Anavastha, Anavasthā: 14 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Anavastha in Sanskrit glossary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Anavastha (अनवस्थ):—(3. a + avasthā) adj. keinen festen Bestand habend: aśarīraṃ śarīreṣvanavastheṣvavasthitam [Kaṭhopaniṣad 2, 22.]

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Anavasthā (अनवस्था):—(wie eben) f.

1) Unbeständigkeit (sthityabhāva) [Śabdakalpadruma] —

2) tarkaviśeṣaḥ . tasyā lakṣaṇam . aprāmāṇikānantapravāhamūlakaprasaṅgatvam . yathā ghaṭatvaṃ yadi yāvadghaṭahetuvṛtti syāt ghaṭo nyavṛtti[ḥ] syāt . iti tārkikāḥ . upapādyopapādakayoraviśrāntiḥ . iti mīmāṃsakāḥ . [Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) = daśāhabhāvaḥ (vgl. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 59.]) [Śabdakalpadruma]

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Anavastha (अनवस्थ):—m. Bez. eines der 7 Ullāsa bei den Kaulika [Oxforder Handschriften 91,b,41. 92,a,1.]

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Anavasthā (अनवस्था):—

3) lies daśābhāva und streiche das Eingeklammerte.

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Anavastha (अनवस्थ):—[Kathāsaritsāgara 80, 10] fehlerhaft für anavasthita unruhig, aufgeregt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Anavastha (अनवस्थ):——

1) Adj. unbeständig.

2) m. Bez. eines der 7 Ullāsa bei den Kaulika.

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Anavasthā (अनवस्था):—f. das kein Ende Nehmen , regressus in infinitum [216,12.] [Gotama's Nyāyadarśana 4,2,25.] Comm. zu [Prātiśākhya 14,22.]

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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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