Anuttamambhas, Anuttamāmbhas, Anuttama-ambhas: 3 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnuttamāmbhas (अनुत्तमाम्भस्).—a term in Sāṅkhya Philosophy, said to mean 'indifference to and abstinence from sensual enjoyment, as fatiguing or involving injury to external objects.'
Anuttamāmbhas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anuttama and ambhas (अम्भस्). See also (synonyms): anuttamāmbhasika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuttamāmbhas (अनुत्तमाम्भस्):—[=an-uttamāmbhas] [from an-uttama] n. (in Sāṅkhya [philosophy]) indifference to and consequent abstinence from sensual enjoyment (as fatiguing).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnuttamāmbhas (अनुत्तमाम्भस्):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-mbhaḥ) A technical term in the Sāṅkhya philosophy denoting one of the five sorts of external acquiescence or indifference (see tuṣṭi), viz. that condition of mind in which a man abstains from sensual enjoyments on the ground that there is no repose for the senses when attachment to sensual pleasures prevails. Some call this indifference nārīka; compare also ambhas, salila, ogha, vṛṣṭi, sutamas, pāra, sunetra, supāra, apāra, pārāpāra, uttamāmbhas and the following. E. a neg. and uttamāmbhas(?).
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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Partial matches: Ambhas, Uttamambhas, Anuttama, An.
Starts with: Anuttamambhasika.
Full-text: Anuttamambhasika, Apara.
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