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    See also akiṃcanatā.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 2.
    akiñcanatā f. (-tā) Voluntary poverty, one of the duties of a Jaina ascetic.

    E. akiñcana and affix.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 2, col. 2.
    a-kiñcanatā (tā) 1. f. Voluntary
    poverty; destitution.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 4, col. 1.
    akiñcanatā f. (-tā) Voluntary poverty, one of the duties of

    a Jaina ascetic. Also akiñcanatva n. (-tvam). E. akiñcana II,

    taddh. aff. tal or tva.

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

    p. 2, col. 2.
    a-kiñcana—tā, f. or a-kiñcana—tva, n. voluntary poverty (as practised by Jaina ascetics).

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 2, col. 2.
    akiñcanatā

    f. (-tā) Voluntary poverty, one of the duties of a Jaina
    ascetic.

    E. akiñcana and affix.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 40, col. 1.
    akiñcanatā strī0 akiñcanasya bhāvaḥ tal . saṃnyāsāṅge sarvva-
    dravyatyāgarūpe yamaviśeṣe vrataṃ dānaṃ parivrajyā tapasyā
    niyamasthitiḥ . ahiṃsā'sūyatāsteyabrahmākiñcanatā yama
    iti smṛtiḥ brahma vedamantraḥ īśvaramananaṃ vetyarthaḥ .
    nirddhanatve ca . bhāve tva . tatraivārthe na0 . sthāne bhavānekanarā-
    dhipaḥ mannakiñcanatvaṃ makhajaṃ vyanaktīti raghuḥ .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 3.
    akiñcanatā , strī, (akiñcanasya bhāvaḥ . aki-
    ñcana + tal .) akiñcanasya bhāvaḥ . sā tu pari-
    grahatyāgarūpayamaviśeṣaḥ . iti hemacandraḥ ..