Anyashrayana, Anyāśrayaṇa, Anya-ashrayana: 3 definitions
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Anyashrayana 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 Anyāśrayaṇa can be transliterated into English as Anyasrayana or Anyashrayana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAnyāśrayaṇa (अन्याश्रयण).—a. going or passing over to another.
Anyāśrayaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anya and āśrayaṇa (आश्रयण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnyāśrayaṇa (अन्याश्रयण):—[from anya] n. going to another (as an inheritance).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAnyāśrayaṇa (अन्याश्रयण):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ṇam) 1) Resorting to, or going to, an-other.
2) Devolving on another (as an inheritance); e. g. putre sati dravyasyānyāśrayaṇāsaṃbhavāt &c. E. anya and āśrayaṇa.
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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