Anunaya: 24 definitions
Introduction:
Anunaya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Anunay.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstraAnunaya (अनुनय, “mediation”) refers to one of the thirty-six “characteristic features” (lakṣaṇa) of perfect ‘poetic compositions’ (kāvyabandha) and ‘dramatic compositions’ (dṛśyakāvya, or simply kāvya). According to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 17, these thirty-six lakṣaṇas act as instructions for composing playwrights. The term is used throughout nāṭyaśāstra literature.
Source: archive.org: Natya ShastraAnunaya (अनुनय, “mediation”).—One of the thirty-six lakṣaṇa, or “excellent points of a dramatic composition”;—Description of anunaya: Words which are used to please two persons with mutually opposed resolution and are aimed at accomplishing some object, constitute Mediation (anunaya, lit. “imploring”).
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAnunaya (अनुनय) refers to “fondness”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (4). The Buddha has no notion of variety.—[...] Furthermore, the Buddha has no fondness (anunaya) for the practitioners of his doctrine such as Śāriputra, the Bodhisattva Maitreya, etc.; he has no aversion (pratigha) either for people of wrong view such as Devadatta or the six heretic masters, Pūraṇa, etc. As the Buddha has formed his mind [in total impartiality] for innumerable incalculable periods (asaṃkhyeyaklpa), he is the Jewel (ratna) among beings and, like pure gold, he does not undergo variations. [...]”.
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāAnunaya (अनुनय) (Cf. Ananunaya) refers to “attachment”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, there are eight purities of patience of the Bodhisattvas, which are like open space. What are these eight? (1) the purity of patience without any hostile intent toward all living beings just as there is no hostile intent in open space; (2) the purity of patience without any attachment (ananunaya) just as open space has no desire for profit and honour; (3) the purity of patience which is the equal attitude toward all living beings just as open space is united equally; (4) the purity of unimpaired patience [although] with diminishing body and thought just as open space is unimpaired; [...]”.
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.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Google Books: Divine StoriesAnunaya (अनुनय, “attachment”) refers to one of the “Nine bonds to Existence” (navasaṃyojana).—The term saṃyojana is usually translated as “fetter,” but these nine [e.g., attachment (anunaya)] do not correspond to the standard list of fetters (e.g, ten fetters, five lower fetters, three fetters).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryanunaya : (m.) friendliness.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAnunaya, (fr. anuneti) “leading along”, friendliness, courtesy, falling in with, fawning D.III, 254 (°saṃyojana); A.IV, 7 sq. (id.) M.I, 191; Dhs.1059; Vbh.145; Nett 79; combd. w. opp. paṭigha (repugnance) at Miln.44, 122, 322. (Page 37)
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryanunaya (अनुनय).—m S Humble supplication. 2 Respectful or reverential deportment. 3 Leading along, training, disciplining.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishanunaya (अनुनय).—m Conciliation, prepitiation.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय).—See under अनुनी (anunī).
See also (synonyms): anunāyikā.
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Anunaya (अनुनय).—a. [nī-ac] Kind, conciliatory, pacifying (as words). तुल्यदुःखोऽब्रवीद्भ्राता लक्ष्मणोऽनुनयं वचः (tulyaduḥkho'bravīdbhrātā lakṣmaṇo'nunayaṃ vacaḥ) Rām.4.27.33.
-yaḥ 1 Conciliation, propitiation, pacification (of anger), friendly persuasion; कथं नु शक्योऽनुनयो महर्षेर्विश्राणना- च्चान्यपयस्विनीनाम् (kathaṃ nu śakyo'nunayo maharṣerviśrāṇanā- ccānyapayasvinīnām) R.2.54; कथं वा तेषामनुनयः कृतः (kathaṃ vā teṣāmanunayaḥ kṛtaḥ) H.4; प्रकृति- वक्रः स कस्यानुनयं प्रितगृह्णाति (prakṛti- vakraḥ sa kasyānunayaṃ pritagṛhṇāti) Ś.4.
2) Courtesy, civility, courteous or polite behaviour, modesty, modest or respectful deportment, conciliatory act (such as salutation); showing respect (to a guest, deity &c.); विविधैरनुतप्यन्ते दयितानुनयैर्मनस्विन्यः (vividhairanutapyante dayitānunayairmanasvinyaḥ) V.3.5; दयितजनः° (dayitajanaḥ°) 2. 22; वाक्यैः स्निग्धैरनुनयो भवेदर्थस्य साधनम् (vākyaiḥ snigdhairanunayo bhavedarthasya sādhanam) S. D.458.
3) An humble supplication or entreaty, a request in general; भद्र प्रियं नः कींतु त्वदभिप्रायापरिज्ञानान्तरितोऽयमस्मदनुनयः (bhadra priyaṃ naḥ kīṃtu tvadabhiprāyāparijñānāntarito'yamasmadanunayaḥ) Mu.2; R.6.2; निषेधवाक्यालङ्कारजिज्ञासानुनये खलु (niṣedhavākyālaṅkārajijñāsānunaye khalu) Ak; °आम- न्त्रणम् (āma- ntraṇam) conciliatory address.
4) Discipline, training, regulation of conduct.
