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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 37.
    aneka mfn. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Many, much, not one.

    E. an neg. eka one.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 29, col. 2.
    ane-ka (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Many.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 111, col. 2.
    aneka Tatpur. m. f. n. (-kaḥ-kā-kam) 1 Not one, much, many,

    multitudinous. (In the Sāṅkhya-phil.: one of the charac-

    teristics of the discrete principle or vyakta, since it comprises

    buddhi, ahaṅkāra, the five tanmātra and the eleven indriya qq.

    vv., the reverse of eka, the characteristic of pradhāna or avyakta

    qq. vv., the Undiscrete, and of puruṣa q. v., the Soul.) 2 Not

    united, separated; e. g. yathā saṃdhīyamānānāmanekībhavatāṃ svaraḥ .

    upadiṣṭastathā vidyādakṣarāṇāmavagrahe ... E. a neg. and eka.

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

    p. 42, col. 3.
    aneka an-eka, as, ā, am, not one, many,

    much; separated. —Aneka-kālam, ind. a long time,

    for a long time. —Anekakālāvadhi (°la-av°), ind.

    long since. —Aneka-kṛt, t, m. doing much, epithet

    of Śiva. —Aneka-gotra, as, m. having more families

    than one, i. e. two, belonging to two families (or to

    one as an adopted son). —Aneka-cara, as, ā, am,

    gregarious. —Aneka-citta-mantra, as, m. one whose

    counsels are many-minded. —Aneka-ja, as, ā, am,

    born more than once; (as), m. a bird. —Aneka-tā,

    f. or aneka-tva, am, n. muchness, manifold condi-

    tion. —Aneka-tra, ind. in many places. —Aneka-

    dharma-kathā, f. different exposition of the law.

    —Aneka-dhā, ind. in various ways, often. —Aneka-

    dhā-prayoga, as, m. using several times. —Aneka-

    pa, as, ā, am, drinking oftener than once; (as, ā),

    m. f. an elephant, because he drinks with his trunk

    and with his mouth. —Aneka-bhārya, as, ā, am,

    having more wives than one. —Aneka-mukha, as, ā,

    am, having several faces, having different ways.

    —Aneka-yuddha-vijayin, ī, m. victorious in many

    battles. —Aneka-randhra, as, ā, am, having many

    holes, weaknesses or troubles. —Aneka-rūpa, as, ā,

    am, multiform; of various kinds or sorts; fickle, of

    variable mind. —Aneka-locana, as, m. having seve-

    ral (three) eyes, N. of Śiva. —Aneka-vacana, am,

    n. the plural number. —Aneka-varṇa, (in arithmetic

    compounded with various words to denote) many un-

    known quantities (colours representing x, y, z, &c.),

    e. g. aneka-varṇa-guṇana, multiplication of many

    unknown quantities. (Similarly, if for guṇana

    be substituted bhajana ‘division,’ madhyamāha-

    raṇa ‘taking away the middle term,’ vyavakalana

    ‘subtraction,’ saṅkalana ‘addition,’ other algebraical

    processes may be expressed). —Aneka-vāram, ind.

    many times, repeatedly. —Aneka-vidha, as, ā, am,

    of many kinds, in different ways, various. —Aneka-

    śapha, as, ā, am, cloven-hoofed. —Aneka-śabda,

    as, ā, am, expressed by several words, synonymous.

