Vimati: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Vimati means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Vimati (विमति) refers to a “dispute”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 7.22.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Vimati (विमति) or Vicikitsā refers to “doubt” and represents one of the seven Anuśaya (tendencies of defilement), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 3).—Accordingly, “There are seven tendencies of defilement (anuśaya): (1) anuśaya of attachment to pleasure (kāmarāga), (2) anuśaya of hostility (pratigha), (3) anuśaya of attachment to existence (bhāvarāga), (4) anuśaya of pride (māna), (5) anuśaya of ignorance (avidyā), (6) anuśaya of wrong view (dṛṣṭi), (7) anuśaya of doubt (vicikitsā or vimati). These are the seven anuśayas. [...]”
Vimati (विमति) refers to “doubt ”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Then again, the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja uttered these verses to that Bodhisattva, the great being Guṇarājaprabhāsa: ‘(22) [...] The one who is free from the impurities of darkness after attaining splendour (ālokalabdha), who cuts off the mind of doubt (vimati) of the doubtful, and therefore establishes [living beings] in liberation (vimokṣa), him, the Sugata I ask for the sake of them. [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Vimati (विमति) refers to “opposed opinions”, according to Vāgīśvarakīrti’s Tattvaratnāvalokavivaraṇa.—Accordingly, “This is the work to dispel all opposed opinions (vimati-nāśinī) of Vāgīśvara [Vāgīśvarakīrti], whose dedication to the glorious Samāja [Guhyasamāja] is supreme and whose devotion) is without blemish”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vimati : (f.) doubt; perplexity.
Vimati, (f.) (vi+mati) doubt, perplexity, consternation D. I, 105; S. IV, 327; A. II, 79, 185; Ap 29; Dhs. 425; J. III, 522; Miln. 119, 144, 339; DA. I, 274. (Page 630)
vimati (ဝိမတိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[vi+mati,vigatā mati vimati．mahāni,ṭṭha,379．vimati-saṃ．vimai-prā．]
[ဝိ+မတိ၊ ဝိဂတာ မတိ ဝိမတိ။ မဟာနိ၊ ဋ္ဌ၊ ၃၇၉။ ဝိမတိ-သံ။ ဝိမဣ-ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vimati—
(Burmese text): ယုံမှား-တွေးတော-သံသယဖြစ်-မဆုံးဖြတ်နိုင်-ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Belief - contemplation - doubt - inability to make a decision.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
vimati (विमति).—a S Deranged in mind, crazy, fatuous. 2 Disapproving &c. See above.
vimati (विमति).—a Deranged in mind, crazy.
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
Vimati (विमति).—a. Stupid, devoid of intelligence, foolish.
-tiḥ f.
1) Dissent, disagreement, difference of opinion.
2) Dislike.
3) Stupidity.
4) A dispute; विधिं कलापौ विमते- रगाताम् (vidhiṃ kalāpau vimate- ragātām) N.7.22.
Vimati (विमति).—f. (= Pali id.), doubt: prāṇināṃ ma bhavatu vimatiḥ Lalitavistara 288.4 (verse); devaputrān °ti-prāptāñ jñātvā 350.20 (prose); idam avaci °ti-haraṇaṃ 370.14 (verse); °ti- samudghaṭita ity ucyate 425.15; °ti-chedakaṃ jinaṃ Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 5.8; °ti-śamakarī (of Buddha's speech) 47.2; often with kāṅkṣā, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 223.1; Mahāvyutpatti 2130; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 8.10; Gaṇḍavyūha 5.1; 32.25; at the end of Jātaka stories often as in Divyāvadāna 297.28, syāt khalu bhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ kāṅkṣā vimatir vā…, similarly 328.1 etc.; misc., Mahāvastu i.98.14; 115.14; Daśabhūmikasūtra 7.6, etc.; vīmati, m.c., Samādhirājasūtra 19.35. See next items.
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Vīmati (वीमति).—m.c. for vimati, q.v.
Vimati (विमति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. Dislike, aversion. 2. Difference of opinion, dissent. 3. Stupidity. E. vi and mati mind.
Vimati (विमति).—f. 1. difference of opinion. 2. dislike, aversion.
Vimati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and mati (मति).
Vimati (विमति).—1. [feminine] disagreement, dislike, aversion.
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Vimati (विमति).—2. [adjective] stupid, foolish.
1) Vimati (विमति):—[=vi-mati] [from vi] 1. vi-mati mfn. (for 2. See vi√man) of different opinion (-man m. difference of opinion, disagreement) [gana] dṛḍhādi
2) [v.s. ...] stupid, silly (-tā f. stupidity, silliness), [Bhartṛhari]
3) [=vi-mati] a vi-matsara etc. See p. 951, col. 3. For vi-mati2 See [column]3.
4) [=vi-mati] [from vi-mata > vi-man] 2. vi-mati mfn. of different opinion [gana] dṛḍhādi
5) [v.s. ...] f. difference of opinion. dissent, disagreement about ([locative case]), [Pāṇini; Naiṣadha-carita; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] dislike, aversion, [Rāmāyaṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] doubt, uncertainty, error, [Lalita-vistara; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]
Vimati (विमति):—[vi-mati] (tiḥ) 2. f. Dislike; difference.
Vimati (विमति):—1. (von man mit vi) f.
1) eine abweichende Ansicht [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 47.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 23, 41.] mit loc. in Bezug auf [Sāhityadarpana 6, 6.] —
2) Abneigung [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 7, 17.]
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Vimati (विमति):—2. (2. vi + ma) adj. gaṇa dṛḍhādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 123.] kurvādi zu [4, 1, 151.]
1) eine abweichende Ansicht habend. —
2) beschränkt, dumm. — Vgl. vaimatya .
Vimati (विमति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vimai.
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
Vimati (ವಿಮತಿ):—
1) [noun] a different oipinion or view.
2) [noun] foolishness; stupidity.
3) [noun] a fool; a stupid fellow.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vimati (विमति):—adj. 1. stupid; devoid; of intelligence; foolish; 3. disagreeing; dissenting; n. dissent; 1. disagreement; difference of opinion; stupidity;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Vi, Mati.
Starts with (+11): Vimata, Vimaticchedaka, Vimaticchedakatha, Vimaticchedana, Vimaticchedanapanha, Vimaticchedanapuccha, Vimaticchedanattha, Vimaticchedani, Vimatidhamma, Vimatigaha, Vimatigahakarana, Vimatijata, Vimatiman, Vimatinashin, Vimatinashini, Vimatinivarana, Vimatipakkhanda, Vimatipatha, Vimatipatibahana, Vimatipatikkhepa.
Full-text (+80): Vimata, Vimatita, Vimativikirana, Vimatisamudghatin, Vimaticchedani, Vimativinodani, Vimatiman, Samudghatin, Vimaticchedana, Vimatuppadana, Vimatigaha, Vimatijata, Vimatipatibahana, Vimatinivarana, Vimatipatikkhepa, Vimatividhamana, Vimatipuccha, Vimativinodana, Vimatidhamma, Vimatipatha.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 207 < [Volume 5 (1909)]
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3047 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]
Verse 3116-3117 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]
Verse 3048-3050 < [Chapter 25 - Examination of the Doctrine of ‘Self-sufficient Validity’]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 11 - Vyaktiviveka of Mahimbhaṭṭa < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 320 < [English-Urdu-Hindi (1 volume)]
Page 321 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 594 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Milindapanha (questions of King Milinda) (by T. W. Rhys Davids)