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    See also ananta, anantaḥ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 56, col. 1.
    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.

    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.

    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.