anvābhaj

 

Anvābhaj means “to cause someone to share in 

something along with others,” typically taking a 

locative object.

Core definition

Both major dictionary sources describe the verb identically:

• It means “to make a person take a share after or with another”

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• It is used in both Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada forms

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• The construction normally involves a locative case to indicate in what or
• with whom the sharing occurs

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Grammatical breakdown

anvā + √bhaj

• anvā = “after, along, following”
• bhaj = “to share, divide, partake, distribute”

Together, the compound conveys the idea of sharing something in sequence

or together with others.

How the verb functions

• It is a causative-like usage: the subject causes another person to share or 
• participate.
• The meaning is social or distributive: to allot, to include, to let someone partake.
• Typical contexts (as seen in Vedic/Brāhmaṇa usage referenced in the results)
• involve ritual sharing, distribution of portions, or including someone in 
• a collective act

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Example (constructed from the dictionary sense)

• guruḥ śiṣyān havirṣu anvābhajate — “The teacher causes the students to 
• share in the offerings.”
  Here haviḥ (offerings) would be in the locative, following the dictionary’s 
• note that the verb governs a locative object

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Distinguishing it from similar terms

The search results also contain extensive material on anubhāva / anubhava, 

which belong to the aesthetic theory of rasa and bhāva in the 

Nāṭyaśāstra

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These are unrelated to anvābhaj:

• anubhāva = “consequent expression” in drama.
• anubhava = “experience, perception.”
• anvābhaj = a verb meaning “to cause to share.”

Only the last is relevant to your query.

Summary

Anvābhaj is a Sanskrit verb meaning:

• to cause someone to share or partake,
• to allot a share to someone,
• usually after or along with others,
• and typically governing a locative object.