Anubhāva [from anubhavati] original meaning "experience, concomitance" and found only in compounds as °°, in meaning "experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with", e.g. maha° sensation of greatness, rāja° s. belonging to a king, what is in accordance with kingship, i.e. majesty. Through preponderance of expressions of distinction there arises the meaning of anubhāva as "power, majesty, greatness, splendour etc." and as such it was separated from the 1st component and taken as ānubhāva with ā instead of a, since the compositional character had obliterated the character of the a. As such (ānubhāva absolute) found only in later language.1. anubhāva (—°): mahānubhāva (of) great majesty, eminence, power S I 146 f.; II 274; IV 323; Snp page 93; Pv II 1 12 ; Pv-a 76. deva° of divine power or majesty D II 12; devatā° the same Ja I 168; dibba° the same Pv-a 71, 110. rājā° kingly splendour, pomp D I 49; Ja IV 247; Pv-a 279 etc. — anubhāvena (instrumental °°) in accordance with, by means of Ja II 200 (aṅgavijjā°); Pv-a 53 (iddh°), 77 (kamma°), 148 (the same), 162 (rāja°), 184 (dāna°), 186 (puñña°). yathānubhāvaṃ (adverb) in accordance with (me), as much as (I can); after ability, according to power S I 31; Vv 1 5 (= yathābalaṃ Vv-a 25).2. ānubhāva majesty power, magnificence, glory, splendour Ja V 10, 456; Pv II 8 11 ; Vv-a 14; Pv-a 43, 122, 272. See also ānu°.
(masc, masc, from anubhavati) power; authority Construction: anu > ānu + √bhū > bhāv + *a