purify, BhP.; to present to the mind, think about, consider, know, recognize as or take for (two acc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to mingle, mix, saturate, soak, perfume, Kauś.; Suśr. (cf. bhāvita, p. 755, col. 1) : Desid. of Caus. bibhāvayiṣati (Pāṇ. vii, 4, 80, Sch.), to wish to cause to be &c., Br. : Desid. bubhūṣati (˚te), to wish or strive to become or be, RV. &c. &c.; (with kṣipram), to strive to be quickly possessed, MBh.; to want to get on, strive to prosper or succeed, TS.; Br.; MBh.; to want to have, care for, strive after, esteem, honour, MBh.; Hariv.; to want to take revenge, BhP. : Intens. bobhavīti, bobhavati, bobhoti, bobhūyate, to be frequently, to be in the habit of BhP.; Bhaṭṭ.; to be transformed into (acc.), RV.; AV.; (with tiraḥ), to keep anything (instr.) secret, ŚBr.
bhū [cf. Zd. bū; Gk. ϕύω, ἔϕυν; Lat. fuit, fuat &c.; Slav. byti; Lith. búti; Germ. bim, bin; Angl.Sax. beó; Eng. be.]
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