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    aṇiman

    See also aṇimant, aṇimat.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 15.
    aṇiman m. (-mā)

    1 Subtility, infinite minuteness, moleculism.

    2 The same considered as a superhuman faculty, to be acquired by austere devotion and the performance of magical rites, or as possessed by a deity.

    E. aṇa an atom, and imanic aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 13, col. 2.
    aṇiman (mā) 5. m. Infinite minute-
    ness; a superhuman faculty.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 30, col. 2.
    aṇiman I. m. (-mā) 1 Subtility, infinite minuteness, mole-

    culism. 2 The same considered as a superhuman faculty, to

    be acquired by austere devotion and the performance of

    magical rites, or as possessed by a deity.

    II. n. (-ma) The smallest piece or part (only in the Vedas).

    E. aṇu, taddh. aff. imanic. See also aṇutā-aṇutva-āṇava.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 10, col. 1.
    aṇiman aṇiman, i. e. aṇu + iman,

    m. Subtility; the superhuman power

    of making one's self infinitely small.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 11, col. 3.
    Aṇiman, ā, m. (fr. aṇu, q. v.), minuteness, fine-

    ness, thinness; atomic nature; the superhuman power

    of becoming as small as an atom; (a), n., Ved. the

    smallest particle.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 28, col. 2.
    aṇiman m. [aṇu-imanic], aṇutā-tvaṃ

    1 Minuteness, smallness, thinness, leanness, fineness.

    2 Atomic nature.

    3 The superhuman power of becoming as small as an atom, one of the 8 powers or siddhis of Śiva; (aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā . īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca tathā kāmāvasāyitā)

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 7.
    1 aṇimán m. subtility, minuteness (also considered as a superhuman faculty).
    ☞ p. 7.
    2 áṇiman n. the smallest piece or part.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 5, col. 3.
    aṇiman aṇ-i-mán, m. thinness, subtility.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 11, col. 3.
    aṇimán m. (fr. aṇu, q.v.), minuteness, fineness, thinness, ŚBr. &c.
    ☞ p. 11, col. 3.
    meagreness
    ☞ p. 11, col. 3.
    atomic nature, the superhuman power of becoming as small as an atom
    ☞ p. 11, col. 3.
    áṇiman n. the smallest particle, ŚBr.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 12, col. 2.
    aṇiman

    m. (-mā)

    1. Subtility, infinite minuteness, moleculism.

    2. The
    same considered as a superhuman faculty, to be acquired by
    austere devotion and the performance of magical rites, or as
    possessed by a deity.

    E. aṇa an atom, and imanic aff.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 37.
    aṇiman m. [aṇu-imanic], aṇutā-tvam 1 Minuteness, smallness, thinness, leanness, fineness. -2 Atomic nature. -3 The superhuman power of becoming as small as an atom, one of the 8 powers or Siddhis of Śiva; (aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā | īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca tathā kāmāvasāyitā).

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 9, col. 2.
    aṇiman- m. ténuité; particule, atome; maigreur.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 84.
    1. aṇimán (von aṇu) m. gaṇa pṛthvādi .

    1) Dünne, Feinheit: ārambhaṇato vai vajrasyāṇimātho daṇḍasyātho paraśoḥ AIT. BR. 2, 35. yathā keśaḥ sahasradhā bhinnastāvatāṇimnā BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4, 3, 20.

    — 2) Magerkeit: sa yatrāyamaṇimānaṃ nyeti jarayā vopatapatā vāṇimānaṃ nigacchati 4, 3, 36. grāmyāḥ paśavo ye cāraṇyā aṇimānameva tatparuṣimāṇaṃ niyanti AIT. BR. 4, 26.

    — 3) die feinen Bestandtheile eines Dinges: daghnaḥ somya mathyamānasya yo 'ṇimā sa ūrdhvaḥ samudīṣati tatsarpirbhavati CHĀND. UP. 6, 6, 1.

    — 4) die Kunst sich unendlich klein zu machen, eine der 8 Kräfte Śiva's, AK. 1, 1, 1, 31. H. 202. VET. 3, 18.

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 84.
    áṇiman (von aṇu) n. das kleinste Stück: gudaṃ tredhā karoti sthavima — madhyam - aṇima ŚAT. BR. 3, 8, 3, 18.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 960.
    1. aṇiman

    4) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 51,a,13. 231,b,8. aṇimādyastu devatāḥ 19,a,20.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 18, col. 3.
    aṇimán

    — 1) m.

    — a) Dünne , Feinheit ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,20.

    — b) Magerkeit.

    — c) die feinsten Bestandtheile von Etwas.

    — d) die Zauberkraft sich unendlich klein zu machen.

    — 2) áṇiman n. das kleinste Stück.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 5, col. 2.
    aṇimán m. Dünne, Feinheit.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 96, col. 1.
    aṇiman pu0 aṇorbhāvaḥ aṇu + imanic . sūkṣmatve sūkṣma-
    parimāṇe, aiśvaryyabhede ca yadvaśāt sūkṣmībhūya sarvvatra gantuṃ
    śaknoti . aiśvaryyāṇi ca . “aṇimā laghimā prāptiḥ
    prākāmyaṃ mahimā tathā . īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvañca tathā kāmā-
    vasāyitā” ityuktāni . eteṣāṃ svarūpāṇi aiśvaryyapadārtha-
    nirūpaṇe vakṣyante . “yathā keśaḥ sahasradhā bhinnastāvatāṇi-
    mneti” vedaḥ .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 41, col. 1.
    *Aṇiman (“minuteness”). § 705 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 303,

    11229 (among the attributes of Śambhu).—§ 707 (do.): XII,

    313, 11602 (among the attributes of Śambhu Prajāpati).