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BHAVANA—An abode, a residence, a dwelling, a site, a building, a mansion. A kind of rectangular building :
(1) Agni-Purāṇa (chap. 104, v. 16-17, see under Prāsāda).
(2) Garuḍa-Purāṇa (chap. 47. v. 21-22, 26-27 see under Prāsāda).
(3) Maṇḍapaṁ nava-talaṁ kuryād bhavanam anya-raṅgaṁ vādhi-maṇḍapākāram। (M. xi. 144).
(4) Tenedaṁ Parameśvarsya bhavanaṁ dharmmātmanā kāri-tam . . . . . kaṇvāśrame। “He, the pious minded, had his dwelling (temple) of the supreme Lord made,...........in the hermitage of Kaṇva.” (Kanaswa Inscrip. of Śivagana, line 11 f., Ind. Ant. vol. xix. pp. 58, 61).
(5) Śubhrābrābhaṁ idaṁ Bhavasya bhavanaṁ kārāpitaṁ bhū-tale। “This temple of Bhava (Śiva), resembling the white cloud (or mountain, snowy Himālayas) was caused to be built on the earth.” (Dhanop Inscrip. of Chachcha, v. 2, Ind. Ant. vol. xl. p. 175).