Anati, Ānati, Anāti, Aṉāti, Ānatī: 12 definitions

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India history and geography

Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and Sages

Aṉāti (அனாதி) or Aṉātinātar refers to one of the Navanātha Siddhas mentioned by the Lexicon of Tamil Literature.—Cf. Kamil V. Zvelebil, Lexicon of Tamil Literature, E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1995, pp. 165-66.—The nine teachers [e.g., Aṉāti-nātar] are considered representative of great teachers in this tradition or Parampara tradition—a succession of Teachers (Gurus) and Disciples (Shishyasa) in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anati (अनति).—ind. Not very much; compounds beginning with अनति (anati) may be analysed by referring to अति (ati); e. g. अनतिक्रमः (anatikramaḥ) moderation; अनतिक्रमणीय (anatikramaṇīya) not to be transgressed, inviolable, अनतिदृश्य (anatidṛśya) opaque; अनातेद्भुत (anātedbhuta) unsurpassed, real, true, proper, ब्रह्मा त इन्द्र गिर्वणः क्रियन्ते अनतिद्भुता (brahmā ta indra girvaṇaḥ kriyante anatidbhutā) Ṛgveda 8.9.3. अनतिव्याध्य (anativyādhya) invulnerable; अनत्यन्तगति (anatyantagati) P.V. 4.4 sense of diminutive words; अनत्यय (anatyaya) imperishable, undecaying &c.; अनतिप्रश्न (anatipraśna) not to be asked to excess; अनतिविलम्बिता (anativilambitā) absence of delay; fluency as a speaker's qualification, one of the 35 Vāgguṇas, q. v.

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Ānati (आनति).—f.

1) Bending, bowing, stooping (fig. also); गुणवन्मित्रमिवानतिं प्रपेदे (guṇavanmitramivānatiṃ prapede) Kirātārjunīya 13.15; चरणानतिव्यतिकरे (caraṇānativyatikare) Amaru. 49; किं वक्षश्चरणानतिव्यतिकरव्याजेन गोपाय्यते (kiṃ vakṣaścaraṇānativyatikaravyājena gopāyyate) 26.

2) A bow or salutation, obeisance; आत्मजातिसदृशीं किलानतिम् (ātmajātisadṛśīṃ kilānatim) Ki. 13.36; Śiśupālavadha 1.11.

3) Homage, reverence,

4) Delight, satisfaction, pleasure; भृतिश्च कर्मकरेभ्य आनत्यर्थं यद्दीयते (bhṛtiśca karmakarebhya ānatyarthaṃ yaddīyate) | ŚB. on MS.1.2.27.

Derivable forms: ānatiḥ (आनतिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ānati (आनति).—f.

(-tiḥ) Bending, bowing, stooping. E. āṅa before nama to bow, ktin aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ānati (आनति).—i. e. ā-nam + ti, f. 1. Bowing, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 22. Salutation, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 23, 17. 2. Homage, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 215.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ānati (आनति).—[feminine] bowing; salute, submission.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Anati (अनति):—[=an-ati] not very -, not too -, not past -. (Words commencing with an-ati are so easily analysed by referring to ati, etc., that few need be enumerated.)

2) Ānati (आनति):—[=ā-nati] [from ā-nam] f. bending, bowing, stooping, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Kathāsaritsāgara]

3) [v.s. ...] submission, obedience, inferiority [commentator or commentary] on [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] contentedness, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]

5) [v.s. ...] saluting, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ānati (आनति):—[ā-nati] (tiḥ) 2. f. Bending.

[Sanskrit to German]

Anati in German

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Anati (ಅನತಿ):—[adjective] not more; small in size, extent or quantity; little.

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Anati (ಅನತಿ):—[noun] the state of being not crooked; uncrookedness; straightness.

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Āṇati (ಆಣತಿ):—[noun] the act or an instance of singing.

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Āṇati (ಆಣತಿ):—[noun] = ಆಣತ್ತಿ [anatti].

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Ānati (ಆನತಿ):—

1) [noun] the state of being bent, stooped, inclined.

2) [noun] a respectful bending; a reverential bow.

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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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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Anāti (அநாதி) [a-nāti] noun < a-jñāti. Helpless person; திக்கற்றவன். [thikkarravan.] Colloq.

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Aṉāti (அனாதி) noun < an-ādi.

1. That which has no beginning; தொடக்கமில்லாதது. . அனாதி யேக தத்துவ சொரூபத்தை [thodakkamillathathu. . anathi yega thathuva sorupathai] (தாயுமானசுவாமிகள் பாடல் பரசிவ. [thayumanasuvamigal padal parasiva.] 3).

2. That which is immemorial; தொடக்கந் தெரியாதது. தமிழ் அனாதி. [thodakkan theriyathathu. thamizh anathi.]

3. God, who has no beginning; கடவுள். [kadavul.]

4. Śiva; சிவபிரான். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [sivapiran. (pingalagandu)]

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Aṉāti (அனாதி) noun < an-ādi.

1. Pārvatī; பார்வதி. [parvathi.] (கூர்மபுராணம் திருக்கலியாண. [kurmapuranam thirukkaliyana.] 23.)

2. See அனாதித்திட்டு. மிஞ்சுமனாதி புறம்போக்கு [anathithittu. minchumanathi purambokku] (கட்டபொம்ம. [kattapomma.] 28).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ānatī (आनती):—n. 1. bending; bowing; stooping; 2. a bow/salutation; obeisance; 3. homage; reverence; 4. delight; pleasure; joy;

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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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