Anatmavat, Anātmavat: 4 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Anatmavat in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anātmavat (अनात्मवत्).—a. [ātmā vaśyatvena nāstyasya] Not self-possessed; having no control over the senses; अनात्मवन्तः पशुवद् भुञ्जते येऽप्रमाणतः (anātmavantaḥ paśuvad bhuñjate ye'pramāṇataḥ) Suśr.

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

1) Anātmavat (अनात्मवत्):—[=an-ātma-vat] [from an-ātma > an-ātman] mfn. not self-possessed

2) [v.s. ...] ind. unlike one’s self.

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

Anātmavat (अनात्मवत्):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n. (-vān-vatī-vat) Not self pos-sessed, without self-control. E. a neg. and ātmavat.

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

Anātmavat (अनात्मवत्):—[anā+tmavat] adv. Unlike one’s self.

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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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