Bhava
Bhava is the Sanskrit ( भव ) and Pali word for " habitual tendencies" or " life process ", derived from the root bhu. It has diverse meanings.
In Indian mythology Bhava is a Vedic deity, who is identified with Sharva. Later, a nickname or a manifestation of Rudra or Shiva.
In Indian music Bhava means being, the psychological state ( Rasa ) that an artist returns to the outside, so artistic expression.
In Buddhism Bhava means continuity of being between life and death. It decays in
- Kama - bhava: habitual tendencies in the five- sense world,
- Rupa - bhava: habitual tendencies of psychic, subtle physical sky world,
- Arupa - bhava: habitual tendencies in immaterial sky world.
Synonyms are:
- 有Chinese: yǒu
- Japanese: u
- Vietnamese: Hữu
- Tibetan: srid pa