Adrishtavada, Adṛṣṭavāda, Adrishtavadi: 2 definitions

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Adrishtavada means something in Marathi. 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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adrishtavada in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

adṛṣṭavāda (अदृष्टवाद).—m (S) adṛṣṭamata n (S) adṛṣṭārthavāda m (S) adṛṣṭārthamata n (S) The doctrine of retributionary future fortunes; the doctrine of future reward and punishment; the holding or believing of things unseen.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Adrishtavada in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adṛṣṭavāda (ಅದೃಷ್ಟವಾದ):—

1) [noun] the doctrine that all events are subject to fate, and happen by unavoidable necessity; fatalism.

2) [noun] acceptance of every event as inevitable.

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Adṛṣṭavādi (ಅದೃಷ್ಟವಾದಿ):—

1) [noun] one who believes in or advocates the doctrine that fate decides happening of all events, and one’s efforts, abilities have nothing in this regard; a fatalist.

2) [noun] one who accepts every event as inevitable.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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