Nastikya, Nāstikya: 10 definitions
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Nastikya 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
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynāstikya (नास्तिक्य).—n S Atheism or infidelity, denial of God or of Divine revelation.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnāstikya (नास्तिक्य).—n Atheism or infidelity.
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 dictionaryNāstikya (नास्तिक्य).—Atheism, infidelity, heresy; नास्तिक्यं तु प्रभाषसे (nāstikyaṃ tu prabhāṣase) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.31.1.
Derivable forms: nāstikyam (नास्तिक्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāstikya (नास्तिक्य).—n.
(-kyaṃ) Infidelity, atheism, heresy. E. nāstika, and yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāstikya (नास्तिक्य).—i. e. nāstika + ya, 1. Disbelief, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 65. 2. Infidelity, 4, 163.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāstikya (नास्तिक्य):—[from nāstika > na] n. idem (with karmaṇām, denying the consequence of works), [Manu-smṛti iii, 65]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNāstikya (नास्तिक्य):—(kyaṃ) 1. n. Idem.
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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 corpusNāstikya (ನಾಸ್ತಿಕ್ಯ):—[noun] = ನಾಸ್ತಿಕತೆ [nastikate].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Anastikya.
Full-text: Nastikata, Antevasayi, Antevasayin.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.33 < [Section VII - The Three Guṇas]
Verse 11.66 < [Section VI - Offences: their Classification]
Verse 4.163 < [Section XIV - Other Duties]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 348 < [Chapter 7 - Doctrine of the Self (ātman, ‘soul’)]
Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita (by Nayana Sharma)
Medicine and Religion (Introduction) < [Chapter 8]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)