Karmanyasa, Karmanyāsa, Karman-nyasa: 4 definitions

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Karmanyasa 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»] — Karmanyasa in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

karmanyāsa (कर्मन्यास).—m S Giving up of works or working (towards recompense in another life): also, for phalanyāsa, Rejection of claim or hope of recompense for works.

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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»] — Karmanyasa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karmanyāsa (कर्मन्यास).—renunciation of the result of religious acts.

Derivable forms: karmanyāsaḥ (कर्मन्यासः).

Karmanyāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karman and nyāsa (न्यास).

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

Karmanyāsa (कर्मन्यास):—[=karma-nyāsa] [from karma > karman] m. the giving up of active duties, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Karmanyasa 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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