existence - a) the state or fact of existing; being; b) continuance in being.

the act or fact of coming into life or of being born; birth.

(buddh.) continuity of becoming (as a link in the twelvefold chain of causation).

the period of time that someone lives; life-time; life-span.

the totality of the worldly affairs or life.

Śiva.

a man involved in the worldly affairs or life (as dif. from the one leading a detached, spiritual life).

the supposed rebirth of a soul.

well-being; welfare; prosperity.

a Jina, a jaina spiritual teacher.

(pros.) the symbol for a long syllable (-).

an act or instance of being born; birth.

the period in one's life from birth to death; life.

the husband of one's elder sister.

an elder brother of one's husband.

a son of one's maternal uncle or paternal aunt.

an elder brother of one's wife.

a term of endearment, used to address a man even though not related.

a man who is still in the clutches mundane and attachments and suffering in the cycle of births and deaths.

= ಬವ್ವು.

(children's language) a ghost or anything that scares.

(astrol.) name of one of the eleven divisions of a lunar day.

an ascetic, usu. having long hairs, who wanders from place to place.

the medium sized, deciduous tree Cassia fistula of Caesalpiniaceae family.

the deciduous tree Melia azedarach of Meliaceae family, that grows to medium size, the root of which is used as vermicide.