aprameya

aprameya mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Unbounded, immeasurable.

E. a neg. prameya measurable.

a-prameya (yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) a. Unmeasura-
ble, illimitable.

aprameya Tatpur. 1. m. f. n. (-yaḥ-yā-yam) ¹ Immeasurable,

unbounded, infinite; e. g. in the Lalitav.: (bodhisattvaḥ)

vyavalokayata pūrvadakṣiṇapaścimottarāsvadha ūrdhvaṃ samantāddaśadi-

kṣvaprameyāsaṃkhyeyāgaṇanāsamatikrāntānbodhisattvān; comp. also

aprameyānubhāva. ² Not to be established or proved from

authorities (philosophical writings &c.), unproveable, as

Brahman; e. g. in Manu: tvameko hyasya sarvasya vidhānasya

svayaṃbhuvaḥ . acintyasyāprameyasya kāryatattvārthavitprabho (Kullūka:

aprameyasya mīmāṃsādinyāyanirapekṣatayānavagamyamānaprameyasya);

or as Viṣṇu; e. g. in the Bhāgav. Pur.: avyaktasyāprameyasya

nānāśaktyudayasya ca . na vai cikīrṣitaṃ tāta ko vedāddhā svasaṃ-

bhavam (Śrīdharasv.: avyaktasyāta evāprameyasya); or as the

Veda; e. g. in Manu: aśakyaṃ cāprameyaṃ ca vedaśāstram (Kullūka

as before).

2. m. (-yaḥ) ¹ A name or epithet of Viṣṇu; e. g. in the

Viṣṇusahasran.: aprameyo hṛṣīkeśaḥ padmanābho'maraprabhuḥ. ² A

name or epithet of Śiva; e. g. in the Śivasahasran.: atarkyā-

yāprameyāya pramāṇāya namo namaḥ; or in the Vāyu Pur.: namaḥ

kapālahastāya…aprameyāya &c. E. a neg. and prameya.

A-prameya, as, ā, am, immeasurable; unfathom-

able, inscrutable; not to be proved. —Aprame-

yātman (°ya-āt°), ā, m. of inscrutable spirit, an

epithet of Śiva. —Aprameyānubhāva (°ya-an°), as,

ā, am, of unlimited energy.

aprameya a.

1 Immeasurable, unbounded, boundless; °mahimā Mv. 4. 30.

2 That which cannot be properly ascertained, understood &c.; inscrutable, unfathomable (of person or thing); aciṃtyasyāprameyasya kāryatattvārthavitprabhuḥ Ms. 1. 3; 12. 94.

3 Not to be proved or demonstrated (as Brahma).

— yaṃ Brahma.

Comp.

— anubhāva a. of unlimited might.

— ātman ‘of inscrutable spirit,’ epithet of Śiva.

aprameya a. immeasurable, infinite.

a-prameya mfn. immeasurable, unlimited, unfathomable, Mn. i, 3 and xii, 94, &c.

not to be proved.

aprameya

mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Unbounded, immeasurable.

E. a neg. prameya measur-
able.

aprameya a. 1 Immeasurable, unbounded, boundless; ˚mahimā; yeṣāṃ veda ivāprameyamahimā dharme vasiṣṭho guruḥ Mv.4.30. -2 That which cannot be properly ascertained, understood &c.; inscrutable, unfathomable (of person or thing); acintyasyāprameyasya kāryatattvārthavitprabhuḥ Ms.1.3;12.94. -3 Not to be proved or demonstrated (as Brahman). -yam Brahman. -Comp. -anubhāva a. of unlimited might. -ātman 'of inscrutable spirit' epithet of Śiva.

aprameya aprameya a. (mā) immense.

a-prameya- a. v. qui ne se mesure pas; indémontrable.

aprameya (3. a + pra°) adj. unmessbar, unergründlich, von Personen und Sachen: asya sarvasya vidhānasya svayaṃbhuvaḥ . acintyasyāprameyasya M. 1, 3. aśakyaṃ cāprameyaṃ ca vedaśāstram 12, 94. balam Macht VIŚV. 4, 15. varuṇa R. 1, 77, 1. von Menschen 23, 15. 77, 1. 2, 86, 1. 4, 14, 19. 5, 44, 6.

aprameya Adj.

— 1) unmessbar , unergründlich.

— 2) unbeweisbar M. 1,3.

aprameya unermesslich.

