Ekayana, Ekāyana, Eka-ayana: 15 definitions

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Ekayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Ekāyana (एकायन):—1. (eka + ayana) n.

1) ein einsamer, abseits gelegener Ort: tadekāyanamāsādya viṣamam [Mahābhārata 3, 11695.] ekāyanagata (könnte auch zu [3.] gehören) [1, 6700.] ekāyane durge [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 72, 24. 4, 1, 11.] —

2) Vereinigungspunkt: sarvāsāmapāṃ samudra ekāyanam [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 4, 11. 7, 3, 12.] tāni ha vaitāni (lies vā etāni) saṃkalpaikāyanāni saṃkalpātmakāni saṃkalpe pratiṣṭhitāni [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 4, 2.] —

3) Sammelpunkt aller Gedanken, Gedankeneinheit: ekāyanagata der alle seine Gedanken auf einen Gegenstand gerichtet hat [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1458.] —

4) das Aufgehen in Einem, Einheitslehre, Monotheismus: evamekāyanaṃ dharmamāhurvedavido janāḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 7872.] yaḥ syādekāyane līnastūṣṇīṃ kiṃcidacintayan . pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ parityajya sa tīrṇo bandhanādbhavet .. [14, 532.] ekāyanam ([]: = nītiśāstra) adhyemi [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 1, 2. 4.] angeblich Name einer Veda-Śākhā [Colebrooke I, 414.] Vgl. ekānta [3. und] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 267. 484.]

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Ekāyana (एकायन):—2. (wie eben) adj.

1) nur für Einen zum Gehen geeignet: mārga Fusspfad [Mahābhārata 3, 11136.] [DIVYA-Atharvavedasaṃhitā] bei [Burnouf 179, Nalopākhyāna 1.] —

2) seine Gedanken auf einen Gegenstand richtend [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1458.]

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Ekāyana (एकायन):—2. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 2, 27] nach dem Schol. = ekā prakṛtirayanamāśrayo yasya saḥ .

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

Ekāyana (एकायन):—1. n. —

1) ein nur für Einen gangbarer , schmaler Pfad. —

2) Vereinigungspunct , Sammelplatz. —

3) das Aufgehen in Einem , absolute Einheit. —

4) das einzige , richtige Verfahren , Lebensklugheit.

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Ekāyana (एकायन):—2. Adj. —

1) nur für Einen gangbar , überaus schmal. —

2) *nur auf einen Gegenstand gerichtet , nur an e. G. denkend.

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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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