Paramanu, Paramāṇu, Parama-anu: 32 definitions
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Paramanu has 30 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Parmanu.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchParamāṇu (परमाणु):—(parama + aṇu) m. ein unendlich kleiner Theil, Atom [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 1, 8.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 104.] [Yogasūtra 1, 40.] pṛthivī nityā paramāṇurūpā [TARKAS. 5.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 1. 2.] [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 23, 15.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 11, 1. 5, 12, 9.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 23, 32. 33. 49, 37.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 60. fg.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 397.] paramāṇubhyo viśvamutpadyate [Prabodhacandrodaja 111, 15.] dhūmoṣmajalanīhāraparamāṇavo gaganagatā nopalabhyante [GAUḌAP.] zu [SĀṂKHYAK. 7. 8.] nirmāṇaparamāṇavaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 274.] paraguṇaparamāṇuṃ (paramāṇūn v. l.) parvatīkṛtya [Bhartṛhari 2, 71.] Davon nom. abstr. tā f.: sikatātvādapi parāṃ prapede paramāṇutām [Raghuvaṃśa 15, 22.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 11, 4.] ein unendlich kleiner Zeittheil [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 11, 4. 5. 13. 5, 14, 29.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 22,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] neutr. (1/8) einer Mātrā [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 61.]
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Paramāṇu (परमाणु):—, sapta paramāṇurajāṃsi = reṇuḥ [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 169, 2 v. u.] rūpa adj. [SARVADARŚANAS. 16, 2. 5.] paramāṇumaya adj. aus Atomen bestehend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 15, 12.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungParamāṇu (परमाणु):——
1) m. — a) ein unendlich kleiner Theil , Atom. bhṛtya so v.a. unterthänigster Diener [Harṣacarita 18,1.VGL] padātilava Nom.abstr. tā f. — b) ein unendlich kleiner Zeittheil. —
2) n. 1/8 einer Mora.
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Starts with: Paramanuka, Paramanukaranavada, Paramanumatra, Paramanumaya, Paramanumayatva, Paramanungaka, Paramanurajahpravesha, Paramanurajas, Paramanusamuha, Paramanusara, Paramanuta, Paramanuvatam.
Ends with: Anantaparamanu, Bhrityaparamanu, Ekaparamanu, Vayuparamanu.
Full-text (+53): Anu, Trasareṇu, Paramanuta, Valagra, Paramanuvatam, Paramanvangaka, Pudgala, Vargana, Naporenu, Paramanumaya, Paramanukaranavada, Paramanungaka, Paramamahant, Iratarenu, Paramamahat, Padatilava, Bhrityaparamanu, Paranu, Vayuparamanu, Paramanuka.
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Jain Science and Spirituality (by Medhavi Jain)
1.3. Paramanu in Jain Philosophy < [Chapter 5 - Science in Jainism]
5.3. Metaphysical nature of paramanu < [Chapter 5 - Science in Jainism]
3.1. Time (Introduction) < [Chapter 5 - Science in Jainism]
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 5.11 - Absence of space-points in the indivisible atom (paramāṇu) < [Chapter 5 - The Non-living Substances]
Verse 5.35 - Atoms of the the same class (sadṛśa) < [Chapter 5 - The Non-living Substances]
Verse 2.39 - Bodies having infinite-fold space-points < [Chapter 2 - Category of the Living]
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
4. Technicalities (a): Mānāṅgula Measurements < [Chapter 2 - Author and his Works]
Taittiriya Upanishad (by A. Mahadeva Sastri)
Chapter IX - On the Offensive < [A - Brahmavidyā expounded]
Chapter VIII - On the Defensive < [A - Brahmavidyā expounded]
Chapter VII - Māyā and Īśvara < [A - Brahmavidyā expounded]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 21 - Dialectic of Śaṅkara and Ānandajñāna < [Chapter XI - The Śaṅkara School of Vedānta (continued)]
A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter IV.c - The Paryāyas (modifications) of the Self < [Chapter IV - The concept of Self]
Chapter III.e - The concept of matter or Pudgala < [Chapter III - Categories]
Chapter IV.f - Size of the Self or Jīva < [Chapter IV - The concept of Self]
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