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Entry संभव

संभवsaṃbhava1 Birth, production, springing up, arising, existence प्रियस्य सुहृदो यत्र मम तत्रैव संभवो भूयात् Māl.9…
1. 1 Birth, production, springing up, arising, existence प्रियस्य सुहृदो यत्र मम तत्रैव संभवो भूयात् Māl.9; मानुषीषु कथं वा स्यादस्य रूपस्य संभवः Ś.1.26; अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसंभवः Bg.3.14; Often times at the end of comp. in this sense; अप्सरःसभवैषा Ś.1.
2. Production and bringing up; यं मातापितरौ क्लेशं सहेते संभवे नृणाम् Ms.2.227; (see Kull. thereon).
3. Cause, origin, motive.
4. Mixing, union, combination.
5. Possibility; संयोगो हि वियोगस्य संसूचयति संभवम् Subhāṣ.
6. Compatibility, consistency.
7. Adaptation, appropriateness.
8. Agreement, conformity.
9. Capacity.
10. Equivalence (one of the Pramāṇas).
11. Acquaintance.
12. Loss, destruction.
13. (In rhet.) A possible case.
14. Cohabitation.
15. (Plural) Wealth, prosperity; स सर्वभयनिर्मुक्तः संभवानधितिष्ठति Mb.13.64.11.
16. Knowledge (विद्या); अन्यदेवाहुः संभवाद- न्यदाहुरसंभवात् Īśop.13.
17. Occurrence, appearance.
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