Unfortunately,
atthita and
bhava both had to be rendered by "existence," which obscures the fact that in Pali they are derived from different roots. While
atthita is the notion of existence in the abstract,
bhava is concrete individual existence in one or another of the three realms. For the sake of marking the difference,
bhava might have been rendered "being," but this English word is too likely to suggest "Being," the absolute object of philosophical speculation. It does not sufficiently convey the sense of concreteness intrinsic to
bhava.