    —Aneka-śas, ind. in great numbers, several times,

    repeatedly, by large numbers or quantities. —Anekā-

    kāra (°ka-āk°), as, ā, am, multiform. —Anekā-

    kṣara (°ka-ak°), as, ā, am, polysyllabic, having

    more than one syllable. —Anekāgra (°ka-ag°), as,

    ā, am, engaged in various pursuits. —Anekāc (°ka-

    ac), having more than one vowel or syllable (ac in

    gram. being the technical term for vowel). —Ane-

    kārtha (°ka-ar°), as, ā, am, having more than one

    meaning (as a word). —Anekārtha-dhvani-mañ-

    jarī, f. and anekārtha-saṅgraha, as, m. titles of

    two works on such words. —Anekāl (°ka-al), con-

    sisting of more than one al or letter (in the technical

    phras. of gram.). —Anekāśraya (°ka-āś°), as, m. or

    anekāśrita (°ka-āś°), as, ā, am, (in Vaiśeṣika

    phil.) dwelling, abiding in more than one.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 116, col. 2.
    an-eka, a. not one, i. e. more than one; many.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 86, col. 3.
    aneka a.

    1 Not one; more than one, many; anekapitṛkāṇāṃ tu pitṛto bhāgakalpanā Y. 2. 120, Ki. 1. 16; several, various; tathātmaiko'pyanekaśca Y. 3. 144.

    2 Separated; divided; oft. in comp.; °ākāra having many shapes or forms; diverse, multiform; °kālaṃ-vāraṃ several times, many a time and oft; °bhārya having more wives than one.

    Comp.

    akṣara,

    ac a. having more than one vowel or syllable; polysyllabic.

    agra a.

    1 engaged in several pursuits.

    2 not concentrated or fixed on one object.

    aṃta a.

    1 [na. ba.] not alone so as to exclude all others, uncertain, doubtful, variable; syādityavyayamanekāṃtavācakaṃ

    2 = anaikāṃtika q. v. (

    taḥ)

    1 unsettled condition, absence of permanence.

    2 uncertainty, doubtfulness.

    3 an unessential part, as the several anubandhas. °vādaḥ scepticism. °vādin m. a sceptic, a Jaina or an Arhat of the Jainas.

    artha a.

    1 having many (more than one) meanings, homonymous; as the words go, amṛta, akṣa &c.; anekārthasya śabdasya K. P. 2.

    2 having the sense of the word aneka.

    3 having many objects or purposes. (

    rthaḥ) multiplicity of objects, topics &c.

    al a. having more than one al (letter) P. I. 1. 55.

    āśraya, āśrita a. (in Vaiś. phil.) dwelling or abiding in more than one (such as saṃyoga, sāmānya); ete'nekāśritā guṇāḥ Bhāṣā P.; dependence upon more than one.

    kṛt m. ‘doing much’, N. of Śiva.

    guṇa a. of many kinds, manifold, diverse; vigaṇayya kāraṇamanekaguṇaṃ Ki. 6. 37.

    guptaḥ N. of a king; °arcitapādapaṃkajaḥ K. 3.

    gotra a. belonging to two families (such as a boy when adopted), i. e. that of his own, and that of his adoptive, father.

    cara a. gregarious.

    citta a. not of one mind, fickle-minded; °maṃtraḥ not following the counsels of (pb) one; H. 4. 31.

    ja a. born more than once. (

    jaḥ) a bird (garbhāṃḍābhyāṃ jātatvāt).

    paḥ an elephant (so called because he drinks with his trunk and mouth); cf. dvipa; vanyetarānekapadarśanena R. 5. 47; Śi. 5. 35, 12. 75.

    mukha a. (khī f.) a.

    1 having many faces, many-faced.

    2 scattered, dispersed, going in various directions, taking to various ways; (balāni) jagāhire' nekamukhāni mārgān Bk. 2. 54.

    mūrtiḥ ‘having many forms’, N. of Viṣṇu who assumed various forms to deliver the earth from calamities.

    yuddhavijayin, vijayin a. victorious in many battles; Pt. 3. 9, 11.

    rūpa a.

    1 of various forms, multiform.

    2 of various kinds or sorts.

