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 (-).

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

an act or instance of being born; birth.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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