Aparimana, Aparimāṇa: 9 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
aparimāṇa : (adj.) limitless; immeasurable.
aparimāṇa (အပရိမာဏ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[na+parimāṇa]
[န+ပရိမာဏ]
[Pali to Burmese]
aparimāṇa—
(Burmese text): အနှိုင်း-အဆ-အရေအတွက်-အပိုင်းအခြား-အကန့်အသတ်-မရှိသော၊ မနှိုင်းဆ-မရေတွက်-မပိုင်းခြား-မကန့်သတ်-နိုင်သော၊ မရေတွက်နိုင်အောင်-မြောက်မြား-ရှည်ကြာ-သော၊ အတိုင်းမသိ-အတိုင်းအရှည်မရှိ-သော။
(Auto-Translation): Unlimited in terms of quantity, uncountable, indivisible, and without restrictions; immeasurable, vast, and eternal; beyond comprehension, with no defined length.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Aparimāṇa (अपरिमाण).—a. Immeasurable, immense, unbounded.
See also (synonyms): aparimita, aparimeya.
Aparimāṇa (अपरिमाण).—nt. or m., a high number, Mahāvyutpatti 7804 (m.); 7936 (nt., cited from Gaṇḍavyūha); 8044, (nt.); Gaṇḍavyūha 106.21 (°ṇasya); 134.7 (nt.).
Aparimāṇa (अपरिमाण).—mfn.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Without measure, immense, immeasurable. E. a neg. parimāṇa measure.
1) Aparimāṇa (अपरिमाण):—[=a-parimāṇa] mfn. without measure, immeasurable, immense
2) [v.s. ...] n. immeasurableness.
Aparimāṇa (अपरिमाण):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.
(-ṇama) The not being limited or restricted, unrestrictedness; e. g. aparimāṇe śiṣṭasya saṃkhyāpratiṣedhastacchrutitvāt; or arthavāṃstu naikatvādabhyāsaḥ syādanarthako yathā bhojanamekasminnarthasyāparimāṇatvātpradhāne ca kriyārthatvādaniyamaḥ syāt. E. a neg. and parimāṇa. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] m. f. n.
(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇam) Immeasurable, immense. E. a priv. and parimāṇa.
Aparimāṇa (अपरिमाण):—n. Unbegrenztheit [Jaimini's Mimāṃsādarśana 6,4,36.]
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: Parimana, A, Na.
Starts with (+4): Aparimanabheda, Aparimanabhikkhuparivara, Aparimanabhoga, Aparimanacittakkhanata, Aparimanadesananaya, Aparimanaganana, Aparimanagunata, Aparimanakala, Aparimanalokadhatubyapana, Aparimananaya, Aparimanaparivarta, Aparimanaphala, Aparimanappabheda, Aparimanasankha, Aparimanasankhya, Aparimanasattarammana, Aparimanasattarammanakarana, Aparimanasattarammanata, Aparimanasilakkhandhagopana, Aparimanattha.
Full-text (+15): Aparimanappabheda, Aparimanakala, Anantaparimana, Aparimanaphala, Aparimanattha, Aparimanabhikkhuparivara, Aparimanalokadhatubyapana, Aparimanacittakkhanata, Aparimanasattarammanakarana, Aparimanadesananaya, Aparimanavanna, Aparimanabheda, Aparimanabhoga, Aparimanaganana, Aparimanasankha, Aparimanasilakkhandhagopana, Aparimeya, Aparimanasankhya, Aparimita, Aparimanaparivarta.
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