Atyananda, Atyānanda, Atyānandā: 5 definitions

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Atyananda 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

[«previous next»] — Atyananda in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

atyānanda (अत्यानंद).—m Overjoy. Ecstacy.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Atyananda in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Atyānandā (अत्यानन्दा).—a. Morbid indifference to the pleasure of sexual union.

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

1) Atyānanda (अत्यानन्द):—[=aty-ānanda] [from ati] m. excessive wantonness, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. excessively wanton, [Suśruta]

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

Atyānandā (अत्यानन्दा):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-ndā) A morbid affection of the female or-gans of generation, described as ‘when the woman has no pleasure in the embraces of her husband’. See yonivyāpad. E. ati (sc. krāntā) and ānanda (the sense of the accus.), sc. yoni.

[Sanskrit to German]

Atyananda 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.

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