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Samkhya (school of philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Prakrti and purusa in Samkhyakarika an analytical review

Aviveki (अविवेकि, “non-discriminated”).—Viveka means “difference” and viveki means “the state of being different” or “discriminated”. That which is non-discriminated is called aviveki. Avivekittva is there in the vyakta and avyakta in respect of the three guṇas. Vācaspati says, anything that possesses happiness (sukha), sorrow (duḥkha) and bewilderment (moha) is called aviveki. Since prakṛti (both in its akāryāvasthā and kāryāvasthā) is of the nature of happiness (sukha), sorrow (duḥkha) and bewilderment (moha), so prakṛti is aviveki.

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Samkhya (सांख्य, Sāṃkhya) is a dualistic school of Hindu philosophy (astika) and is closeley related to the Yoga school. Samkhya philosophy accepts three pramanas (‘proofs’) only as valid means of gaining knowledge. Another important concept is their theory of evolution, revolving around prakriti (matter) and purusha (consciousness).

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Avivekin (अविवेकिन्) refers to “one who lacks in discrimination” and is used to describe Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.31 (“Description of Śiva’s magic”).—Accordingly, as Śiva (in disguise of a Brahmin) said to the Lord of Mountains: “I have come to know that you desire to give your daughter to Śiva, [...] To Śiva—who has no support, [...] whose name and pedigree are unknown, whose conduct is bad, who has no sport, whose body is smeared with ashes, who is furious, who lacks in discrimination (avivekin), whose age is not known,  [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

avivēkī (अविवेकी).—a (S) Inconsiderate or undiscriminating; that does not or that cannot distinguish and judge justly.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

avivēkī (अविवेकी).—a Inconsiderate.

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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

Avivekin (अविवेकिन्).—a.

1) Undiscriminating, inconsiderate, thoughtless.

2) Superficial, short-sighted, ignorant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avivekin (अविवेकिन्).—mfn. (-kī-kinī-ki) Ignorant, undiscriminating, defective in judgment, superficial, short-sighted. E. aviveka as above, and ini aff.

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

Avivekin (अविवेकिन्).—adj. defective in judgment, unable to discriminate, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 24, 225.

Avivekin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and vivekin (विवेकिन्).

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

Avivekin (अविवेकिन्).—[adjective] undiscriminating, unwise.

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

1) Avivekin (अविवेकिन्):—[=a-vivekin] [from a-vivikta] mfn. not separated, undistinguished, uniform, [Sāṃkhyakārikā] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] undiscriminating, ignorant [commentator or commentary] on [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] (said of a country) destitute of men that can discriminate, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Avivekin (अविवेकिन्):—[a-vivekin] (kī-kinī-ki) a. Inconsiderate, indiscriminate.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avivekin 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

Avivēki (ಅವಿವೇಕಿ):—[adjective] lacking reasoning, judgement or normal intelligence.

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Avivēki (ಅವಿವೇಕಿ):—[noun] a person whose judging faculty is defective.

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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.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Avivēki (அவிவேகி) [a-vivēki] noun < avivēkin. One without discrimination, a foolish person; பகுத் தறிவில்லாதவன். [paguth tharivillathavan.]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Avivekī (अविवेकी):—adj. indiscriminate; unreasonable;

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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.

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Partial matches: Vivekin, A.

Ends with: Madhyavivekin, Mandavivekin.

Full-text: Dirghabodha, Vivekin.

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