Bhavana
Born	Karthika Menon [1] (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986 (age 26) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Karthika Menon (Malayalam: കാര്‍ത്തിക മേനോന്‍, Kārttika Mēnōn ^?; born 6 June 1986), better known by her stage name Bhavana (Malayalam: ഭാവന, Bhāvana ^?), is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut in Kamal's super hit Nammal (2002), which won her critical acclaim and various honors. In a career spanning eight years, she has appeared in over forty-five films, in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, while winning one Filmfare and two Kerala State Film Awards.

Early life[link]

Bhavana was born Karthika Menon^[2] in Thrissur, Kerala, the daughter of Pushpa and assistant cinematographer, G. Balachandran Menon. She has one brother, Jayadev, who currently lives in Vancouver, Canada.^[3] She studied at Holy Family Girls' High School, Chembukkavu, Thrissur.

Bhavana, who describes herself as a restless and a confused person and someone who's "hard to handle", states that she had grown up with a dream to become an actress.^[4] She recalls that, as a five-year-old, she used to imitate actress Amala's scenes from the Malayalam film Ente Sooryaputhrikku in front of the mirror and was even willing to jump from a building and break her arm, like Amala's character did in the film.^[4]

She is the brand ambassador along with actress Lakshmi Rai for team Kerala Strikers for the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), captained by Mohanlal, who is also one of the owners of the team, and vice-captain Indrajit.

Career[link]

Nivin Pauly & Bhavana at CCL party, Vizag, India, 2011.

At age 16,^[4] she debuted in the Malayalam film Nammal opposite newcomers Siddharth, Jishnu and Renuka Menon. The film was a big success and she got several offers in Malayalam. She won many honors and a Kerala State Special Jury Award for the film. Bhavana was an 11th standard student when she got her break in films.^[5] She has acted with almost all actors in Malayalam cinema. She has got many offers lined up in Tamil and did many projects with famous Tamil actors like Ajith Kumar, Madhavan, Jayam Ravi, Bharath and Srikanth.^[6]

She has been doing glamorous roles since 2008. ^[7]

In 2010, she starred in her first Kannada film alongside Puneeth Rajkumar acted in Jackie which was a blockbuster. Following the film's huge success, the film was dubbed into Telugu and Malayalam.^[8] Bhavana is said to be paired with Emraan Hashmi & Amitabh Bachchan in an upcoming Bollywood film.^[9] Her second Kannada movie Only Vishnuvardhana with Sudeep opened to a big response.^[10]

Awards[link]

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Filmfare Awards South

• 2006 - Best Actress - Chithiram Pesuthadi

Kerala State Film Award

• 2002 - Special Jury Award for Best Actress - Nammal
• 2005 - Second Best Actress - Daivanamathil

Asianet Film Award

• 2002 - Best Supporting Actress Award - Nammal
• 2005 - Best Supporting Actress Award - Daivanamathil

Other Awards

• 2002 - Mathrubhumi Award for Best New Actress - Nammal
• 2003 - Mathrubhumi Award for Most Entertaining Actress - Swapnakoodu, C.I.D. Moosa
• 2005 - Grihalakshmy Special Jury Award - Daivanamathil
• 2005 - Jersey Foundation Award for Best Actress - Daivanamathil
• 2005 - Kalakeralam Awardfor Best Actress - Daivanamathil
• 2006 - Sathyan Award for Best Tamil Actress

Filmography[link]

References[link]

2012 Jaggu Bavitha

External links[link]

• Bhavana at the Internet Movie Database

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Bhāvanā (Pali;^[1] Sanskrit, also bhāvana^[2]) literally means "development"^[3] or "cultivating"^[4] or "producing"^[1][2] in the sense of "calling into existence."^[5] It is an important concept in Buddhist praxis (Patipatti). The word bhavana normally appears in conjunction with another word forming a compound phrase such as citta-bhavana (the development or cultivation of the heart/mind) or metta-bhavana (the development/cultivation of lovingkindness). When used on its own bhavana signifies 'spiritual cultivation' generally.

Etymology[link]

Bhavana derives from the word Bhava meaning becoming or the subjective process of arousing mental states.

