Anayaka, Anāyaka: 16 definitions
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Anayaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Anāyaka (अनायक) refers to “(those who are) without a leader”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, having praised the Lord with these verses, addressed himself to the Lord: ‘[...] The Lord, having awakened through his own power (svayaṃbhū), entered into the state of perfect awakening by him self (svayam) to the total reality (dharmadhātu) without a teacher (anācāryaka). The Lord is the leader (nāyaka), and teaches the right way to those on bad ways without any leader (anāyaka). [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
anāyaka (अनायक).—n S anāyakī f S Absence of government or rule; anarchy, state of interregnum.
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anāyaka (अनायक).—a S That is without ruler or head--a kingdom.
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
Anāyaka (अनायक).—a. Without a leader, disorderly.
Anayaka (अनयक).—adj., f. °ikā (from anaya, misfortune; not recorded), unfortunate, unhappy: anāyikeyaṃ praja sarva- duḥkhitā Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 162.1 (verse). I interpret with Kern (Transl.) except that he derives from an-āya; I regard ā as m.c. for a. Burnouf without protector, a-nāyaka.
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Anāyaka (अनायक).—(?) , f. -ikā, according to Burnouf without any protector (Buddha): Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 162.1; but see s.v. anayaka.
Anāyaka (अनायक).—adj., f. kā, deprived of or wanting a guide, a commander, a ruler, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 14, 52; 79, 3. Ku-nāyaka, adj. having a bad guide, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 13, 2.
Anāyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and nāyaka (नायक).
Anāyaka (अनायक).—[adjective] without a leader or protector.
Anāyaka (अनायक):—[=a-nāyaka] mf(ā)n. having no leader or ruler, disorderly.
Anāyaka (अनायक):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-kaḥ-kā-kam) Without a leader, without a ruler or chief. E. a priv. and nāyaka.
Anāyaka (अनायक):—[a+nāyaka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Having no leader, confused.
Anāyaka (अनायक):—(3. a + nāyaka) adj. f. kā führerlos: upadrutamidaṃ sarvamanālambamanāyakam [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 48, 22.] rājyam [79, 3.] senā [14, 52.] sainyam [Cāṇakya 100.]
Anāyaka (अनायक):—Adj. (f. ā) führerlos.
Anāyaka (अनायक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇāyaga.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Anāyaka (ಅನಾಯಕ):—[adjective] not having a leader; captainless; kingless.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Anāyaka (अनायक):—adj. 1. without a leader; 2. disorderly; anarchical;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
anāyaka (အနာယက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+nāyaka]
[န+နာယက]
[Pali to Burmese]
anāyaka—
(Burmese text): ခေါင်းဆောင်မည့်သူ-အကြီးအကဲ-မရှိသော၊ သူ။
(Auto-Translation): A leader - without an authority - is someone.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Nayaka, A, Na.
Starts with: Anayakalai, Anayakam, Anayakamarana, Anayakatva.
Full-text: Anayakamarana, Anayakam, Nayika, Nayakina, Anayika, Anayak, Naraka, Anayaga, Kitava, Sripadastane, Kumarga, Pratipanna, Anacaryaka, Samyag-marga, Margadeshika, Mariyamman, Muttalamman, Mutyalamma, Tintukkal.
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