Adrishta, Adṛṣṭa: 22 definitions
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Adrishta has 21 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Adṛṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Adrsta or Adrishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Adrasht.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAdṛṣṭa (अदृष्ट):—
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Adṛṣṭa (अदृष्ट):—
1) c) ungesehen, unsichtbar so v. a. übernatürlich in den zwei ersten Stellen. In Verbindung mit phala nicht vor Augen liegend so v. a. sich erst später (nach dem Tode) zeigend, eine höhere sittliche Bedeutung habend: prathamā dharmapatnī ca dvitīyā rativardhinī . dṛṣṭameva phalaṃ tatra nādṛṣṭamupajāyate .. [DAKṢA 4, 14.] Als n. moralisches Verdienst: yam (sc. artham, vgl. [GOT. 1, 24]) adhikṛtya pravartante puruṣāstatprayojanam taddvividhaṃ dṛṣṭādṛṣṭabhedāt [SARVADARŚANAS. 113, 15. fg.] [KUSUM. 3, 4. 9, 4.] [KAṆ. 6, 2, 1. 2.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAdṛṣṭa (अदृष्ट):—und adṛṣṭa ([Śatapathabrāhmaṇa]) —
1) Adj. — a) bis dahin nicht gesehen , unbekannt. — b) dem Auge entrückt , unsichtbar [163,3.4.] — c) unvorhergesehen , unerwartet , unverhofft [39,1.] — d) nicht gutgeheissen , — vorgeschrieben , unerlaubt. — e) erst später — , nach dem Tode sich zeigend. — f) übernatürlich. —
2) m. dem Auge sich entziehendes giftiges Gewürm. —
3) n. — a) *eine unvorhergesehene Gefahr. — b) Schicksal. — c) eine sittliche oder unsittliche Handlung als Ursache künftiger Wirkungen.
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Starts with (+20): Adrishtabhaya, Adrishtadarshana, Adrishtaguna, Adrishtahan, Adrishtahina, Adrishtahine, Adrishtaja, Adrishtakalpana, Adrishtakama, Adrishtakarita, Adrishtakarman, Adrishtakharca, Adrishtanara, Adrishtaparasamarthya, Adrishtaparikshe, Adrishtaphala, Adrishtapurusha, Adrishtapurushasamdhi, Adrishtapurva, Adrishtapurvva.
Ends with (+4): Anadrishta, Anapayadrishta, Ayathadrishta, Ciradrishta, Deshadrishta, Dravyadrishta, Drishtadrishta, Duradrishta, Kshanadrishta, Kshananashtadrishta, Natadrishta, Pramanadrishta, Pratyakshadrishta, Puranadrishta, Purvadrishta, Purvvadrishta, Sahasadrishta, Shastradrishta, Shilpavidhanadrishta, Svadrishta.
Full-text (+30): Aittha, Adrishtapurva, Adrishtapurusha, Adakkhu, Duradrishta, Adrishtavat, Adrishtanara, Drishtadrishta, Adrishtaja, Adrishtarupa, Adrishya, Adrishtahan, Adrishtakarman, Adrishtaphala, Drishta, Adrishtartha, Adrishtaparasamarthya, Adrishtakama, Addittha, Atittacali.
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Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 5.1.15 (Action produced by adṛṣṭa) < [Chapter 1 - Of Voluntary Action]
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Sūtra 6.2.12 (Above continued) < [Chapter 2 - Of the Production of Dharma and A-dharma]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 3, 51 < [Second Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
II, 2, 14 < [Second Adhyāya, Second Pāda]
II, 3, 53 < [Second Adhyāya, Third Pāda]
Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Vireshwarananda)
Chapter II, Section III, Adhikarana XVII < [Section III]
Chapter II, Section II, Adhikarana III < [Section II]
Chapter II, Section II, Adhikarana II < [Section II]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1587 < [Chapter 19c - (C) On presumption (arthāpatti)]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.684 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.498 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Verse 2.499 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 3 - Does Vaiśeṣika represent an Old School of Mīmāṃsā? < [Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
Part 11 - Dissolution (Pralaya) and Creation (Srṣṭi) < [Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
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