    3 fickle, changeable, of a varying nature; veśyāṃganeva nṛpanītiranekarūpā Pt. 1. 425. (

    paḥ) epithet of the Supreme Being.

    locanaḥ N. of Śiva; also of Indra, and of the Supreme Being, he being said to be sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt &c.

    vacanaṃ the plural number; dual also.

    varṇa a. involving more than one (unknown) quantity (the unknown quantities x. y. z. &c. being represented in Sanskrit by colours nīla, kāla &c.); °samīkaraṇaṃ simultaneous equation; °guṇanaṃ, °vyavakalanaṃ, °hāraḥ multiplication, subtraction or division of unknown quantities.

    vidha a. various, different.

    śapha a. cloven-hoofed.

    śabda a. synonymous.

    sādhāraṇa a. common to many, the common property of many persons Dk. 83.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 23.
    aneka a. not one; many or much (also pl.), manifold.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 17, col. 2.
    aneka an-eka, a. more than one, various:
    pl. many, several; -tva, n. plurality; -dhā,
    ad. into many parts; in many ways; -pa, m.
    elephant; -pitṛka, m. pl. grandsons with different
    fathers; -buddhi, f. manifold conception
    (ph.); -yuddha-vijayin, a. victorious
    in many battles; -rūpa, a. manifold, multiform;
    -vijayin, a. frequently victorious;
    -vidha, a. manifold: -tva, n. abst. N.; -śas,
    ad. in large numbers; repeatedly; -saṃ
    śaya_ucchedin, a. dispelling many doubts;
    -saṃsthāna, a. having various forms, variously
    disguised; -saṅkhya, a. very numerous.

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

    p. 42, col. 2.
    an-eka mfn. not one, many, much
    p. 42, col. 2.
    separated.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 31, col. 1.
    aneka

    mfn. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Many, much, not one.

    E. an neg. eka one.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 115.
    aneka a. 1 Not one; more than one, many; anekapitṛkāṇāṃ tu pitṛto bhāgakalpanā Y.2.120, anekarājanyarathāśvasaṃkulam Ki.1.16; several, various; tathātmaiko'pyanekaśca Y.3.144. -2 Separated; divided; oft. in comp.; ˚ākāra having many shapes or forms; diverse, multiform; ˚kālam -vāram several times, many a time and oft.; ˚bhārya having more wives than one. -Comp. -akṣara, -ac a. having more than one vowel or syllable; polysyllabic. -agra a. 1 engaged in several pursuits. -2 not concentrated or fixed on one object. -3 Agitated. perplexed; sa tvanekāgrahṛdayo dvāsthaṃ pratyarcya taṃ janam Rām.2.41.34. -anta a. 1 [na. ba] not alone so as to exclude all others, uncertain, doubtful, variable; syādityavyayamanekāntavācakam -2 = anaikāntika q. v. (-ntaḥ) 1 unsettled condition, absence of permanence. -2 uncertainty, doubtfulness. -3 an unessential part, as the several anubandhas. ˚vādaḥ scepticism. ˚vādin m. a sceptic, a Jaina or an Arhat of the Jainas. -artha a. 1 having many (more than one) meanings, homonymous; as the words go, amṛta, akṣa &c.; ˚tvam Capacity to express more senses than one; anekārthatvamanyāyyam ŚB. on MS.7.3.55. anekārthasya śabdasya K.P.2. -2 having the sense of word aneka. -3 having many objects or purposes. (-rthaḥ) multiplicity of objects, topics &c. -al a. having more than one al (letter) P.I.1.55. -āśraya, -āśrita a. (in Vais. Phil.) dwelling or abiding in more than one (such as saṃyoga, sāmānya); ete'nekāśritā guṇāḥ Bhāsā. P.; dependence upon more than one. -kṛt m. 'doing much', N. of Śiva. -guṇa a. of many kinds, manifold, diverse; vigaṇayya kāraṇamanekaguṇam Ki.6.37. -guptaḥ N. of a king; ˚arcitapādapaṅkajaḥ K.3. -gotra a. belonging to two families (such as a boy when adopted) i. e. that of his own, and that of his adoptive father. -cara a. gregarious. -citta a. not of one mind, fickle-minded; kaccinnānekacittānāṃ teṣāṃ tvaṃ vaśamāgataḥ Rām.6.24.26. ˚mantraḥ not following the counsels of one; H.4.31. -ja a. born more than once. (-jaḥ) a bird (garbhāṇḍābhyāṃ jātatvāt). -paḥ an elephant (so called because he drinks with his trunk and mouth); cf. dvipa; vanyetarānekapadarśanena R.5,47.; Śi.5.35,12.75. -2 -pada a. multi-numbered; having many component members (as in a Bahuvrīhi compound). e. g. bṛhad asya rathantarasāma iti bṛhadrathantarasāmā ŚB. on MS.10.6.4. -bhārya a. Having more wives than one. -mukha a. (khī f.) a. 1 having many faces, many-faced. -2 scattered, dispersed, going in various directions, taking to various ways; (balāni) jagāhire'nekamukhāni mārgān Bk.2.54. -mūrtiḥ 'having many forms', N. of Viṣṇu who assumed various forms to deliver the earth from calamities. -yuddhavijayin, -vijayin a. victorious in many battles; Pt.3.9,11. -rūpa a. 1 of various forms, multiform. -2 of various kinds or sorts. -3 fickle, changeable, of a varying nature; veśyāṅganeva nṛpanītiranekarūpā Pt.1.425. (-paḥ) epithet of the Supreme Being. -locanaḥ N. of Śiva; also of Indra, and of the Supreme Being, he being said to be sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt &c. -vacanam the plural number; dual also. -varṇa a. involving more than one (unknown) quantity (the unknown quantities x. y. z. &c. being represented in Sanskrit by colours nīla, kāla &c.); ˚samīkaraṇam simultaneous equation; ˚guṇanam, ˚vyavakalanam, ˚hāraḥ multiplication, subtraction or division of unknown quantities. -vidha a. various, different. -śapha a. cloven-hoofed. -śabda a. synonymous. -sādhāraṇa a. common to many, the common property of many persons Dk.83.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 27, col. 2.
    aneka aneka a. (eka) non un; multiple; divers; nombreux.

