Anashcarya, Anāścarya: 2 definitions
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Anashcarya 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.
The Sanskrit term Anāścarya can be transliterated into English as Anascarya or Anashcarya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Anashcharya.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Anāścarya (अनाश्चर्य).—nt. (compare Pali anacchariya; not cited for Sanskrit except in MW, without reference(s), not wonderful), a natural, spontaneous quality: Bodhisattvabhūmi 285.2, 12 etc. (a Bodhisattva has five such, listed here in detail).
Anāścarya (अनाश्चर्य):—[=an-āścarya] mfn. not wonderful.
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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