Anantya, Anaṃtya, Anamtya, Ānantya: 15 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Anantya (अनन्त्य).—Non-final cf. अनन्त्यविकारे अन्त्यस-देशस्य (anantyavikāre antyasa-deśasya) when a change does not concern a final letter then it concerns that which immediately precedes the final, Par. Śek. Pari 95. cf. also M. Bh. VI.1.13 Vārt 5.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shyanika-shastra (the science of Hawking and Hunting)
Ānantya (आनन्त्य) refers to the “infinite (methods)” (of hunting using snares), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “That is called hunting by snares in which animals are killed by tricking, and in which men capture fish, conches, otters, and oysters. Infinite (ānantya) are the means resorted to in this sort of hunting. It is used by low people, by the Niṣādas and others. [...]”.
Shyanika-shastra (श्यैनिकशास्त्र, śyainikaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian skill of hawking/falconry (one of the ways of hunting) which were laid down in a systematic manner in various Sanskrit treatises. It also explains the philosophy behind how the pleasures derived from sense-experience could lead the way to liberation.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
ānantya (आनंत्य).—n S Endlessness; infinity (whether of extension or of duration).
ānantya (आनंत्य).—n Endlessness; infinity (of ex- tension or of duration).
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
Anantya (अनन्त्य).—a. [anantasya idaṃ-yat] Endless, eternal, infinite.
-ntyam 1 Eternity, infinity.
2) The foot of हिरण्यगर्भ (hiraṇyagarbha).
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Ānantya (आनन्त्य).—[ananta-ṣyañ]
1) Infinity, endlessness (in time, space or number); आनन्त्याद् व्यभिचाराच्च (ānantyād vyabhicārācca) K. P.2.
2) Boundlessness.
3) Immortality, eternity; स चानन्त्याय कल्पते (sa cānantyāya kalpate) Śvet. Up.5.9; Manusmṛti 3.266;6.84,9.17; लोकानन्त्यं दिवः प्राप्तिः पुत्रपौत्रप्रपौत्रके (lokānantyaṃ divaḥ prāptiḥ putrapautraprapautrake) Y.1.78,261; स्वधर्मः स्वर्गायानन्त्याय च (svadharmaḥ svargāyānantyāya ca) Kau.1.3; न वयं साध्वि साम्राज्यं स्वाराज्यं भोज्यमप्युत । वैराज्यं पारमेष्ठयं च आनन्त्यं वा हरेः पदम् (na vayaṃ sādhvi sāmrājyaṃ svārājyaṃ bhojyamapyuta | vairājyaṃ pārameṣṭhayaṃ ca ānantyaṃ vā hareḥ padam) || Bhāgavata 1.83.41.
4) An upper world, heaven, future happiness; यस्तु नित्यं कृतमतिर्धर्ममेवाभिपद्यते । अशङ्कमानः कल्याणि सोऽमुत्रानन्त्य- मश्नुते (yastu nityaṃ kṛtamatirdharmamevābhipadyate | aśaṅkamānaḥ kalyāṇi so'mutrānantya- maśnute) Mb.
Derivable forms: ānantyam (आनन्त्यम्).
Anantya (अनन्त्य).—mfn.
(-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) Infinite, unbounded, eternal n.
(-ntyaṃ) 1. Immortality. 2. Eternity. 3. Infinity. E. an neg. antya final.
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Ānantya (आनन्त्य).—n.
(-ntyaṃ) 1. Infinity. 2. Immortality, future happiness. E. ananta endless, yaña aff.
Ānantya (आनन्त्य).—i. e. ananta + ya, n. Eternity, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 266.
Anantya (अनन्त्य).—[neuter] endlessness, eternity.
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Ānantya (आनन्त्य).—[adjective] infinite; [neuter] infinity, immortality.
1) Anantya (अनन्त्य):—[from an-anta] mfn. infinite, eternal
2) [v.s. ...] n. infinity, eternity.
3) Ānantya (आनन्त्य):—mfn. ([from] an-anta, [Pāṇini 5-4, 23]), infinite, eternal, [Mahābhārata] etc.
4) bestowing infinite reward, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]
5) n. infinity, eternity, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata] etc.
6) immortality, future happiness, [Mahābhārata etc.]
Anantya (अनन्त्य):—[tatpurusha compound] I. m. f. n.
(-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyam) Infinite, eternal, unbounded. Ii. n.
(-ntyam) Infinity, eternity, immortality. cf. ānantya. E. a priv. and antya.
1) Anantya (अनन्त्य):—[ana+ntya] (ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) a. Eternal. n. Eternity.
2) Ānantya (आनन्त्य):—(ntyaṃ) 1. n. Infinity; immortality; future happiness.
Anantya (अनन्त्य):—(von ananta) n. Unendlichkeit [Kaṭhopaniṣad 2, 11.] — Vgl. ānantya .
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Ānantya (आनन्त्य):—(von ananta) n. Endlosigkeit, Ewigkeit [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 23.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13, 7, 1, 1.] [Kaṭhopaniṣad 3, 17.] [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 5, 9.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 266. 272. 6, 84. 9, 107. 137.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 78. 260.] [Mahābhārata 3, 1179.] sukhamānantyamaśnute [13983.] [Sāhityadarpana 10, 19.]
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Ānantya (आनन्त्य):—, sukhamānantyamaśnute auch [Mahābhārata 5, 1503] [?(Spr. 3474). 3, 13983] erklärt [Nīlakaṇṭha] sukham als adv. durch anāyāsena. ānantyaṃ tatsukhaṃ matvā śriyamanyaḥ parīpsati [Mahābhārata 12, 3886.] sa putrapaśubhirvṛddhiṃ śreyaścānantyamaśnute [?5, 1463 (Spr. 4903).] Ursprünglich wohl Apposition, später als adj. = ananta aufgefasst.
Anantya (अनन्त्य):——
1) Adj. nicht der letzte [Indische studien von Weber 10,410.] —
2) n. Unendlichkeit.
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Ānantya (आनन्त्य):——
1) n. Endlosigkeit , Ewigkeit. —
2) Adj. — a) unendlich , ewig. — b) endlosen Lohn verleihend [Ārṣeyabrāhmaṇa .S.71.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Anaṃtya (अनंत्य):—(a) see [anaṃta].
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Kannada-English dictionary
Ānaṃtya (ಆನಂತ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being endless (in time, space or quantity) or infinite; infinity; endlessness.
2) [noun] anything infinite as endless or unlimited space, time, distance, quantity, etc.
3) [noun] the state of being not bound; boundlessness; limitlessness.
4) [noun] the quality, state or fact of being eternal; eternal existence or duration; continuance without end; eternity; immortality.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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