Anashakayana, Anāśakāyana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Anāśakāyana can be transliterated into English as Anasakayana or Anashakayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnāśakāyana (अनाशकायन).—[na naśyati anāśakaḥ ātmā tasyāyanaṃ prāptyupāyaḥ] The state of ब्रह्मचर्य (brahmacarya), unmarried or student's life, devoted to contemplation and knowledge of the soul; अथ यदनाशकायनमित्या चक्षते ब्रह्मचर्यमेव तत् । एष ह्यात्मा न नश्यति यं ब्रह्मचर्येणानुविन्दते (atha yadanāśakāyanamityā cakṣate brahmacaryameva tat | eṣa hyātmā na naśyati yaṃ brahmacaryeṇānuvindate) Ch. Up.8.5.3; a course of fasting as a penance (?).
Derivable forms: anāśakāyanam (अनाशकायनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnāśakāyana (अनाशकायन):—[from an-āśaka] n. a course of fasting (as a penance), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnāśakāyana (अनाशकायन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-nam) The penitence of fasting. E. anāśaka and ayana.
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Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
Verse 8.5.3 < [Section 8.5]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section 7.5 (fifth khaṇḍa) (four texts) < [Chapter 8 - Eighth Adhyāya]