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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vastvabhāva (वस्त्वभाव).—

1) absence of reality.

2) loss of property or possessions.

Derivable forms: vastvabhāvaḥ (वस्त्वभावः).

Vastvabhāva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vastu and abhāva (अभाव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vastvabhāva (वस्त्वभाव).—m.

(-vaḥ) 1. Insubstantial existence. 2. Loss or destruction of property. E. vastu and abhāva non-existence.

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

1) Vastvabhāva (वस्त्वभाव):—[=vastv-abhāva] [from vastv > vas] m. absence of reality, unsubstantial essence, [ib.]

2) [v.s. ...] loss or destruction of property, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vastvabhāva (वस्त्वभाव):—[vastva+bhāva] (vaḥ) 1. m. Want of substance; loss of property.

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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.

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Partial matches: Vastv, Abhava, Vastu.

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