Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

asambhava असम्भव – non-arising; nonexistence; absence

adjective · substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

non-arising; nonexistence; absence

Derived from

  1. a अ previx — negative prefix a-; not; without
  2. sambhava सम्भव substantive masculine — arising; birth; origin; becoming

About this dictionary

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

asambhava a-sambhava, as, ā, am (rt. bhū), inconsistent, improbable, unlikely; non-existent; (am, ā), n. f. any extraordinary event; non-existence.

About this dictionary

Occurrences in source texts (1)

IVU 1 occurrence
IVU 12-14: Insufficiency of Becoming 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

Continue with AYI Free

Image source: AYI archive.