aprameya tri0 pramātuṃ jñātuṃ paricchettuṃ vā yogyaṃ na0 ta0
1 aparicchedye 2 bahusaṃkhyakavīryyavati 3 idamitthamiti
niścetumaśakye “tvamekohyasya sarvvasya vidhānasya svaya-
mbhuvaḥ . acintyasyāprameyasya kāryyatattvārthavitprabhuḥ” manuḥ
“svayaṃbhuvo'pauruṣasya vidhānasya vedasya” kullū0 . “aśa-
kañcāprameyañca vedaśāstrabhiti sthitiḥ” manuḥ . 4 brahmaṇi
na0 kenāpi pramāṇena tasya pramātumaśakyatvāt . vedānti-
mate hi pramāṇāni ṣaṭ pratyakṣānumānaśabdopamānārthā-
pattiyogyānupalabdhibhedāt tatra parabrahmaṇaḥ na pratyakṣapramāṇa-
cakṣurādigamyatā rūpādyabhāvāt “aśabdamasparśamarūpamavyayaṃ
tathā'rasaṃ nityamagandhavacca yaditi” śrutau tasya rūpādya-
bhāvasyokteḥ . nāpi anumānagamyatā vyāptiliṅgādyabhāvāt
“asaṅgo'yaṃ puruṣa” iti śrutyā tasya sarvasaṅgaśūnyatokteḥ
nāpyupamānagamyatā nirddharmmakatvena, tadbhinnatve sati tadgata-
bhūyodharmmavattvalakṣaṇasya sādṛśyasya tatrābhāvāt . na
vārthāpattigamyatvam kiñcidvastu vinā anupapadyamānasyaivā-
rthasyārthāpattipramāṇavedyavayā tadbhinnavastvabhāvena tatra tadasambha-
vāt . nyāyamate ca arthāpattervyatirekavyāptihetukānu-
māneṣvantarbhāveṇa talliṅgasya tatrābhāvāt . yogyānulabdhe-
ścābhāvamātrapramāṇatvāṃt parabrahmaṇaśca sadātmakatvenābhāva
rūpatvābhāvāt . nāpi śabdapramāṇavedyatvam tatra
śābdabodhopāyaśaktyāderabhāvāt ataeva “yadvācā na manute
yena vāgabhyudyate tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate”
iti śrutyā'sya vāgviṣayatvaṃ nirākṛtam . na ca lakṣaṇayā
tadvodhaḥ, śakyasambandharūpalakṣaṇāyāḥ nismambandhe tasminna-
pravṛtteḥ . ataeva “brahman! brahmaṇyanirdeśye nirguṇe
guṇavṛttayaḥ . kartha caranti? śrutayaḥ sākṣāt sadasataḥ
pare” iti bhāgavate guṇavṛttiśrutigocaratāśūnyatvamasyo-
ktam . na ca pramāṇāgocaratve tasya kathaṃ siddhiḥ? kathaṃ vā
“tantvaupaniṣadaṃ puruṣaṃ vedeti” śrutau “śāstrayonitvāditi”
śā0 sūtre ca tasya upaniṣadvedyatvamuktaṃ saṃgacchatām?
śāstrajanitabuddhyaiva tasya viṣayīkaraṇāt tathātvasaṅgateḥ . tathā
ca śāstrajanyāntaḥkaraṇaviṣayatvameva tasya na tu tadavacchinna-
caitanyaviṣayatāpi yathoktaṃ “phalavyāpyatvamevāsya śāstra-
kṛdbhirnirākṛtam brahmaṇyajñānanāśāya vṛttivyāptirapekṣi-
teti” phalati prativimbati buddhivṛttau phalaṃ cidābhāsastadvyā-
pyatvaṃ tadviṣayatvaṃ tena yathā ghaṭapaṭādīnāṃ tadākārabuddhivṛtti
pratiphalitena cidābhāsenaiva prakāśyatā, na tathā, brahmaṇaḥ svapra-
kāśatayā tasya itarāprakāśyatvāt kintu spayaṃ prakāśyatā na tu
tatrānyāpekṣāsti . parantu svājñānanāśāyaiva buddhivṛtterapekṣā-
mātraṃ sā ca śabda janiteti upaniṣadvedyatā itthamubhayaśruti-
sāmañjasyam . vācaspatimate tu śabdādapi akhaṇḍākārā
kācit daśamastvamasītyādivat manovṛttirudeti tadviṣayatvā-
dasya śāstravedyatā . “manasaivānudraṣṭavyamiti” śrutestasya
manomātravedyatve'pi “tattvamasyādivākyotthaṃ jñānaṃ mokṣasya
sādhanamiti” śāstrāt manaḥsaskāre ca śāstrāpe-
kṣaṇāt śāstravṛttivedyatā . na ca manovṛttivedyatve'prameyatva-
hāniḥ . asaṃskṛtamanoviṣayatvābhāvenaiva tathātvāt “avāṅ-
manasagocaramiti” vākyasyāpi tatraiva tātparyyāt . mano-
viṣayatvoktirapi ajñānanāśārthamanovṛttimātravedyatābhi-
prāyeṇa, tadavacchinnacidābhāsaviṣayatvābhāvāccāprameyatā
“yanmanasā na manute yena mano'numanyate” iti śrutestathārtha-
tvāt . jagatkarttṛtvena īśvarasyānumāne'pi kūṭasthasya tadanu-
mānagamyatvābhāvāt īśvarasyaiva śrutipramāṇakatvena upaniṣa-
dvedyatoktiḥ . taduttaraṃ mananādinā śrutivākyatātparyyāva-
dhāraṇenākhaṇḍabrahmākārā cittavṛttirudeti iti na kāci-
danupapattiḥ . naiyāyikādimate tu tadguṇagaṇasya parimātu-
maśakyatvāt duṣṭāśagāvedyatvācca aprameyatvamiti . pra + mi + kṣepe
yat na0 ta0 . aparikṣepye “yadāśrauṣaṃ vāsudevārjjunau
to tathā dhanurgāṇḍivamaprameyam” bhā0 ā0 pa0 .

Aprameya = Viṣṇu (1000 names), Skanda.

aprameya (Skt. as adj.), (1) m. unmeasurable thing

(there are five such, all cpds. of -dhātu): Bbh 294.21 ff.;

296.9 ff.; (2) nt., a high number: Mvy 8042; Sukh 31.2.