Bavat a. ( ntI f. ) 1 Being, becoming, happening. 2 Present; samatItaM ca Bavacca BAvi ca R. 8. 78. — pron. a. ( tI f. ) A respectful or honorific pronoun, translated by ‘your honour,’ ‘your lordship, worship or highness’; ( oft. used in the sense of the second personal pronoun, but with the third person of the verb); aTavA kaTaM BavAn manyate M. 1 ; BavaMta eva jAnaMti raGURAM ca kulasTitiM U. 5. 23 ; R. 2. 40 , 3. 48 ; 5. 16. It is often joined to atra or tatra (see the words), and sometimes to sa also; yanmAM viDeyavizaye saBavAnniyuMkte Māl. 1. 9.