Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

adhyātma अध्यात्म – inner self; inwardness

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

inner self; inwardness

Derived from

  1. adhi अधि previx — over; upon; concerning
  2. ātman आत्मन् substantive masculine — self; essence; soul; individual self; body
Cappeller 1891 adjective

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adhyātma ·a. concerning one's self, one's own; n. adv. (°tmáma), as subst. the supreme soul.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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adhyātma adhy-ātma, am, n. the supreme spirit; (as, ā, am), own, belonging to self; (am), ind. concerning self or individual personality.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

2. adhyātma (wie eben) adj. der Person angehörig, persönlich eigen: yadevaiṣāṃ vāso hiraṇyaṃ maṇiradhyātmamāsīt AIT. BR. 4,6. taddha vai yajamānasyādhyātmatamamivokthaṃ yatpraugam AIT. BR. 3,1.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

1. adhyātma (von 1. adhi + ātman) n. SIDDH. K. 249,a,14. der höchste Geist AK. 3,4,146. adhyātmayogādhigamena KATHOP. 2,12. kathaṃ vāhyamabhidhatte (prāṇaḥ) kathamadhyātmamiti PRAŚNOP. 3,1. adhyātmarati adj. M. 6,49. anadhyātmavid M. 82. te brahma tadviduḥ kṛtsnamadhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam BHAG. 7,29. akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo 'dhyātmamucyate BHAG. 8,3. (aham) adhyātmavidyā vidyānām BHAG. 10,32. adhyātmacetasā BHAG. 3,30. NIR. 1,20.

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1. adhyātma vgl. oben u. adhidaiva.

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2. adhyātma NIR. 2,20.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

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adhyātma — 1〉 Adj. der Person angehörig, persönlich eigen. — 2〉 n. — a〉 die höchste Seele. — b〉 die Seele als Agens einer Thätigkeit.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

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adhyātma a. [ātmanaḥ saṃbaddhaṃ, ātmani adhikṛtaṃ vā] Belonging to self or person; concerning an individual. — tmaṃ ind. [ātmānamadhikṛtya] Concerning self. — tmaṃ The supreme spirit (manifested as the individual self) or the relation between the supreme and the individual soul; akṣaraṃ brahma paramaṃ svabhāvo'dhyātmamucyate Bg. 8. 3 (svasyaiva brahmaṇa evāṃśatayā jīvasvarūpeṇa bhāvo bhavanaṃ sa eva ātmānaṃ dehamadhikṛtya bhoktṛtvena vartamāno'dhyātmaśabdenocyate Śrīdhara.) ‘Brahma is the supreme, the indestructible; its manifestation (as an individual self) is adhyātma’ -Telang's Bhagavadgītā; ˚cetasā Bg. 3. 30. Comp. — jñānaṃ -vidyā knowledge of the supreme spirit or ātman, theosophical or metaphysical knowledge (the doctrines taught by the Upanishads &c.); trayī vigrahavatyeva samamadhyātmavidyayā M. 1. 14; ˚vidyā vidyānāṃ vādaḥ pravadatāmaham Bg. 10. 32 (adhyātmavidyā nyāyavaiśeṣikamate dehabhinnatvena, sāṃkhyādimate prakṛtibhinnatvena ātmanaḥ svarūpādipratipādikā, vaidāṃtimate tu brahmābhinnatvena iti bhedaḥ; sarveṣāṃ mate'pi ātmatattvajñānarūpatvāttasyā adhyātmavidyātvam.). — dṛś, -vid a. [adhyātmaṃ paśyati vetti vā] one proficient in this knowledge; nahyanadhyātmavitkaścit kriyāphalamupāśnute Ms. 6. 82. — yogaḥ [ ātmānaṃ kṣetrajñamadhikṛtya yogaḥ] concentration of the mind on the Ātman drawing it off from all objects of sense. — rati a. [sa. ba.] one who delights in the contemplation of the supreme spirit; Ms. 6. 49. — rāmāyaṇaṃ N. of a Rāmāyaṇa which treats of the relation between the supreme and the individual soul, while it narrates Rāma's story.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

adhyātma dem Selbst, der eigenen Person angehörig; n. die höchste Seele, die Allseele. ˚vidyā f. die Wissenschaft von der Allseele.

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PYS 1.46–49: Samādhi with Seed 1 occurrence

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