Amanta, Āmanta, Ama-anta, Amamta, Amantā, Āmantā: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Amanta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. 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.
India history and geography
Amānta.—(CII 3), the technical name for the scheme of the lunar months in Southern India, according to which a month ends with the new-moon day, and the bright fortnight precedes the dark. According to Fleet, it is always this arrangement that is taken for calculation in astronomical works, though, even in Southern India, the arrangement was not applied to the Śaka years, for the civil reckoning, till between 804 and 866 A. D.; on the other hand, according to him, even in Northern India, this arrangement was used in Nepal with the years of the Newār era, though it was abandoned there when the Newār era was followed by the Vikrama era in its northern variety. For its prevalence in Indonesia, see Sel. Ins., p. 470. Note: amānta is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Amanta in India is the name of a plant defined with Dalbergia spinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amerimnum spinosum (Roxb.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1981)
· Journal of Chemical Crystallography (1999)
· Phytochemistry (2364)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1983)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Amanta, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Āmanta, (adj.-adv.) (either ger. of āmanteti (q. v.) or root der. fr. ā + mant, cp. āmantaṇā) asking or asked, invited, only as an° without being asked, unasked, uninvited Vin.I, 254 (°cāra); A.III, 259 (id.). (Page 104)
1) amantā (အမန္တာ) [(kri,vi) (ကြိ၊ဝိ)]—
[na+mantā(=mana+tvā)]
[န+မန္တာ(=မန+တွာ)]
2) āmanta (အာမန္တ) [(kri,vi) (ကြိ၊ဝိ)]—
[ā+manta+tvā. tvā- khye]
[အာ+မန္တ+တွာ။ တွာ-ကို ချေ]
3) āmantā (အာမန္တာ) [(bya) (ဗျ)]—
[Pali to Burmese]
1) amantā—
(Burmese text): မသိမူ၍၊ မနှိုင်းချိန်-မဆင်ခြင်-မူ၍။ မန္တာ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Without knowing, without comparison, without consideration. Just observe the mantra.
2) āmanta—
(Burmese text): သိစေ၍၊ ခေါ်၍။
(Auto-Translation): To inform, to call.
3) āmantā—
(Burmese text):
ဝန်ခံခြင်း၊ (အိမ်း,အေး,ဟုတ်၏ စသည်ဖြင့် ဝန်ခံခြင်း)။
(Auto-Translation): Confession (such as confession in prayer, meditation, etc.).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
amānta (अमांत).—m S A word of translators to express End of immersion (of moon).
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Amānta (अमान्त).—The end of the day of new moon.
Derivable forms: amāntaḥ (अमान्तः).
Amānta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms amā and anta (अन्त).
Amānta (अमान्त):—[from amā] 1. amānta m. the end, of the amā
(-vāsyā) night, [ib.]
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Āmaṃta (आमंत) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Āmantra.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Amāṃta (ಅಮಾಂತ):—[noun] the last part of a full moon day.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Tva, A, Ama, Anta, Na.
Starts with (+9): Amamtamasa, Amamtani, Amandam, Amantabhasa, Amantacikam, Amantaka, Amantakkaran, Amantalam, Amantalati, Amantamparravai, Amantamul, Amantana, Amantanaka, Amantanakara, Amantanakaradassana, Amantanakaradipana, Amantanakaraparidipana, Amantanakiriya, Amantananiddesa, Amantanavacana.
Full-text: Manda, Anamanta, Amantabhasa, Amantamparravai, Amantakkaran, Amantra, Amandam, Mahamahavaruni, Bhishmashtami, Abhyam, Anodhi, Amanteti, Purnimanta.
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