Asamjnisattva, Asaṃjñisattvā, Asamjni-sattva: 5 definitions
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General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaAsaṃjñisattvā (असंज्ञिसत्त्वा) refers to “unconscious beings” and represents one of the eighteen “gods of the form-realms” (rūpāvacaradeva) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 128). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., asaṃjñi-sattvā). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAsaṃjñisattva (असंज्ञिसत्त्व).—(= Pali asañña-satta), having a nature that is free from consciousness, or according to Critical Pali Dictionary Unconscious Beings, name of a class of gods (see s.v. deva), one (in Dharmasaṃgraha and Lalitavistara the 4th) of the classes of rūpā- vacara gods of the 4th dhyāna-bhūmi (missing in the other standard lists of gods, but required to make up the standard count of 18 classes of gods in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] or 16 in Pali): Dharmasaṃgraha 128; Lalitavistara 150.9; Divyāvadāna 505.23 (see s.v. āsaṃjñika); in Mahāvyutpatti 2297 mentioned as an example of dwellers in the 9th and highest sattvāvāsa, but this is certainly an error; they belong in the 5th sattvāvāsa, see this word. This is confirmed Abhidharmakośa LaV-P. ii.199. f., where the name is discussed, and it is said that they dwell in (a specially high part of) the bṛhatphala heaven.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsaṃjñisattva (असंज्ञिसत्त्व):—[=asaṃjñi-sattva] [from a-saṃjña] m. [plural] = asaṅgi-s. q.v.
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Partial matches: Asamjni, Sattva.
Full-text: Asamgi, Asamjnika, Rupavacaradeva, Eighteen Gods, Sattvavasa, Deva.
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