Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

anādi अनादि – beginningless

adjective · adverb · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

beginningless

Derived from

  1. an अन् previx — negative prefix an- before a vowel; not; without
  2. ādi आदि adjective — beginning with; and so forth; first; original; primordial
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

anādi ·a. ­ having no beginning.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

anādi an-ādi, is, is, i, having no begin- ning, existing from eternity.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

anādi (3. a + ādi) adj. ohne Anfang: tvamanādiḥ (hariḥ) R. 1,31,12. anādirādirgovindaḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam BRAHMA-S._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

anādi KAP. 1,27. KAP. 3,62. puruṣa TATTVAS. 17.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · adverb · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

anādi Adj. ohne Anfang Chr. 104,26. Davon Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. NĪL. 35.

Original text · German · adverb

anādi Adv. so v. a. immerwährend NAIṢ. 6,102. [Nachtrag, Band 1]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

anādi I. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

anādi a. [ādiḥ kāraṇaṃ pūrvakālo vā nāsti yasya saḥ] Having no beginning, eternal, existing from eternity, epithet of parameśvara; jagadādiranādistvaṃ Ku. 2. 9; anādirādirgoviṃdaḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇaṃ; also of hiraṇyagarbha. Comp. — anaṃta, — aṃta a. without beginning and end; eternal. — (taḥ) N. of Śiva. — nidhana a. having neither beginning nor end, eternal. — madhyāṃta a. having no beginning, middle or end; eternal.

Cappeller 1887 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

anādi Adj. ohne Anfang. Abstr. ˚tā f.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

anādi anādi a. (ādi) qui n'a rien avant soi; premier. anāditva n. qualité d'être sans commencement. anādimat a. (sfx. mat) sans commencement. anādimadhyānta a. (madhya, anta) qui n'a ni commencement, ni milieu, ni fin. anādya a. qui n'a rien avant soi.

Derived words

  • anāditva अनादित्व substantive neuter beginninglessness

Occurrences in source texts (5)

PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 4.9–11: Continuity of Saṃskāras 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 2.35-2.40: Jīva und Karma 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

SiSa 3.1-3.10: Herzlotus und Prāṇa 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

SiSa 3.61-3.67: Paricaya und Niṣpatti 1 occurrence

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 5.12–5.14: Knowledge and Freedom 1 occurrence

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