• To explain the cultural context of the historical Buddha's employment of the term, Glenn Wallis emphasizes bhavana's sense of cultivation. He writes that a farmer performs bhavana when he or she prepares soil and plants a seed. Wallis infers the Buddha's intention with this term by emphasizing the terrain and focus on farming in northern India at the time in the following passage.

"I imagine that when Gotama, the Buddha, chose this word to talk about meditation, he had in mind the ubiquitous farms and fields of his native India. Unlike our words 'meditation' or 'contemplation,' Gotama’s term is musty, rich, and verdant. It smells of the earth. The commonness of his chosen term suggests naturalness, everydayness, ordinariness. The term also suggests hope: no matter how fallow it has become, or damaged it may be, a field can always be cultivated — endlessly enhanced, enriched, developed — to produce a favorable and nourishing harvest."^[6]

Buddhism[link]

In the Pali Canon bhāvanā is often found in a compound phrase indicating personal, intentional effort over time with respect to the development of that particular faculty. For instance, in the Pali Canon and post-canonical literature one can find the following compounds:

• citta-bhāvanā, translated as "development of mind"^[7][8] or "development of consciousness."
• kāya-bhāvanā, translated as "development of body."^[7]
• mettā-bhāvanā, translated as the "cultivation"^[9] or "development of loving-kindness."^[10]
• paññā-bhāvanā, translated as "development of wisdom"^[11] or "development of understanding."
• samādhi-bhāvanā, translated as "development of tranquil-wisdom."^[12] It means the cultivation (bhavana) of a broad range of skills, covering everything from worldview, to ethics, livelihood and mindfulness.

In addition, in the Canon, the development (bhāvanā) of samatha-vipassana is lauded.^[13] Subsequently, Theravada teachers have made use of the following compounds:

• samatha-bhāvanā, meaning the development of tranquility.^[5]
• vipassanā-bhāvanā, meaning the development of insight.^[5]

The word bhavana is sometimes translated into English as 'meditation' so that, for example, metta-bhavana may be translated as 'the meditation on loving-kindness'. Meditation as a state of absorbed concentration on the reality of the present moment is properly called dhyana (Sanskrit; Pali: jhana) or samadhi.

In Jainism[link]

In Jain texts, bhāvana refers to "right conception or notion" or "the moral of a fable."^[2]

See also[link]

• Buddhist meditation

Notes[link]

Sources[link]

• Ireland, John D. (trans.) (1997). The Udāna & the Itivuttaka. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society. ISBN 955-24-0164-X. Retrieved 9 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" (1999, excerpts) at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.intro.irel.html.

• Monier-Williams, Monier (1899, 1964). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-864308-X. Retrieved 2008-12-09 from "Cologne University" at http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/index.php?sfx=pdf.

• Ñāṇamoli, Bhikkhu (trans.) & Bodhi, Bhikkhu (ed.) (2001). The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-072-X.

• Nyanatiloka Mahathera, Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Terms And Doctrines, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Fourth Edition, 1980

• Nyanaponika Thera (trans.) & Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans., ed.) (1999). Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from the Aṇguttara Nikāya. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7425-0405-0.

• Rhys Davids, T.W. & William Stede (eds.) (1921-5). The Pali Text Society’s Pali–English Dictionary. Chipstead: Pali Text Society. Retrieved 2008-12-09 from "U. Chicago" at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/.

• Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1995). Pabhassara Sutta: Luminous (AN 1.49-52). Retrieved 9 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an01/an01.049.than.html.

• Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1997). Samadhi Sutta: Concentration (AN 4.41). Retrieved 11 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.041.than.html.

• Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1998a). Culavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers (MN 44). Retrieved 11 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.044.than.html.

• Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1998b). Yuganaddha Sutta: In Tandem (AN 4.170). Retrieved 11 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.170.than.html.

• Thanissaro, Bhikkhu (trans.) (2004). Karaniya Metta Sutta: Good Will (Sn 1.8). Retrieved 9 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.than.html.

• Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (2006). Ekadhamma Suttas: A Single Thing (AN 1.21-24). Retrieved 9 Dec 2008 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an01/an01.021-040.than.html.

• Walshe, Maurice (1995). The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-103-3.