Syat, Syāt: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSyāt (स्यात्):—(3. pers. potent. von 1. as) es könnte sein, vielleicht. Die dialektische Skeptik der Jaina kennt folgende sieben Formeln der Skeptik: syādasti vielleicht ist es, syānnāsti vielleicht ist es nicht, syādasti ca nāsti ca vielleicht ist es und auch nicht, syādavaktavyaḥ vielleicht lässt es sich nicht in Worten ausdrücken, syādasti cāvaktavyaḥ vielleicht ist es, lässt sich aber nicht in Worten ausdrücken, syānnāsti cāvaktavyaḥ vielleicht ist es nicht und lässt sich auch nicht in Worten ausdrücken, syādasti ca nāsti cāvaktavyaḥ vielleicht ist es und auch nicht und lässt sich auch nicht in Worten ausdrücken [SARVADARŚANAS. 41, 7. fgg.] Diese spektische Theorie heisst syādvāda [42,4. 21. 43,14.] [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 1,11.] [Oxforder Handschriften 238,a,3.] ein Anhänger derselben syādvādin ebend. [SARVADARŚANAS. 45, 7.] syādvādavādin [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 861.] syādvādin m. ist auch' = arhant bei den Jaina 5. syādvādamañjarī f. Titel einer Schrift [SARVADARŚANAS. 42, 22.]
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: Syadvada, Syadvadin, Syatta, Syatvatam.
Ends with (+50): Abhilashyat, Abhishyat, Abhisoshyat, Abhyasyat, Acarishyat, Adasyat, Adrishyat, Agamishyat, Aishyat, Akarishyat, Akshyat, Anagamishyat, Anavasyat, Anumarishyat, Anvishyat, Apashyat, Apradvishyat, Arishyat, Arkshyat, Astameshyat.
Full-text (+540): Pranayatrika, Syadvada, Syadvadin, Grahuka, Abhigamin, Pancasugandhaka, Trasyat, Namasyat, Paryasyat, Paryyasyat, Prayasyat, Manavasya, Yasyat, Anavasyat, Prakaruka, Nirasyat, Vidhasyat, Avaharika, Antodatta, Tvamidrisha.
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A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter II.g - The doctrine of Syādvāda (doctrine of conditional predications) < [Chapter II - Jaina theory of Knowledge]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.16.25 < [Chapter 16 - Comforting Sri Radha and the Gopis]
Verse 5.17.14 < [Chapter 17 - The Gopis Describe Their Remembrance of Sri Krsna]
Verse 4.6.21 < [Chapter 6 - The Story of the Ayodhyā Women]
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 3.1 - Anekantavada and Syadvada < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.86 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 7.59 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.188 [Uttara] < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.180 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.3.156 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.2.153 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]