The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (388 page)

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Bh
van
(P
li, Skt., ‘to make become’, ‘to nurture’, ‘to develop’, vbhu = ‘to be’). In early Buddhism,
meditation
in the broadest sense: methods of mental training and discipline leading to mind-control and spiritual insight.
Bhavanga-sota
(stream of consciousness)
:
Bhav
n
.
A name of the Hindu Goddess. Theoretically it can be derived from Bhava, a synonym of
iva
. This would then denote the goddess as
iva's consort, similar to
P
rvat
,
Durg
, or Gaur
. However, in the context of regional cults connected with temples, Bhav
n
may figure independently from
iva.

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