Anuttamambhas, Anuttamāmbhas, Anuttama-ambhas: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuttamāmbhas (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 Dictionary

Anuttamāmbhas (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 Dictionary

Anuttamāmbhas (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(?).

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