Anyamanas, Anya-manas: 9 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्).—a.

1) having the mind fixed on something else; inattentive.

2) fickle, versatile, unsteady; अन्यमनसः स्त्रियः (anyamanasaḥ striyaḥ) H.1.111 absentminded; possessed by a demon.

Anyamanas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anya and manas (मनस्). See also (synonyms): anyamanaska, anyamānasa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्).—mfn.

(-nāḥ-nāḥ-naḥ) 1. Fickle-minded. 2. Absent. E. anya, and manas the mind.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्).—(cf. anyad), adj. 1. one whose mind is directed to another, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 35, 2. 2. fickleminded, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 110, M. M. 3. absent.

Anyamanas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anya and manas (मनस्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्).—[adjective] thinking of some one (thing) else.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्):—[=anya-manas] [from anya] mfn. whose mind is fixed on something else, absent, versatile

2) [v.s. ...] having another mind in one’s self, possessed by a demon.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्):—[bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.

(-nāḥ-nāḥ-naḥ) 1) Otherwise-minded, fickle-minded, versatile.

2) Absent (mentally), inattentive, distracted. E. anya and manas.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anyamanas (अन्यमनस्):—[anya-manas] (nāḥ-naḥ) a. Absent; fickle-minded. Also anya-manaska . (skaḥ-skā-skaṃ) anya-mānasa (saḥ-sā-saṃ).

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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.

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