The Sanskrit term Viṣayāsakta can be transliterated into English as Visayasakta or Vishayasakta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Vishyasakt.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Viṣayāsakta (विषयासक्त) refers to “clinging to sense objects”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] The mind alone is the cause of people’s liberation and bondage. The mind which clings to sense objects (viṣayāsakta) [leads] to bondage, and the mind which is free from sense objects, to liberation. All this, whatever is moving and motionless, is [just] a visible object of the mind. For, when the mind has become free of the mind, [Yogins] call it the state of non-duality. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Viṣayāsakta (विषयासक्त).—a. addicted to sensual objects, sensualist, worldly-minded.

Viṣayāsakta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣaya and āsakta (आसक्त). See also (synonyms): viṣayanirata.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣayāsakta (विषयासक्त).—mfn.

(-ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) Attached to objects of sense, devoted to the world. E. viṣaya and āsakta attached to.

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

Viṣayāsakta (विषयासक्त):—[from viṣaya] mfn. attached to s° pl°

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Viṣayāsakta (विषयासक्त):—[viṣayā+sakta] (ktaḥ-ktā-ktaṃ) a. Devoted to the world.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Viṣayāsakta (विषयासक्त) [Also spelled vishyasakt]:—(a) sensual, lustful, given to sexual indulgence, debauch, lewd; (nm) debauchee; ~[kti] sensuality, sensualism, lustfulness, sexual indulgence.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Viṣayāsakta (ವಿಷಯಾಸಕ್ತ):—[noun] = ವಿಷಯಲಂಪಟ [vishayalampata].

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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: Vishaya, Vicaya, Ashakta.

Starts with: Vishayasaktamanas, Vishayasaktate.

Full-text: Vishayasaktamanas, Vishayanirata, Vishyasakt, Vishayabaddha.

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