Anashrita, Anāśrita: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Anāśrita can be transliterated into English as Anasrita or Anashrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Anasrit.
In Hinduism
Samkhya (school of philosophy)
1) Anāśrita (अनाश्रित, “unsupported”).—As mūlaprakṛti is the first cause, so it can not have any support and as such mūlaprakṛti is independent. The term āśrita has different meanings, such as, ‘dependent on’, ‘rested in’ and ‘incapable of remaining without’. On the contrary, the term anāśrita means ‘independent of’, ‘not rested in’ and ‘capable of remaining without’. As the evolutes of avyakta are dependent on their source (svakāraṇāśrita) avyakta, so avyakta is the āśraya of the evolutes and the evolutes are āśrita. The avyakta or mūlaprakṛti is not an effect, it is only cause. Having no cause (kāraṇasyābhāva) of its own, avyakta is not dependent on anything for its existence. For this reason, it is considered as without any support (anāśrita). From this, it can be said that though prakṛti is not dependent on any other element for its existence, other elements are dependent on prakṛti for their existence.
2) Anāśrita (अनाश्रित, “unsupported”).—An effect is dependent on its cause for its origination. So, an effect is supported (āśrita) by its cause. As puruṣa has no cause (“na prakṛtiḥ na vikṛtiḥ”), so it is not dependent on any thing. For this reason, puruṣa is unsupported (anāśrita).
Samkhya (सांख्य, Sāṃkhya) is a dualistic school of Hindu philosophy (astika) and is closeley related to the Yoga school. Samkhya philosophy accepts three pramanas (‘proofs’) only as valid means of gaining knowledge. Another important concept is their theory of evolution, revolving around prakriti (matter) and purusha (consciousness).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित) or “independent” refers to one of the 46 qualities of the soul to be meditated on in the “Practice of Meditation on Liberated Souls (Siddhas)”, according to Jain texts like Ācārāṅga (5.6.123-140), Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (13.5.4.31) and Samayasāra (1.49).—The pure soul can be recognised by meditation on its true nature, represented by the liberated souls of the Siddhas. The practice which leads to this realisation is meditation on the fact that attachment, aversion, passions and the influx of karmas, are ‘not mine’, that I am separate from them and consist of infinite knowledge, perception, conduct, spiritual energy, that I am the pure, enlightened, and everlasting soul. The qualities of the soul to be meditated on as truly mine are: [e.g., My soul is independent (anāśrita)] [...] The meditation on such extended fourty-five qualities of the pure soul presents the niśacaya-naya, which is aligned with Kundakunda’s approach.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित).—a. Not connected with, or dependent on, independent, detached; non-inherent.
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Detached, disengaged, u{?n?}concerned in or unconnected with E. an neg. āśrita dependent.
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित).—[adjective] not resorting to or caring for ([accusative]).
1) Anāśrita (अनाश्रित):—[=an-āśrita] [from an-āśraya] mfn. not supported, detached
2) [v.s. ...] disengaged, independent, non-inherent.
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-taḥ-tā-tam) 1) Not connected with, not resorting to, esp. not belonging to one of the āśramas (q. v.) or religious orders.
2) (In philosophy.) Not inherent in, not requiring any thing else, self-dependent, absolute; as in the Sāṅkhya philosophy, pradhāna or matter, which is complete or absolute in itself, unlike the produced principles mahat, ahaṃkāra &c., which are āśrita relative or resorting to one another. E. a neg. and āśrita.
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित):—[anā+śrita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Independent, not relying on another.
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित):—Adj. sich nicht an Jmd oder Etwas haltend , unabhängig , keine Rücksicht nehmend auf [Gauḍapāda] zu [Sāṃkhyakārikā 10.] [Bhagavadgitā 6,1.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3,10,6.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1,13,42.] — pāṣaṇḍyanāṣritāḥ [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3,6.] wohl ein alter Fehler für pāṣaṇḍamāṣritāḥ.
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
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित) [Also spelled anasrit]:—(a) independent; self-sufficient.
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Nepali dictionary
Anāśrita (अनाश्रित):—adj. 1. not dependent on; 2. independent; detached;
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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