Anokashayin, Anokaśāyin: 3 definitions
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Anokashayin 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.
The Sanskrit term Anokaśāyin can be transliterated into English as Anokasayin or Anokashayin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnokaśāyin (अनोकशायिन्).—m. (yī) Not sleeping in house, a beggar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnokaśāyin (अनोकशायिन्):—[=an-oka-śāyin] m. not sleeping in a house (as a beggar), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnokaśāyin (अनोकशायिन्):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-yī) One who is in the habit of sleeping elsewhere than in a house (such as is occupied by a householder), a beggar who sleeps in empty dwellings, temples, potter’s shops and such like places; e. g. anokaśāyī laghuralpapracāraścarandeśānekacaraḥ sa bhikṣuḥ (a comm.: anokaśāyī śūnyāgāradevālayakulālaśālādau gṛhasthāgārabhinne sthāne śāyī). E. a neg. -oka (instead of okas) and śāyin.
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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