-yam adv. Fitly, suitably.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय).—m. (= Pali id.; also Sanskrit in meaning propitiation, das Geneigtmachen; friendliness, affection, in favorable or at least neutral sense), love, attachment; ingratiation, in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] almost invariably in a bad sense (a rare exception is Divyāvadāna 510.4, of innocent attachment, affection). Very often contrasted with pratigha, q.v.; the pair may re- place rāga and dveṣa, as feelings to be avoided; so in dvandva [compound] anunaya-pratigha- (Pali also anunaya- paṭigha), Lalitavistara 10.1; 33.7; 275.6—7; 374.3, (read) ihānunaya- pratighānāṃ kalvahaivādaprahāṇaparyantaḥ prāpto mayā, here I have got to the end—which consists of abandonment of quarrels and disputes—of attachment and repugnance; 442.5; Divyāvadāna 240.24; Kāśyapa Parivarta 101.1; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 13.22; Daśabhūmikasūtra 29.6; also, less commonly, pratighānunaya (Pali also paṭi°) Sādhanamālā 115.15; Gaṇḍavyūha 245.24; without pratigha, anunaya (un- desirable) attachment or lust is contrasted with maitrī, (desirable) affection, (pure) love in Gaṇḍavyūha 472.3-4 ye te maitrīvihāriṇaś ca na kvacid anunayavihāriṇaḥ; in Gaṇḍavyūha 351.24 perhaps contrasted with pratighāta, q.v. (viṣaya- raty-)anunayo vā pratighātacittatā vā; Divyāvadāna 257.20 anunaya-vacanair, with words of (impure sexual) love (spoken by a mother to her son with whom she had in- cestuous relations); Lalitavistara 319.21 (yadi) tāvac chakyetāyam anunayenotthāpayitum, (Māra speaks:) whether he can be moved by lust (for women; Māhārāṣṭrī is sending his daughters to tempt the Bodhisattva); anunayāsaṃdhūkṣaṇatā (Mahāvyutpatti °saṃdhukṣ°, v.l. and Mironov °saṃpṛkṣ°), state of not being inflamed with (sexual) lust Mahāvyutpatti 2594; Lalitavistara 32.7; anunaya-nimittaṃ Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 277.1 a cause (or motive) for in- gratiating oneself (with women; should be avoided by a Bodhisattva); Mahāvyutpatti 2131 = Tibetan rjes su chags pa, affection towards; visabhāgasattvānunayāt Śikṣāsamuccaya 193.17, see visa- bhāga.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय).—m.
(-yaḥ) 1. Salutation, courtesy, civility, shewing respect or adoration to a guest or a deity. 2. Regulation of conduct, discipline, tuition. E. anu and naya, from ṇīñ to guide or lead, and ac aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय).—i. e. anu-nī + a, m. 1. Reconcilement, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 117. 2. Courtesy, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 20.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय).—[masculine] conciliatory behaviour, friendliness, prepossession.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Anunaya (अनुनय):—[=anu-naya] a etc. See anu-√nī.
2) [=anu-naya] [from anu-nī] b m. conciliation, salutation, courtesy, civility, showing respect or adoration to a guest or a deity
3) [v.s. ...] humble entreaty or supplication, reverential deportment
4) [v.s. ...] regulation of conduct, discipline, tuition
5) [v.s. ...] mfn. conciliatory, kind
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय):—I. [tatpurusha compound] m.
(-yaḥ) 1) Salutation, courtesy, shewing respect or adoration to a guest or deity, submission, humility.
2) Humble supplication, conciliatory entreaty, reconcilement. E. nī with anu, kṛt aff. ac. Ii. Avyayībh.
(-yam) According to propriety, agreeably to what is required, to circumstance; e. g. abravīdanunayaṃ vacaḥ. E. anu and naya.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय):—[anu-naya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Salutation, respect; regulation of conduct.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Anunaya (अनुनय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṇuṇaya.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय) [Also spelled anunay]:—(nf) persuasion, propitiation, mollification; ~[naya-vinaya] persuasion and prayer, wooing and propitiation; hence ~[nayī] (nm and a).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Aṇuṇaya (अणुणय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Anunaya.
2) Aṇuṇāya (अणुणाय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Anunāda.
3) Aṇuṇāya (अणुणाय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Anujñāta.
4) Aṇunāya (अणुनाय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Anujñāta.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAnunaya (ಅನುನಯ):—
1) [noun] the act of soothing the anger of, making friendly, by courtesy and civility.
2) [noun] the state or quality of being humble or simple; absence of pride or self-assertion; humility; simplicity.
3) [noun] friendliness; kindliness; love; affection.
4) [noun] the act of requesting or begging earnestly; entreatment.
5) [noun] manner; mode; way.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryAnunaya (अनुनय):—n. entreaty; modest manner;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Anunaya-vinaya, Anunayagatra, Anunayaka, Anunayaka-paddhati, Anunayaka-unnanse, Anunayam, Anunayamana, Anunayamantrana, Anunayana, Anunayapara, Anunayaprahana, Anunayapratighaprahana, Anunayavacana, Anunayavant, Anunayavigata.
Ends with: Ananunaya, Samanunaya, Sanunaya.
Full-text (+5): Anunayam, Anunayamantrana, Anunayapratighaprahana, Anujnata, Anunayin, Sanunaya, Anuniti, Anunada, Anunayavant, Pratighata, Madhyasthata, Anunay, Samyojana, Sattvasamata, Navasamyojana, Pratigha, Anunayika, Vai, Lakshana, Ayi.
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