Apramodamana, Apramodamānā, A-pramodamana: 3 definitions

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

Apramodamānā (अप्रमोदमाना):—[=a-pramodamānā] [from a-pramuditā] f. Name of another of the above Asiddhis.

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

Apramodamāna (अप्रमोदमान):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) (In the Sāṅkhya philosophy.) The reverse of pramodamāna q. v., a technical term to denote the incapacity of removing the pains that are produced by superhuman, i. e. divine or atmospheric influences (cold, heat, wind, rain, lightning &c.), by not attending for this purpose a holy teacher (the removal of such pains being required for the attainment of final liberation); it is amongst the seventeen buddhibadha or obstructions of intellect one of the eight which are the converse of the siddhi or perfections. Comp. apramudita and apramoda. E. a neg. and apramodamāna.

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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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