    anekaja a. m à m. né plus d'une fois; oiseau.

    anekadhā adv. (sfx. dhā) en plusieurs parties; en plusieurs fois; dans sa diversité.

    anekadharmakathā f. (dharma) Bd. exposition variée de la Loi.

    anekapa m. (pā) m à m. qui boit en plusieurs fois, c-à-d. l'éléphant.

    anekaśas adv. plusieurs fois; beaucoup.

    anekibhavat ppr. (bhū) non contractées, conservant leurs deux natures, [en parlant de syllabes contiguës] tg.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 43, col. 2.
    an-eka- a. plus qu'un, nombreux; multiple ; -tva- nt. multiplicité; -dhā de façon multiple; -śas en grand nombre; de façon diverse ou réitérée.

    °gupta- m. n. d'un roi.

    °pa- m. éléphant.

    °mārga- a. ayant plus d'un sentier.

    °rūpa- a. multiforme, instable.

    °vara- a. qui a lieu plusieurs fois.

    °varna- a. multicolore.

    °varṣa-śatika- a. âgé de plusieurs centaines d'années.

    °vijayin- a. qui a souvent été vainqueur.

    °vidha- a. multiple; -tva- nt. multiplicité.

    °śakti- m. n. d'un Kṣatriya.

    °śata-sāhasra- -ī- a. consistant en plusieurs centaines de mille.

    °śikha- a. ayant beaucoup de flammes.

    °saṃsthāna- a. d'aspect multiple.

    °saṃkhya- a. innombrable.

    °sahasra-raśmi- a. (lune) aux milliers de rayons.

    °sādhāraṇa- a. commun à plusieurs personnes .

