Anitya: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAnitya (अनित्य):—(3. a + nitya) adj.
1) nicht ewig dauernd, vergänglich: yadi nityamanityena nirmalaṃ malavāhinā . yaśaḥ kāyena labhyeta tadā labhyaṃ bhavenna kim .. [Hitopadeśa I, 42.] der Körper [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 77.] dharmo nityaḥ sukhaduḥkhe apyanitye . jīvo nityo heturasyāpyanityaḥ .. [Mahābhārata im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) nicht beständig, vorübergehend, zufällig oder gelegentlich zur Erscheinung kommend: anityo vijayo yasmāddṛśyate yudhyamānayoḥ . parājayaśca saṃgrāme tasmādyuddhaṃ vivarjayet .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 199.] von einer nur momentan erscheinenden Farbe (z. B. der Röthe auf dem Gesicht in Folge eines Aergers) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 31.] nityaṃ hi dravyamanityā guṇāḥ [Suśruta 1, 147, 5.] Eine Zusammensetzung heisst anitya, wenn sie, ohne dass der Begriff zerstört würde, durch die einzelnen Bestandtheile umschrieben werden kann, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 3], Sch. ungewöhnlich, extraordinär [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 127. 6, 1, 147.] —
3) unbeständig, wankelmüthig: anityahṛdayā hi tāḥ (striyaḥ) [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 39, 23.] cittaṃ manuṣyāṇām [4, 26.] —
4) dessen Ausgang sich nicht bestimmen lässt: anityāni ca yuddhāni saṃśayo me na rocate . kaśca niḥsaṃśaye kārye kuryātkāryaṃ sasaṃśayam .. [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 29, 31.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAnitya (अनित्य):——
1) Adj. — a) nicht ewig dauernd , vergänglich [163,23.183,17.255,23.] — b) nicht beständig , vorübergehend , zufällig oder gelegentlich zur Erscheinung kommend. — c) ungewöhnlich , extraordinär. — d) unbeständig , wankelmüthig. — e) dessen Ausgang sich nicht bestimmen lässt. —
2) m Adv. nicht beständig , nur dann und wann.
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 (+1): Anityabhava, Anityadatrima, Anityadatta, Anityadattaka, Anityaguna, Anityajnana, Anityakarman, Anityakriya, Anityalakshana, Anityam, Anityanupreksha, Anityapratyaveksha, Anityasama, Anityasamaprakarana, Anityasamasa, Anityasamjna, Anityata, Anityatadrishti, Anityatanupreksha, Anityate.
Ends with: Adananitya, Aranyanitya, Arthanitya, Atmanitya, Dharmanitya, Dhyananitya, Kulanitya, Nityanitya, Pranitya, Shastranitya, Vananitya.
Full-text (+84): Anityam, Anityasama, Anityakriya, Anityata, Anityabhava, Anityakarman, Anityapratyaveksha, Anityadatrima, Aniya, Anityadatta, Anicca, Anityatva, Nityanitya, Anityadattaka, Anityasamasa, Anityasamaprakarana, Anatman, Anity, Paratma, Aniyakriya.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
IV. Links between impermanence, suffering and non-self < [Chapter XXXVII - The Ten Concepts]
II. Synonymity of the three words < [Part 2 - Understanding dharmatā and its synonyms]
Part 3 - Patience in regard to the Buddhadharma < [Chapter XXV - Patience Toward the Dharma]
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 4.1.4 (The eternal exists) < [Chapter 1 - Of Atoms]
Sūtra 1.1.8 (Resemblances of Substance, Attribute, and Action) < [Chapter 1 - Of Substance, Attribute, and Action]
Sūtra 2.2.32 (Above continued) < [Chapter 2 - Of the Five Bhūtas, Time, and Space]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 9.33 < [Chapter 9 - Rāja-guhya-yoga (Yoga through the most Confidential Knowledge)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Qualities (6): Parimāṇa (Dimension) < [Chapter 4 - Quality and Action]
Qualities (7): Pṛthaktva (Distinctness) < [Chapter 4 - Quality and Action]
Qualities (14): Sneha (Viscidity) < [Chapter 4 - Quality and Action]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.1.342 < [Chapter 1 - The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtana]
Verse 1.12.89 < [Chapter 12 - The Lord’s Wandering Throughout Navadvīpa]
Verse 1.7.124 < [Chapter 7 - Śrī Viśvarūpa Takes Sannyāsa]
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