Atmahatya, Ātmahatyā, Atman-hatya: 10 definitions
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Atmahatya means something in 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.
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Marathi-English dictionary
ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या).—f (S) Self-murder. See remark under ātmaghāta.
ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या).—f Suicide, self-murder.
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
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या).—suicide.
Ātmahatyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ātman and hatyā (हत्या). See also (synonyms): ātmavadha, ātmavadhyā.
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Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या).—suicide.
Ātmahatyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ātman and hatyā (हत्या). See also (synonyms): ātmahanana.
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या).—f.
(-tyā) Suicide, self-destruction. E. ātman and hatyā killing.
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या):—[=ātma-hatyā] [from ātma > ātman] f. suicide, [Prabodha-candrodaya]
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या):—[ātma-hatyā] (tyā) 1. f. Suicide.
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या):—(ā + ha) f. Selbstmord [Prabodhacandrodaja 92, 7.]
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या):—f. Selbstmord.
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
Ātmahatya (ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯ):—[noun] = ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ [atmahatye].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Ātmahatyā (आत्महत्या):—n. suicide; self-murder; self- killing;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Hatya, Atman.
Starts with (+0): Atmahatyara.
Full-text (+0): Atmavadhya, Atmahanana, Atmavadha, Hatya.
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