In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Bhavati (भवति, “lady”) refers to a specific “mode of address” (nāman) used in drama (nāṭya), according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 19.

Bhavati is used in the following situations:

• By the Jester (vidūṣaka) addressing the queen and her maids,
• Addressing the wives of respectable seniors and king’s officers (sthānīyā).

context information

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Bhavati (भवति).—The word prescribed by Manu to be used while addressing women. Not all women should be addressed like that. All women who are not your relatives and the wives of others should be addressed using any one of the following words: Bhavati, Subhage or Bhagini.

"parapatnī tu yā strī syād asambaddhā ca yonitaḥ / tāṃ brūyād bhavatītyevaṃ subhage bhaginīti ca. //" (Manusmṛti, Chapter 2).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Bhāvatī (भावती) refers to one of the female Śrāvakas mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Bhāvatī).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

bhavati : (bhu + a) becomes; to be; exists.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Bhavati, (bhū to become, cp. Sk. bhūmi earth; Gr. fuζis nature (physical), fu/omai to grow; Lat. fui I have been, futurus=future; Oir. buith to be; Ags. būan=Goth. bauan to live, Ger. bauen, also Ags. bȳldan=to build; Lith. búti to be, būtas house Dhtp 1: bhū sattāyaṃ) to become, to be, exist, behave etc. (cp. Nd² 474= sambhavati jāyati nibbattati pātu-bhavati).—I. Forms. There are two bases used side by side, viz. bhav° and (contracted) ho°, the latter especially in the (later) Gāthā style and poetry in general, also as archaic in prose, whereas bhav° forms are older. On compounds with prepositions, as regards inflection, see Geiger, P. Gr. §§ 131², 151³; and cp. anubhavati, abhibhavati, abhisaṃ°, pa° (also pahoti, pahūta), pari°, vi°, saṃ°.—1. Pres. ind. bhavāmi Sn. 511 & homi J. III, 260; 2^nd bhavasi & hosī M. III, 140; Vv 84²⁰; 3^rd bhavati frequent ; Sn. 36 (where Nd² 474 with v. l. BB of Sn. reads bhavanti; Divy p. 294 also reads bhavanti snehāḥ as conjecture of Cowell’s for MSS. bhavati); Dh. 249, 375; & hoti frequent ; 1^st pl. homa Pv. I, 11⁸; 2^nd hotha J. I, 307; 3^rd bhavanti & honti frequent—imper. 2^nd sg. bhava Sn. 337, 340, 701; Dh. 236; Th. 2, 8; bhavāhi Sn. 510; hohi Sn. 31; M. III, 134; J. I, 32; PvA. 89. 3^rd sg. hotu Sn. 224; J. III, 150; PvA. 13; Miln. 18. pl. 1^st med. bhavāmase Th. 1, 1128; Sn. 32; 2^nd pl. bhavatha J. II, 218, bhavātha Sn. 692; Dh. 144; hotha Dh. 243; Dh. II, 141; J. II, 302; DhA. I, 57; 3^rd pl. bhavantu Sn. 145; hontu J. II, 4. Pot. 1^st sg. bhaveyyaṃ J. VI, 364; 2^nd bhaveyyāsi Ud. 91; PvA. 11; 3^rd bhave Sn. 716, bhaveyya J. II, 159; DhA. I, 329, & hupeyya Vin. I, 8 (for huveyya: see Geiger, P. Gr. § 39⁶ & 131²); pl. 1^st bhaveyyāma; 2^nd bhavetha Sn. 1073, 3^rd bhaveyyuṃ Sn. 906.—ppr. bhavaṃ Sn. 92, & bhavanto Sn. 968; f. hontī PvA. 79.—fut. 1^st sg. bhavissāmi PvA. 49, hessāmi Th. 2, 460 (ThA. 283 reads bhavissāmi), & hessaṃ Th. 1, 1100; J. III, 224; Pv. I, 10⁵; 2^nd bhavissasi PvA. 16, hohisi Pv. I, 3³; 3^rd bhavissati Dh. 228, 264; DhA. II, 82, hessati J. III, 279 & med. hessate Mhvs 25, 97, hehitī Bu II. 10=A. I, 4; Vv 63³²; & hossati (in pahossati fr. pahoti DhA. III, 254); 1^st pl. bhavissāma Dh. 200; 2^nd hessatha S. IV, 179; 3^rd bhavissanti frequent—Cond. 1^st sg. abhavissaṃ J. I, 470; 2^nd abhavissa J. II, 11; III, 30; 3^rd abhavissa It. 37; Vin. I, 13; D. II, 57; M. III, 163; J. I, 267; II, 112 (na bhavissa=nābhavissa?); 3^rd pl. abhavissaṃsu Vin. I, 13. 