anaṃta a. [
nāsti aṃto yasya] Endless, infinite, eternal, boundless, inexhaustible;
°ratnaprabhavasya yasya Ku. 1. 3.
— taḥ 1 N. of Viṣṇu;
gaṃdharvāpsarasaḥ siddhāḥ kinnaroragacāraṇāḥ . nāṃtaṃ guṇānāṃ jānaṃti (
nāsyāṃtamadhigacchaṃti)
tenānaṃto'yamucyate ..; also of Viṣṇu's couch, the serpent Śeṣa; of Kṛṣṇa and his brother; of Śiva, the 14th Arhat; Vāsuki, the lord of serpents.
2 A cloud.
3 Talc.
4 N. of a plant (
siṃduvāra) Vitex Trifolia.
5 The 23rd asterism
śravaṇa.
6 A silken cord with 14 knots tied round the right arm on the
anaṃtacaturdaśī day.
7 The letter
ā.
— tā 1 The earth (the endless).
2 The number one.
3 N. of various females; of Pārvatī.
4 N. of various plants;
śārivā, anaṃtamūla (a very medicinal plant)
dūrvā, āmalakī, guḍūcī,
agnimaṃtha, kaṇā, lāṃgalī, durālabhā, harītakī,
agniśikhā, śyāmalatā, pippalī.
— tī A small silken cord tied round the left arm of a woman.
— taṃ 1 The sky, atmosphere.
2 Infinity, eternity.
3 Absolution, final beatitude;
tadanaṃtāya kalpate Pt. 2. 72.
4 The supreme spirit, Brahma (
parabrahma);
satyaṃ jñānamanaṃtaṃbrahmeti śrutiḥ . na vyāpitvāddeśatoṃ'to nityatvānnāpi kālataḥ . na vastuto'pi sarvātmyādānaṃtyaṃ brahmaṇi tridhā .. Comp. — ātman m. the Supreme spirit.
— kara a. magnifying to any extent;
P. III. 2. 21.
— ga a. moving for ever.
— guṇa a. (
pb) possessed of endless merits; of countless or infinite number;
plavaṃgānāmanaṃtaguṇataidhate Mv. 6. 55.
— caturdaśī, °vrataṃ [
anaṃtasya ārādhanaṃ yasyāṃ sā caturdaśī] the 14th day of the bright half of Bhādrapada when Ananta is worshipped.
— jit (
anaṃtāni bhūtāni jitavān)
1
N. of Vāsudeva, the conqueror of all.
2
N. of an Arhat deity.
— tāna a. of endless width, extensive.
— tīrthakṛt m. 1 one who visits many places of pilgrimage.
2 a Jaina deity.
— tṛtīyā the third day of the bright half of
bhādrapada, mārgaśīrṣa or
vaiśākha; nabhasye vātha vaiśākhe mārgaśīrṣe'thavā punaḥ . śuklapakṣatṛtīyāyāṃ… uktānaṃtatṛtīyaiṣā sutānaṃdaphalapradā.
— dṛṣṭiḥ [
anaṃtā dṛṣṭayo netrāṇi yasya]
N. of Śiva, or of Indra.
— devaḥ [
anaṃtodeva iva]
1 the serpent Śeṣa.
2 [
anaṃte dīvyati;
div-ac]
N. of Nārāyaṇa who sleeps on Śeṣa.
— pāra a. of endless width, boundless;
°raṃ kila śabdaśāstraṃ Pt. 1.
— māyin a. of endless tricks, endlessly deceitful.
— mūlaḥ a medicinal plant; (
śārivā).
— rāśiḥ an infinite quantity.
— rūpa a. of innumerable forms or shapes; epithet of Viṣṇu.
— vātaḥ a disease of the head, resembling tetanus.
— vijayaḥ [
anaṃtān vijayate dhvanidvārā anena]
N. of Yudhiṣṭhira's conchshell
Bg. 1. 16
— vīryaḥ N. of the 23rd Jaina Arhat of a future age.
— vrataṃ see
anaṃtacaturdaśī above.
— śakti a. of boundless power, omnipotent, epithet of the Supreme Being.
— śayanaṃ Travancore; Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (?)
— śīrṣa N. of Viṣṇu or the Supreme Being. (
— rṣā)
N. of the wife of Vāsuki.
— śuṣma a. Ved. possessing endless strength; endlessly blowing.
— śrī a. of boundless magnificence, an epithet of the Supreme Being.