Amanushya, Amanuṣya, Amānuṣya: 12 definitions
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Amanushya has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Amanuṣya and Amānuṣya can be transliterated into English as Amanusya or Amanushya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAmanuṣya (अमनुष्य):—(3. a + ma)
1) adj. nicht menschlich: sahasrasaṃvatsaramamanuṣyāṇām [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 6, 17.] —
2) m. Nichtmensch, Abwesenheit eines Menschen: nāmanuṣye bhavatyagniḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 93, 21.] —
3) m. Unhold [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 23.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 27.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAmanuṣya (अमनुष्य):—m. —
1) kein Mensch , ein anderes Wesen als ein Mensch [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 1,6,17.] nāmanuṣye bhavatyagniḥ kein Feuer ohne Menschen. —
2) Unhold.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Amanushyaka, Amanushyanishevita, Amanushyasharira, Amanushyata.
Ends with: Adyamanushya, Aparupamanushya, Devamanushya, Devatamanushya, Gobrahmanamanushya, Kattamanushya, Lilamanushya, Mahamanushya, Manushyamanushya, Naramanushya, Sadevamanushya, Samanushya, Sarvamanushya.
Full-text: Amanusa, Amanushyata, Amanushyanishevita, Amanussa, Amanava, Nagaraghata, Amanushaloka, Amanushi, Divyapushpa, Divya, Amanushyasharira, Manushyasharira, Mahamudita, Antaraya, Purushadamyasarathi.
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