Akuta, Ākūta: 14 definitions

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Alternative spellings of this word include Akoot.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Ākūta (आकूत) refers to “intention” (Cf. Parākūta—“another’s intention”), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 87, l 24]—This prhrase occurs on p. 285, l. 14 and p. 322, l. 18.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ākūta (आकूत).—m S Meaning, mind, purpose.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ākūta (आकूत).—m Meaning, mind, purpose.

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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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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Akuta (अकुत).—adv. [na kutaḥ na. ta.] Not from anywhere (in comp. only).

Derivable forms: akutaḥ (अकुतः).

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Ākūta (आकूत).—[ā-kū-bhāve-kta]

1) Meaning, intention, purpose; दुर्योधनस्य चाकूतं तृषितस्येव विप्रुषः (duryodhanasya cākūtaṃ tṛṣitasyeva vipruṣaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8.9.2. इतीरिताकूत- मनीलवाजिनम् (itīritākūta- manīlavājinam) Kirātārjunīya 14.26.

2) A feeling, state of heart, emotion; चूडा मण्डलबन्धनं तरलयत्याकूतजो वेपथुः (cūḍā maṇḍalabandhanaṃ taralayatyākūtajo vepathuḥ) Uttararāmacarita 5.35; भावाकूतम् (bhāvākūtam) Amaruśataka 4; Sāṃkhyakārikā 31; स्नेहाकूत (snehākūta) Māl 9.11; Uttararāmacarita 6.35; साकूतम् (sākūtam) feelingly, meaningly, (oft. occurring in plays as a stage-direction). cf. also चिरयति मयि व्यक्ताकूता मनाक् स्फुरिताधरा (cirayati mayi vyaktākūtā manāk sphuritādharā) Nāg.2.6.

3) Wonder or curiosity; सर्वं °करम् (sarvaṃ °karam) Uttararāmacarita 4.

4) Wish, desire.

Derivable forms: ākūtam (आकूतम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ākūta (आकूत).—n.

(-taṃ) 1. Meaning, intention. 2. Wish, desire. E. āṅ, kūṅ to cry, affix kta.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ākūta (आकूत).—[ā-kū + ta] (vb. , has no correspondent signification, but cf. in and ), n. Intention, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 4.

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Akūṭa (अकूट).—adj. 1. open, honest, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 323. 2. genuine (viz. coin), 2, 241.

Akūṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and kūṭa (कूट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ākūta (आकूत).—[neuter] ākūti [feminine] intention, purpose.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Akūṭa (अकूट):—[=a-kūṭa] mf(ā)n. having no prominence on the forehead, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] not deceitful, unerring (said of arms), [Yājñavalkya]

3) [v.s. ...] not false (said of coins), [Yājñavalkya]

4) Ākūta (आकूत):—[=ā-kūta] [from ā-kū] a n. intention, purpose, wish, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa etc.] (See cittākūta and sākūta)

5) [v.s. ...] incitement to activity, [Sāṃkhyakārikā]

6) [=ā-kūta] b and ā-kūti See ā-√kū.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ākūta (आकूत):—[ā-kūta] (taṃ) 1. n. Meaning; wish.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ākūta (आकूत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ākūya.

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Akuta in German

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Akūta (अकूत) [Also spelled akoot]:—(a) immeasurable, unfathomable.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ākūta (ಆಕೂತ):—

1) [noun] what is meant; what is intended to be or in fact is, signified, indicated, referred to or understood; signification; purport; import; sense; significance; meaning.

2) [noun] a feeling; an emotion; sensitivity.

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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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