Anavasada, Anavasāda: 2 definitions
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Anavasada 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.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Pondicherry University: Consciousness in Viśiṣṭādvaita and DvaitaAnavasāda (अनवसाद) refers to “cheerfulness” and represents one of the seven moral and spiritual disciplines (sādhana-saptaka), according to the religious practices of Rāmānuja’s ethics (sādhanās) for attaining liberation.—Cheerfulness (anavasāda) means freedom from despair, pessimism, etc. for safeguarding cheerfulness and self-confidence. [...] Rāmānuja emphasizes that persistent and sincere practise of these ethical disciplines [e.g., anavasāda], together with detachment, discrimination, and performance of one’s duties, practise of attention and constant contemplation on God, will purify the mind of an aspirant and produce competence for realizing God as one’s inner self.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnavasāda (ಅನವಸಾದ):—[noun] that which is undiminishing or not shrinking.
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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Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Introduction to Section 3.5 < [Section 5 - Fifth Tiruvaymoli (Moym mam pum polil)]
Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)
The Small Siddhanta < [First Adhyaya, First Pada]
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha (by E. B. Cowell)