1^st aor. (orig. pret. of *huvati, cp. hupeyya Pot. ; see Geiger P. Gr. 131², 162²): 1^st sg. ahuvā S. I, 36, with by-form (see aor.) ahuvāsiṃ Vv 82⁶; 2^nd ahuvā ibid. , 3^rd ahuvā Vv 81²⁴; J. II, 106; III, 131; 1^st pl. ahuvāma M. I, 93; II, 214, & ahuvamha ibid. ; 2^nd ahuvattha S. IV, 112; M. I, 445; DhA. I, 57. ‹-› 2^nd aor. (simple aor. , with pret. endings): 1^st sg. ahuṃ Pv. II, 3² (v. l. BB ahu) (=ahosiṃ PvA. 83); 2^nd ahu (sk. abhūḥ) Pv. II, 3⁵; 3^rd ahū (Sk. abhūt) Sn. 139, 312, 504 and passim; Pv. I, 2³, & ahu Pv. I, 9³; I, 11³; & bhavi DhA. I, 329 (pātubhavi); 1^st pl. ahumhā (Sk. abhūma) Pv. I, 11⁶, & ahumha J. I, 362; DhA. I, 57.—3^rd aor. (s aor.) 1^st sg. ahosiṃ Th. 1, 620; J. I, 106; VvA. 321: PvA. 10 (=āsiṃ); 2^nd ahosi J. I, 107; 3^rd ahosi Sn. 835; Vin. I, 23; 1^st pl. ahesumha M. I, 265; 3^rd ahesuṃ D. II, 5; Vv 74⁴; J. I, 149; DhA. I, 327; & bhaviṃsu (Sk. abhāviṣuḥ) DhA. IV, 15.—Of medial forms we mention the 1^st pl. pres. bhavāmahe Mhvs. I, 65, and the 3^rd sg, pret. ahuvattha VvA. 103.—Inf. bhavituṃ Sn. 552, & hetuye Bu II. 10.—ger. bhavitvā Sn. 56, hutvā Sn. 43, & hutvāna Sn. 281.—grd. bhavitabba J. I, 440; VI, 368; hotabba Vin. I, 46; bhabba (Sk. bhavya); see sep. ; bhuyya see cpd. abhibhuyya.—Caus. bhāveti see sep.—pp. bhūta. Note. In compⁿ with nouns or adjectives the final vowel of these is changed into ī, as in combination of the same with the root kṛ, e.g. bhasmībhavati to be reduced to ashes, cp. bhasmī-karaṇa s. v. bhasma, etc.—II. Meanings. In general the meaning “to become, to get” prevails, but many shades of it are possible according to context & combinations. It is impossible & unnecessary to enumerate all shades of meaning, only a few idiomatic uses may be pointed out.—1. to happen, to occur, to befall J. VI, 368.—2. The fut. bhavissati “is certainly,” “must be” DhA. III, 171 (sātthikā desanā bh.); Miln. 40 (mātā ti pi na bh.). ‹-› 3. Imper. hotu as adv. “very well” Miln. 18 (hotu bhante very well, sir).—4. aor. in meaning and as substitute of āsiṃ, pret. of as to be; etad ahosi this occurred to him DhA. I, 399 (assā etad ahosi “this thought struck her”). (Page 499)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Bhavatī (भवती).—

1) Your ladyship, lady.

2) A poisoned arrow.

3) Shining; L. D. B.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Bhavati (भवति).—(Sanskrit), comes to be; in peculiar use, bodhi-sattvo mātāpitaraṃ bhaṇāsi mā khu bhave Mahāvastu ii.221.7 (verse), the B. said to his parents, Be it not so! (Perish the thought!); next line continues, na khu tāva śocitavyaṃ…, you must not grieve!

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Bhāvati (भावति).—(m.c. for bhavati), comes to be, etc.: śāstā-rasaṃjñā tvayi sada bhāviṣyanti (read °ṣanti, m.c.) Lalitavistara 232.5 (verse); bhāvāmy ahu Samādhirājasūtra p. 66 line 3 (so read for text bhāvāmbahu; same corruption bhombahu for bhomy ahu pp. 64 line 25, 65 lines 1, 3, etc.) = bhavāmy aham.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhavatī (भवती):—[from bhavat > bhava] f. a [particular] kind of poisoned arrow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhavati (ಭವತಿ):—[noun] a respectable woman.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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