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    vol. 3, p. 369.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 231.
    aneka (3. a + eka) adj. f. ā nicht ein, d. i. mehr als ein P. 1, 1, 55. anekapitṛkāṇām YĀJÑ. 2, 120. yatrānekamāntaryaṃ saṃbhavati KĀŚ. zu P. 1, 1, 50. viele: varṇānanekān ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 4, 1. 14. anekāni sahasrāṇi M. 5, 159. 9, 261. BHAG. 11, 24. R. 2, 9, 47. 94, 15. 5, 20, 18. VIŚV. 10, 30. HIT. Pr. 9. 10, 19. mannichfach: ánekakāma adj. ŚAT. BR. 4, 6, 9, 23. tathātmai ko 'pyanekaśca YĀJÑ. 3, 144. Am Anf. eines comp. vor einem Thätigkeitsbegriff in der Bedeutung eines adv.; vgl. anekaja, anekapa, anekavijayin PAÑCAT. III, 8.
    vol. 5, p. 994.
    aneka m. sg. Viele Spr. 2294. anekāḥ v.l.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 60, col. 1.
    aneka Adj. mehr als Einer , vielfach: Pl. mehrere , verschiedene , viele.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 16, col. 1.
    aneka mehrfach; Pl mehrere. Abstr. °tva n.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 40, col. 3.
    aneka , Kompar. °tara, Vāsav. 220, 2.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    p. 11, col. 2.
    aneka (KARM. ex an priv. et eka unus) multus, varius.

    HIT. 4. 8. BH. 11. 24.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    p. 101.
    aneka;
    anekārthe bhavennānā nanu praśne'vadhāraṇe .
    5.1.1.884

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 192, col. 1.
    aneka tri0 na ekaḥ ekabhinnatayā utsargataḥ bahuvacanāntatā .
    bahusaṃkhyakeṣu . anekāni sahasrāṇi kaumārabrahmacāriṇā
    miti manuḥ . patantyaneke jaladherivormayaḥ iti māghaḥ
    aneke sevante bhavadadhikagīrvāṇanivahāniti śyāmā-
    strotram . ekaśabdasya sarvanāmatvena nañtatpuruṣe tadbhinna-
    vācakatayā gauṇatve'pi atacchabdavat sarvanāmakāryyaṃ tena
    aneke iti, anekeṣāmiti, anekatretyādi . evañca eka-
    śabdasya samāhāradvigutvaniṣedhādanekaśabdasya bahusaṃkhyāvāca-
    katve'pi na samāhāraḥ . tena anekarājanyarathāśvasaṅkula-
    miti kirā0 samāhāre anekarājanyarathāśvīti syāt .
    yatrānekavidhamāntaryyaṃ tatra sthānata āntaryyaṃ balīya iti
    paribhā0 si0 kau0 . anekapitṛkānāntu pitṛto bhāga-
    kalpaneti yājña0 . anekabāhūdaravaktranetramiti
    anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatimiti ca gītā
    nāsti ekaḥ dvyekayordvivacanaikavacane itivat ekatvaṃ
    yatreti bahuvrīhau anekaśabdasya ekavacanāntatāpīṣyate .
    anekamanyapadārthe iti pā0 sū0 . ākāśamekaṃ
    hi yathā ghaṭādiṣu pṛthagbhavet tathātmaiko'pyanekaśceti
    yājña0 . anekamāśritaṃ liṅgamiti sā0 kā0 . eko-
    'nyārthe pradhāne ca prathame kevale tathā . sādhāraṇe
    maṅgale'lpe saṃkhyāyāñca prayujyate ityukteṣvartheṣu ekaśabdasya
    vṛtteḥ taduktārthabhinne tri0 . tatra ca saṃkhyānyarthe eva
    bahuvacanāntatānyatra yatheṣṭateti mano0 . utkarādi0
    bhavārthe cha . anekīyaḥ tadbhave tri0 . bhāve vrā0 . ṣyañ .
    anaikyaṃ bahutve na0 .

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 62.
    Aneka — a son of Raucya Manu.

    Br. IV. 1. 104.