Asvatantra, Ashvatantra, Asvatamtra: 9 definitions
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Asvatantra means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraAsvatantra (अस्वतन्त्र) refers to “that which is non-autonomous”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “Without knowing if the ātman exists or does not exist, you are asking why one does not produce the idea of the ātman in regard to another. [The distinctions] between one’s own body (ātmakāya) and another’s body (parakāya) exist as a function of the Ātman. But the Ātman is non-existent. [The characteristics attributed to it]: having form (rūpin) or formless (arūpin), permanent (nitya) or impermanent (anitya), finite (antavat) or infinite (ananta), moveable (gantṛ) or motionless (agantṛ), cognizant (jñātṛ) or ignorant (ajñātṛ), active (kāraka) or inactive (akāraka), autonomous (svatantra) or non-autonomous (asvatantra): all these characteristics of the ātman do not exist, as we have said above in the chapter on the Ātman. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAsvatantra (अस्वतन्त्र).—a.
1) Dependent, subject, not one's own master; अस्वतन्त्रा स्त्री पुरुषप्रधाना (asvatantrā strī puruṣapradhānā); Vasiṣṭha.
2) Docile, humble, tractable.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsvatantra (अस्वतन्त्र).—mfn.
(-ntraḥ-ntrā-ntraṃ) 1. Docile, humble. 2. Dependent, subject. E. a neg. svatantra self-willed.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsvatantra (अस्वतन्त्र).—[adjective] not independent.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumAśvatantra (अश्वतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted by Rāyamukuṭa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsvatantra (अस्वतन्त्र):—[=a-sva-tantra] [from a-sva] mf(ā)n. not self-willed, dependant, subject, [Manu-smṛti ix, 2; Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsvatantra (अस्वतन्त्र):—[asva-tantra] (ntraḥ-ntrā-ntraṃ) a. Idem.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusAsvataṃtra (ಅಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ):—[adjective] influenced, controlled or determined by something else; independent.
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Asvataṃtra (ಅಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ):—[noun] one who is not independent in thinking, action, etc.
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: Ashva, Tantra.
Starts with: Asvatamtrate, Asvatantrata.
Ends with: Anvayasvatamtra, Ekatamtrasvatamtra, Sarvasvatamtra, Sarvatamtrasvatamtra, Utpatasvatamtra.
Full-text: Asvadhina, Asvacchanda, Asvatantrata, Ajaneya, Anisha, Akaraka, Svatantra, Jnatri, Ajnatri, Atmakaya, Antavat, Gantri, Ananta, Rupi, Parakaya, Agantri, Avesha, Dharmasmrityupasthana, Arupi, Karaka.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.1.64-65 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Verse 1.3.77 < [Chapter 3 - Prapañcātīta (beyond the Material Plane)]
Verse 1.4.85 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.2.356 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
Verse 3.2.352-353 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
Verse 2.5.125 < [Chapter 5 - Lord Nityānanda’s Vyāsa-pūjā Ceremony and His Darśana of the Lord’s Six-armed Form]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 8.13.130 < [Chapter 13 - A Thousand Names of Lord Balarāma]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. Objections against the efficacy of the conditions < [Part 1 - Understanding the Conditions (pratyaya)]
2. Debate with the Personalist < [Part 13 - Non-existence of the donor]
Emptiness 13: Emptiness of specific characteristics < [Chapter XLVIII - The Eighteen Emptinesses]
Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
A visit from Parents < [Chapter 1.6 - Return to Maṭha Life]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Madhva’s Ontology < [Chapter XXVII - A General Review of the Philosophy of Madhva]