abhāva

[apte] a. [na. ba.] 1 Without love or affection. --2 Non-existent. --vaḥ 1 Not being or existing, non-existence; gato bhavo'bhāvaṃ Mk. 1 has disap- peared. --2 Absence, want, failure; sarveṣāmapyabhāve tu brāhmaṇā rikthabhāginaḥ Ms. 9. 188; mostly in comp.; sarvā- bhāve harennṛpaḥ 189 in the absence of all, failing all; toyaº, annaº, āhāraº &c. --3 Annihilation, death, destruction, non-entity; nābhāva upalabdheḥ S. B.; Śi....