In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Apanayana (अपनयन) refers to “taking away” (tiny ants), according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Charity (is) cow dung and water united, moral conduct and cleansing, Patience, taking away tiny ants (kṣudra-pipīlika-apanayana), heroism, bringing forth the religious rite. Meditation, single-minded in each moment, wisdom, splendidly clear lines, These perfections, six indeed are gained, having made the Muni’s maṇḍala”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

apanayana (अपनयन).—n S Wiping the eyes of; comforting or condoling with.

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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 dictionary

Apanayana (अपनयन).—

1) Taking away, removing, extracting &c. गण्डस्वेद° (gaṇḍasveda°) Meghadūta 26; नीतिश्रमापनयनाय (nītiśramāpanayanāya) Ś.5.6.

2) Healing, destroying, curing (disease &c.); रोगाच्चापनयने (rogāccāpanayane) P.V. 4.49.

3) Discharge or acquittance of a debt or obligation.

4) Subtraction, deduction.

5) Injustice; शृणु राजन् स्थिरो भूत्वा तवापनयनो महान् (śṛṇu rājan sthiro bhūtvā tavāpanayano mahān) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.49.22.

Derivable forms: apanayanam (अपनयनम्).

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

Apanayana (अपनयन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Taking away, withdrawing, removing. 2. Destroying. 3. Dying. 4. Acquittance of a debt or obligation. E. apa from, ṇī to take, lyuṭ aff.

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

Apanayana (अपनयन).—i. e. apa-nī + ana, n. Removing, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 64, 11; 1, 46, 11.

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

Apanayana (अपनयन).—[adjective] taking away; [neuter] = 1 apanaya.

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

1) Apanayana (अपनयन):—[=apa-nayana] [from apa-nī] n. taking away, withdrawing

2) [v.s. ...] destroying, healing

3) [v.s. ...] acquittance of a debt.

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

Apanayana (अपनयन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) Removing, taking away; e. g. pakṣapratiṣedhe pratijñātārthasyāpanayanaṃ pratijñāsaṃnyāsaḥ.

2) Acquittance of a debt or obligation. E. nī with apa, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Apanayana (अपनयन):—[apa-nayana] (naṃ) n. Taking away, removing; dying; acquittance.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Apanayana (अपनयन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Avaṇayaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apanayana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Apanayana (ಅಪನಯನ):—

1) [noun] a taking away to a distant place.

2) [noun] the act of forcefully driving out; ouster.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nayana, Apa.

Ends with: Culapanayana, Dohapanayana, Kalapanayana, Rinapanayana, Samtapanayana, Shramapanayana, Shvavillomapanayana, Svedapanayana, Vyapanayana.

Full-text: Rinapanayana, Avanayana, Vyapanayana, Luncati, Pipilika, Kshudra, Kshudrapipilika, Patimokkha.

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