Svacchandacari, Svacchandacārin, Svacchandacārī, Svacchandacāri, Svacchandacarin, Svacchanda-carin, Svacchanda-cari: 5 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Svacchandacari.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Svacchandacārin (स्वच्छन्दचारिन्) refers to “one who (outwardly) wanders about as he pleases” (like a madman), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “[...] Realising my supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness, the Lord, and the state of desirelessness in bondage or liberation, I feel no inclination for liberation. The various states of one who is empty of uncertainty within, and who outwardly wanders about as he pleases (svacchandacārin) [antarvikalpaśūnyasya bahiḥ svacchandacāriṇaḥ] like a madman, can only be known by someone in the same condition”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Svacchandacārin (स्वच्छन्दचारिन्).—i. e. sva
Svacchandacārin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms svacchanda and cārin (चारिन्).
Svacchandacārin (स्वच्छन्दचारिन्).—[adjective] moving at will, independent.
Svacchandacārin (स्वच्छन्दचारिन्):—[=sva-cchanda-cārin] [from sva-cchanda > sva] mfn. idem, [Kuvalayānanda; Śārṅgadhara-paddhati] etc.
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
Svacchaṃdacāri (ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಂದಚಾರಿ):—[noun] = ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಂದಗಾಮಿ [svacchamdagami].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Carin, Svacchanda.
Starts with: Svacchandacarini.
Full-text: Svacchandacarini, Svacchanda.
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Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
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Abhijnana Shakuntala (synthetic study) (by Ramendra Mohan Bose)
Chapter 5 - Pancama-anka (pancamo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and commentary]