Anashvara, Anaśvara: 12 definitions
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Anashvara means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Anaśvara can be transliterated into English as Anasvara or Anashvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Anaswar.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Anaśvara (अनश्वर) refers to “(being) imperishable”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “That [cosmos] is not at all produced by anyone, not at all sustained by anyone, so also not destroyed by anyone. Nevertheless, that exists by itself without support in the atmosphere. That very same one, which is without a beginning and end, is accomplished by itself and imperishable (anaśvara), without a Supreme Being and excessively filled with objects beginning with the self”.
Synonyms: Avināśin, Akṣaya.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
anaśvara (अनश्वर).—a Imperishable, unfailing.
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
Anaśvara (अनश्वर).—a. (-rī f.) Imperishable.
Anaśvara (अनश्वर).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Eternal, imperishable. E. a neg. and naśvara transient.
Anaśvara (अनश्वर).—adj. imperishable, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 21.
Anaśvara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and naśvara (नश्वर).
Anaśvara (अनश्वर):—[=a-naśvara] mfn. imperishable.
Anaśvara (अनश्वर):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-raḥ-rī-ram) Imperishable, eternal. E. a neg. and naśvara.
Anaśvara (अनश्वर):—[ana+śvara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Imperishable.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Anaśvara (अनश्वर) [Also spelled anaswar]:—(a) immortal, immutable, imperishable; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Anaśvara (ಅನಶ್ವರ):—[adjective] not perishable; that will not die or decay; imperishable; indestructible; immortal.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Anashvarate.
Full-text: Anasta, Anaswar, Anashtapashu, Anashtavedas, Nashvara, Akshaya, Avinashin, Varnashrama.
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