Atimana, Atimāna: 19 definitions
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Atimana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Atimāna (अतिमान).—A Paulastya.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 66.
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)
'superiority-conceit'; s. māna.
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)
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. [...]”.
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)
Atimāna (“conceit”) in Buddhism refers to one of the sixteen upakilesa (subtle defilements).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
atimāna : (m.) pride; arrogance.
Atimāna, (Sk. atimāna, ati + māna) high opinion (of oneself), pride, arrogance, conceit, M. I, 363; Sn. 853 (see expln. at Nd1 233), 942, 968; J. VI, 235; Nd1 490; Miln. 289. Cp. atimaññanā. (Page 20)
atimāna (အတိမာန) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ati+māna]
[အတိ+မာန]
[Pali to Burmese]
atimāna—
(Burmese text): အတိမာန်၊ အလွန်ထင်မှတ်ခြင်း၊ အထင်ကြီးခြင်း၊ အလွန်-ထောင်လွှား-တက်ကြွ-ခြင်း။ (က) သူတပါးတို့ကို ကျော်လွန်၍ မိမိကိုယ် မိမိ အထင်ကြီးခြင်း၊ ငါဟုထောင်လွှား-တက်ကြွ-သော မာန်။ သူတစ်ပါးတို့ထက် မိမိကသာသည်ဟု ထင်မှတ်ခြင်း။ (ခ) အမျိုးဇာတ်စသည်ကို အမှီပြု၍-အလွန်-တက်ကြွ-ထောင်လွှား-သည်၏အစွမ်းအားဖြင့် ဖြစ်သော မာန်။ (ဂ) သူတစ်ပါးကို ကျော်လွန်၍ မိမိကိုယ်ကို အမြတ်အားဖြင့် ထားသောပုဂ္ဂိုလ်အားဖြစ်သော မာန်၊ သေယျမာန်။ (ဃ) အထက်၌ဖြစ်သောမာန်။
(Auto-Translation): Arrogance, extreme self-esteem, overestimation, or excessive pride. (a) The pride that arises from believing oneself to be superior to others, an ego that is inflated. The perception that only oneself is superior to others. (b) Arrogance that arises from the power of being excessively proud due to one's lineage or background. (c) Arrogance that places oneself above others due to a sense of self-importance, which is considered a dead pride. (d) The pride mentioned above.
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
atimāna (अतिमान).—a S Excessive, immoderate, intemperate; exceeding the proper quantity or degree.
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
Atimāna (अतिमान).—a. [mānamatikrāntaḥ] Immeasurable, very great or wide (as fame); °नया कीर्त्या (nayā kīrtyā) Daśakumāracarita 1.
Atimāna (अतिमान).—(= Pali id.), self-conceit, excessive pride; see also mānātimāna: Mahāvastu iii.214.9; an-atimāna-tayā, Gaṇḍavyūha 464.5.
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).
Atimāna (अतिमान).—[masculine] high opinion, arrogance.
Atimāna (अतिमान):—[=ati-māna] [from ati] m. great haughtiness.
Atimāna (अतिमान):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-naḥ) Great pride or arrogance. E. ati and māna.
Atimāna (अतिमान):—(von man mit ati) m. Uebermuth, Hochmuth: parābhavasya haitanmukhaṃ yadatimānaḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 1, 1, 1.] [Cāṇakya 50.]
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Atimāna (अतिमान):—[Spr. 3407.]
Atimāna (अतिमान):—m. Hochmuth , Uebermuth [Indische sprüche 145.]
Atimāna (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 自見 [zì jiàn]: “self-view”.
Note: atimāna can be alternatively written as: ati-māna.
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
Atimāna (ಅತಿಮಾನ):—[adjective] exceeding; excessive; very great.
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: A ti, Ati, Mana.
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