In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Atimāna (अतिमान).—A Paulastya.^*

• * Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 66.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'superiority-conceit'; s. māna.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Atimāna (अतिमान) refers to “conceit”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then on that occasion the Lord uttered these verses: (87) The wise one whose thought is detached from any viewpoint, who accumulates merits, who is without the appearance of distinguishing marks, and who transforms everything into awakening, becomes imperishable. (88) Having abandoned pride and conceit (māna-atimāna), seeking for the accumulation of knowledge, the wise one, having the nature of infinite space, fulfils the knowledge of omniscience. [...]”.

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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.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Google Books: The Fruits of True Monkhood

Atimāna (“conceit”) in Buddhism refers to one of the sixteen upakilesa (subtle defilements).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

atimāna : (m.) pride; arrogance.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Atimāna, (Sk. atimāna, ati + māna) high opinion (of oneself), pride, arrogance, conceit, M. I, 363; Sn. 853 (see expl^n. at Nd¹ 233), 942, 968; J. VI, 235; Nd¹ 490; Miln. 289. Cp. atimaññanā. (Page 20)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

atimāna (अतिमान).—a S Excessive, immoderate, intemperate; exceeding the proper quantity or degree.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atimāna (अतिमान).—a. [mānamatikrāntaḥ] Immeasurable, very great or wide (as fame); °नया कीर्त्या (nayā kīrtyā) Daśakumāracarita 1.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Atimāna (अतिमान).—(= Pali id.), self-conceit, excessive pride; see also mānātimāna: Mahāvastu iii.214.9; an-atimāna-tayā, Gaṇḍavyūha 464.5.

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

Atimāna (अतिमान).—m. arrogance, [Cāṇakya] 50. A-bhagna-māna + m, adv. without injury to one’s honour, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 41. Nirmº, i. e.

Atimāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ati and māna (मान).

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

Atimāna (अतिमान).—[masculine] high opinion, arrogance.

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

Atimāna (अतिमान):—[=ati-māna] [from ati] m. great haughtiness.

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

Atimāna (अतिमान):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-naḥ) Great pride or arrogance. E. ati and māna.

[Sanskrit to German]

Atimana in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Atimāna (ಅತಿಮಾನ):—[adjective] exceeding; excessive; very great.

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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: Ati, Mana.

Starts with: Atimanai, Atimanapa, Atimanasa, Atimanasa-kosha, Atimanasashastra, Atimanav, Atimanava, Atimanavant, Atimanavat, Atimanaviya.

Ends with: Apratimana, Caturvimshatimana, Gatimana, Ghatimana, Kodhatimana, Manatimana, Matimana, Nishpratimana, Pavanagatimanas, Pivatimana, Pratimana, Sakkariyatimana, Telatimana, Timatimana.

Full-text: Manatimana, Atimannana, Atimanin, Kodhatimana, Atimanita, Upakilesa, Omana, Abhimana, Mana, Upakkilesa, Pamada.

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