abhidhābhāvanā

abhidhābhāvanā Tatpur. f. (-nā) (In the Mīmānsā philosophy.)

That notion inhering in a verb, which conveys in a literal

or explicit manner the unseen power apūrva; it is considered

as residing in, or as being imparted by, the affixes of the po-

tential, leṭ, imperative and participles of the passive future;

also called śabdabhāvanā and distinguished from the arthabhā-

vanā. See apūrva I. 1. 2. 1. p. 199b, 1. 12 ff. E. abhidhā and

bhāvanā.