अनुभव [anubhava] भाव [bhāva] भाव &c. See under अनुभू.
अनुभवः [anubhavḥ] 1 Direct perception or cognition, knowledge derived from personal observation or experiment, notion, apprehension, the impression on the mind not derived from memory, one of the kinds of knowledge; सर्वव्यवहारहेतुर्ज्ञानं बुद्धिः । सा द्विविधा स्सृतिरनुभवश्च । संस्कारमात्र- जन्यं ज्ञानं स्मृतिः । तद्भिन्नं ज्ञानमनुभवः which again is यथार्थ right & अयथार्थ wrong. See
[T. S.34.] (The Naiyāyikas recognize प्रत्यक्ष, अनुमान, उपमान and शाब्द as the four sources of knowledge; the Vedāntins and Mīmāṁsakas add two more अर्थापत्ति and अनुपलब्धि; the Vaiśeṣikas and Bauddhas admit the first two only, the Sāṅkhyas exclude उपमान, while the Chārvākas admit प्रत्यक्ष only. Other sections of philosophical schools add three more to the six sources of knowledge recognised by the Mīmāṁsakas;
-संभव 'equivalence'; ऐतिह्य 'fallible testimony', and चेष्टा 'gesture'.)
Experience; अनुभवं वचसा सखि लुम्पसि
[N.4.15.] Understanding.
Result, consequence. -Comp.
-सिद्ध a. a. established by experience.