Anahankara, Anahamkara, Anahaṅkāra: 4 definitions
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Anahankara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnahaṅkāra (अनहङ्कार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Absence of pride, humility. 2. The absence of the pride of individuality: one of the elements of creation, according to the Vedanta system. E. an neg. ahaṅkāra pride.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnahaṅkāra (अनहङ्कार):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-raḥ) 1) Absence of the sense of self.
2) Absence of the pride of individuality, humility. E. a neg. and ahaṅkāra. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-raḥ-rā-ram) Free from the pride of individuality, not proud, humble.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnahaṃkāra (ಅನಹಂಕಾರ):—[noun] = ಅನಹಂಕೃತಿ [anahamkriti].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAnahaṅkāra (अनहङ्कार):—n. absence of pride;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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