animitta

Dictionary meanings for animitta from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. Causeless, ground- less; casual, incidental; ālakṣyadaṃtamu- kulānanimittahāsaiḥ Ś. 7. 17; ºttaṃ mitraṃ dis- interested, Dk. 25; ºutkaṃṭhā M. 3. 9. ttaṃ 1 Absence of an adequate cause or occasion, causelessness, groundlessness.

2 A bad omen, ill- omen; cārudattasyaiva darśanamanimittaṃ pramārja- yiṣyati Mk. 6; mamānimittāni hi khedayaṃ- ti 9. 10; śamanārthaṃ animittasya Ve. 2, 3. adv., ºtaḥ Groundlessly,...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mf (A) n. having no adequate occasion, causeless, groundless 29,3 5816 n. absence of an adequate cause or occasion, groundlessness. 004103 29,3 5817 n. a bad omen, Mr2icch. 1311,2 5817.1 m. (scil. vimokṣa) unconditioned salvation (with Buddhists one of the three kinds of s salvation), Dharmas. 73 1311,2 5817.2

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