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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAmanasikāra (अमनसिकार).—(a-manasikāra), m. (= Pali id.; neg. of manasi°, q.v.), lack of attention; inattention: Bodhisattvabhūmi 240.19 (pañca- sthāneṣv) amanasikāraṃ kṛtvā; 20, 25, etc.
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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Ends with: Patikkulamanasikara.
Full-text: Animitta.
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