Anubhāva [fr. anubhavati] orig. meaning "experience, con- comitance" and found only in cpds. as -- ˚, in meaning "experiencing the sensation of or belonging to, experience of, accordance with", e.g. maha˚ sensation of greatness, rājâ˚ 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." & 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 abs.) found only in later language. -- (1) anubhāva ( -- ˚): mahānubhāva (of) great majesty, eminence, power S i.146 sq.; ii.274; iv.323; Sn p. 93; Pv ii.112; PvA 76. deva˚ of divine power or majesty D ii.12; devatā˚ id. J i.168; dibba˚ id. PvA 71, 110. rājā˚ kingly splendour, pomp D i.49; J iv 247; PvA 279 etc. -- anubhāvena (instr. -- ˚) in accordance with, by means of J ii.200 (angavijjā˚); PvA 53 (iddh˚), 77 (kamma˚), 148 (id.), 162 (rāja˚), 184 (dāna˚), 186 (puñña˚). yathânubhāvaŋ (adv.) in accordance with (me), as much as (1 can); after ability, according to power S i.31; Vv 15 (= yathābalaŋ VvA 25). -- (2) ānubhāva majesty power, magnificence, glory, splendour J v.10, 456; Pv ii.811; VvA 14; PvA 43, 122, 272. See also ānu˚.