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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 126, col. 2.
    abhavat a. Not existing.

    Comp.

    abhavanmatayogaḥ, saṃyogaḥ (in Rhet.) a defect in composition; abhavan asaṃbhavannapi mataḥ iṣṭaḥ yogaḥ saṃbaṃdhaḥ yatra K. P. 7; the ‘failure of an intended connection’, or want of harmony between the ideas to be expressed and the words expressing them; e. g. īkṣase yatkaṭākṣeṇa tadā dhanvī manobhavaḥ, here the word yat can have no correlation with tadā though intended by the poet. The proper reading would be īkṣase cet &c.; for other examples see S. D. 575 ad loc.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 168.
    abhavat a. Not existing. -Comp. -abhavanmatayogaḥ, -saṃyogaḥ (in Rhet.) a defect in composition; abhavan asaṃbhavannapi mataḥ iṣṭaḥ yogaḥ sambandhaḥ yatra K. P.7; the 'failure of an intended connection', or want of harmony between the ideas to be expressed and the words expressing them; e. g. īkṣase yatkaṭākṣeṇa tadā dhanvī manobhavaḥ, here the word yat can have no Correlation with tadā though intended by the poet. The proper reading would be īkṣase cet &c.; for other examples see S. D.575 ad. loc.