Ayatana, Āyatāna, Āyatana: 33 definitions

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Ayatana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Alternative spellings of this word include Ayatan.

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

Āyatana (आयतन):—(von yat mit ā) n. Stützpunkt, Ruhepunkt, Sitz, Stelle, Heimath: de.ānāme.āyatane yata.e jayati.taṃ saṃgrā.am [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 2, 6, 1.] sva e.āsmā ā.atane.bhrātṛvyaṃ janayati [10, 5. 5, 2, 4, 3.] kūpā iva hi sarpāṇāmāyatanāni [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 4, 5, 3. 5, 2, 13. 6, 2, 1, 14. 12, 5, 1, 17.] bahirdhā vā enamāyatanātkaroti [13, 1, 3, 6. 4, 2, 17. 6, 2, 2.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 13.] acyoṣṭāyatanāccyoṣyata āyatanāt [2, 22.] pṛthivyeva yasyāyatanam [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 3, 9, 10. fgg. 6, 1, 5.] sa yathā śakuniḥ sūtreṇa prabaddho diśaṃ diśaṃ patitvānyatrāyatanamālabdhvā bandhanamevopaśrayate [Chāndogyopaniṣad 6, 8, 2.] bhūmermahadāyatanaṃ (eine grosse Strecke Landes) vṛṇīṣva [Kaṭhopaniṣad 1, 23.] [Aitareyopaniṣad 2, 1. 3.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 11.] nāsamīkṣya paraṃ sthānaṃ pūrvamāyatanaṃ tyajet [Cāṇakya 32.] tadekāyatanaṃ jagāma [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 5.] [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 36.] rogāyatana [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 77.] prāṇasyāyatanāni [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 93.] prāṇāyatana [Suśruta 1, 50, 20. 264, 8. 90, 8. 91, 1.] mukharogāḥ pañcaṣaṣṭiḥ saptasvāyataneṣu [302, 7.] Im Besondern gebraucht a) vom Platze des heiligen Feuers, von der Feuerstätte: gārhapatyāyatana [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 8, 24.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 12, 6.] triḥ prasavyamāyatanaṃ parivrajan [GṚHY. 4, 2.] agniṃ sahabhasmānaṃ sahāyatanaṃ dakṣiṇā hareyuḥ [6.] — b) von Heiligthümern [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 6.] āyatanāni [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 24, 2.] caityeṣvāyataneṣu ca [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 25, 4. 7. 3, 23, 37.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 43, 6.] tacca gaṅgāvataraṇaṃ tvayā kṛtamariṃdama . anena ca bhavānprāpto dharmasyāyatanaṃ mahat [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 44, 55.] devyā āyatanam [Pañcatantra 199, 12.] devyāya [14.] devā [10, 4.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 46.] devatā [8, 248.] [Nalopākhyāna (BOPP) 25, 7.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 13. 77, 12.] [Suśruta 1, 134, 18.] puruṣottamā [Prabodhacandrodaja 33, 5.] manmathā [Indralokāgamana 5, 10.] śivā [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 6, 12.] maṭhā [Pañcatantra 32, 23.] yajñā [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 12, 35. 4, 37, 33.] — c) Scheune [?(STENZLER) Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 154.] — d) bei den Buddhisten heissen die 5 Sinne und das Manas die sechs innern Sitze (āyatana), die den 5 Sinnen entsprechenden Eigenschaften der Dinge (Schall u. s. w.) so wie das Gesetz (dharma) — die sechs äussern [Burnouf 501. 488. 635.] — Vgl. anāyatana .

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Āyatana (आयतन):—, ākiṃcanyāyatana (so ist zu lesen) [BURN.] in [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 813.] śarīramevāyatanaṃ sukhasya duḥkhasya cāpyāyatanaṃ śarīram [Spr. 2966.] in der Med. der Sitz einer Krankheit: nimittahetvāyatanapratyayotthānakāraṇaiḥ . nidānamāhuḥ paryāyaiḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 305,b,18. fg. 312,a,18.] — — b) [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 5, 1.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 12.] = gṛhaṃ devānām [Halāyudha 2, 138.] — d) [WASSILJEW 240. fg. 244. 252.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 23, 11. fgg.]

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Āyatana (आयतन):—, hāsyāyatana ein Gegenstand des Gelächters [VĀMANA 1, 3, 17.]

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

Āyatana (आयतन):—n. —

1) Standort , Stätte. hāsyāyatana Gegenstand des Gelächters Dazu Nom.abstr. āyatanatva n. [The Sankhya Philosophy 3,121.] [Böhtlingk’s Sanskrit-Chresthomathie 268,32.269,8.] —

2) Feuerstätte. —

3) heilige Stätte , Tempel [55,3.157,7.] —

4) Scheune [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2,154.] —

5) Sitz einer Krankheit. —

6) Strecke (Landes). —

7) bei den Buddhisten Bez. der fünf Sinne und des Manas und der von diesen wahrgenommenen Qualitäten. Jene sind die innren , dies die äusseren Āyatana.

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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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