Atanatika, Āṭānāṭika: 1 definition
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Atanatika 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀṭānāṭika (आटानाटिक).—(sūtra), (= Pali Āṭānāṭiya-suttanta; compare prec.), name of a work: Mahāsamājasūtra Waldschmidt Kl. Sanskrit Texte 4, p. 175.2; fragments, containing the name as above, publ. by Hoffmann, Kl. Sanskrit Texte 5; on the name see pp. 8—10. Hoernle, [Manuscript Remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan] 26 f., publishes a fragment from what he clls by its Pali name the Āṭānāṭiya (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.
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Ends with: Natanatika.
Full-text: Dadhimukha, Atanati, Potalaka.
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