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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anantavat (अनन्तवत्).—a. [astyarthe matup] Endless, eternal. m. One of Brahman's four feet; earth, intermediate region, heaven, and ocean. पृथिवी कलान्तरिक्षं कला द्यौः कला समुद्रः कलैष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणोऽनन्तवान्नाम (pṛthivī kalāntarikṣaṃ kalā dyauḥ kalā samudraḥ kalaiṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇo'nantavānnāma) | Ch. Up.4.6.3.

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

1) Anantavat (अनन्तवत्):—[=an-anta-vat] [from an-anta] mfn. eternal, infinite

2) [v.s. ...] m. (ān) (in the Upaniṣads) one of Brahmā’s four feet (earth, intermediate space, heaven, and ocean).

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

Anantavat (अनन्तवत्):—I. m. f. n. (-vān-vatī-vat) Endowed with infinity, eternal. Ii. m.

(-vān) A name or epithet of one of the four pādas or feet of Brahman (in the symbolical language of the Upanishads), consisting of four Kalās or parts, viz. earth, intermediate space, heaven and ocean. The other three feet are called prakāśavat, jyotiṣmat and āyatanavat (qq. vv.).

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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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Partial matches: Vat, Ananta.

Starts with: Anamtavattiyanuppeha, Anantavata, Anantavati.

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Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)

Fourth Adhyaya, Fourth through Ninth Khandas (23 mantras)

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

I. Recollection of the Buddha (4): The five pure aggregates (anāsrava-skandha) < [Part 2 - The Eight Recollections according to the Abhidharma]

VI. Literal commentary on the Vaiśāradyasūtra < [Part 1 - The four fearlessnesses of the Buddha according to the Abhidharma]

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