Vainashika, Vaināśika: 8 definitions
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Vainashika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Vaināśika can be transliterated into English as Vainasika or Vainashika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaināśika (वैनाशिक).—
1) A slave.
2) A spider.
3) An astrologer.
4) The doctrines of the Buddhists.
5) A follower of those doctrines.
-kam The twenty-third asterism from that under which any one is born.
Derivable forms: vaināśikaḥ (वैनाशिकः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVaināśika (वैनाशिक).—adj. or subst. m. (so in Sanskrit, there applied only to Buddhists), one who believes in cessation of existence, in destruction (of entities): °ko yadāgatvā brūyād yady asti deśyatām Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 360.1 (verse), when a destructionist shall come and say, If it exists, show it! This doctrine is reprobated in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra (Suzuki misunderstands the term); katamo 'tra…°ko bhavati Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 145.16; repeatedly in the sequel, e.g. buddhaśrāvakapratyekabuddha-°ko 146.3, 7, one who believes in the cessation of existence of…; (nāstyastitvā- bhimāniko) hi…°ko bhavati 146.14; (kalpākṣararahitāni prativikalpayan punar api) °ko bhavati 147.2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaināśika (वैनाशिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A dependent, a subject, a slave. 2. A spider. 3. An astrologer. E. vināśa loss, destruction, aff. ṭhak or ṭhañ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaināśika (वैनाशिक).—i. e. vināśa + ika, m. 1. A dependent, a subject, a slave. 2. An astrologer. 3. A spider.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaināśika (वैनाशिक):—[from vaināśa] mfn. perishable, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] believing in complete annihilation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] causing destruction or ruin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] dependent, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] m. a Buddhist, [Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad [Scholiast or Commentator]; Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahma-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]]
6) [v.s. ...] the doctrines of the B°, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
7) [v.s. ...] a dependent, subject, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] a spider, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] an astrologer (?), [Horace H. Wilson]
10) [v.s. ...] n. the 23rd Nakṣatra from that under which any one is born, [Varāha-mihira’s Yogayātrā]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaināśika (वैनाशिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A dependant; a spider; an astrologer.
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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 corpusVaināśika (ವೈನಾಶಿಕ):—[adjective] not lasting; impermanent; fleeting; temporary.
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Vaināśika (ವೈನಾಶಿಕ):—
1) [noun] (buddh.) a school of buddhism that the phenomenal world and objects in the phenomenal world are not permanent.
2) [noun] a follower of this school.
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)
Starts with: Vainashikatantra.
Ends with: A-khatva-cullaka-vainashika, Ardhavainashika, Purnavainashika, Sarvavainashika, Vedavainashika.
Full-text: Ardhavainashika, Sarvavainashika, Vainayika, Vainashikatantra, Purnavainashika, Vainacikam, A-khatva-cullaka-vainashika.
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