Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

sambhava सम्भव – arisen; originated

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective · substantive masculine

adjective

arisen; originated

substantive masculine

arising; birth; origin; becoming

Derived from

  1. sam सम् previx — together; completely
  2. bhū भू verbal root — be; become; arise
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Sam-bhava, as, m. birth, being, production, ex- istence, arising, springing up; origin, cause, motive; uniting together, combination, mixing, union; com- patibility, consistency, appropriateness, adaptation, adequacy; capacity, ability, possibility; agreement, conformity (especially of the receptacle to the thing received); equivalence (regarded as one of the Pramāṇas or means of certain knowledge in phil., it may be illustrated by the equivalence known to exist between one shilling and twelve pence); ac- quaintance, intimacy; loss, destruction; N. of the third Arhat of the present Ava-sarpiṇī, (also read śam-bhava.)

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

sambhava sam-bhava, &c. See under sam-bhū.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

sambhava m. production; origine.

Derived words

  • asambhava असम्भव substantive masculine non-arising; nonexistence; absence

Occurrences in source texts (6)

IVU 2 occurrences
IVU 12-14: Insufficiency of Becoming 2 occurrences

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Occurrences through derived words

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.21-3.31: Nāḍī-Reinigung 1 occurrence

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SS 1 occurrence
SS 1.7–1.11: Turya in Three States 1 occurrence

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  • SS 1.7 Segment 7

    Attested form: sambhavaḥ Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 1–3: Devī’s Question 1 occurrence

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VBT 121–129: Devotion and Release 1 occurrence

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