Anabhinivishti, Anabhiniviṣṭi: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Anabhiniviṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Anabhinivisti or Anabhinivishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Anabhinivishti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Anabhiniviṣṭi (अनभिनिविष्टि).—(an-abhiniviṣṭi), adj. [bahuvrīhi] (from abhiniviśati, q.v.), having no devotion or attachment (to evil things, loc.): bodhisattvo…'nabhiniviṣṭiḥ sarvadharmeṣu Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 381.16.

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Anabhiniviṣṭi (अनभिनिविष्टि) or Anabhiniveśana.—(an-abhiniveśana, an-abhiniviṣṭi), but as Kar-madh., compare abhi°; °na-tā, in ātmānabhiniveśanatāyai, dat., Lalitavistara 32.6, unto (resulting in) the state of having no (unworthy) devotion to oneself; or perhaps better, of having no attachment to the heresy that there is a self, compare abhiniveśa; sarvadhar- mānabhiniveśanatām Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 206.10, 18, state of not being (reprehensibly) attached to (? or, of not believing in the reality of) all states of being.

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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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