Ashashvatam, Aśāśvatam: 1 definition
Introduction:
Ashashvatam 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 Aśāśvatam can be transliterated into English as Asasvatam or Ashashvatam, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAśāśvatam (अशाश्वतम्).—(after anucchedam) in Lalitavistara 423.10 (prose) applied to the (dharma-)cakra, is misunderstood by Fou- caux (non immobile). Like everything in the universe according to the śūnyavāda, it is neither annihilable nor eternal; neither of these attributes, nor any attribute contrastable with an opposite, can be predicated of anything. Tibetan rtag pa med pa, not eternal. See śāśvatoccheda and references there to Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Shashvatoccheda.
Relevant text
Search found 5 books and stories containing Ashashvatam, Aśāśvatam, Asasvatam; (plurals include: Ashashvatams, Aśāśvatams, Asasvatams). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 8.15 < [Chapter 8 - Tāraka-brahma-yoga (the Yoga of Absolute Deliverance)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III. Are the beings to be known infinite in number? < [Part 2 - Distinguishing the movements of mind of all beings]
M. Siderits and S. Katsura (eds.). Nāgārjuna’s Middle Way. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā. < [Volume 76 (2015)]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
3. The Theory of Emptiness in the Madhyamika Doctrine < [Chapter 1 - Tantric Buddhism]
Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
A Note on the Sanskrit Word Svastha < [Volume 4 (1995)]