anitya अनित्य – impermanent; transient

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anitya ·a. not everlasting, perishable, transient, inconstant; abstr. °tā f., °tva n.

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anitya a-nitya, as, ā, am, not everlasting, transient; occasional, incidental; irregular, unusual; unstable; uncertain; (am), ind. occasionally.

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anitya (3. a + nitya) adj. 1〉 nicht ewig dauernd, vergänglich: yadi nityamanityena nirmalaṃ malavāhinā . yaśaḥ kāyena labhyeta tadā labhyaṃ bhavenna kim .. HIT. I, 42. der Körper M. 6,77. dharmo 'nityaḥ sukhaduḥkhe apyanitye . jīvo 'nityo heturasyāpyanityaḥ .. MBH._im_ŚKDR. — 2〉 nicht beständig, vorübergehend, zufällig oder gelegentlich zur Erscheinung kommend: anityo vijayo yasmāddṛśyate yudhyamānayoḥ . parājayaśca saṃgrāme tasmādyuddhaṃ vivarjayet .. M. 7,199. von einer nur momentan erscheinenden Farbe (z. B. der Röthe auf dem Gesicht in Folge eines Aergers) P. 5,4,31. nityaṃ hi dravyamanityā guṇāḥ SUŚR. 1,147,5. Eine Zusammensetzung heisst anitya, wenn sie, ohne dass der Begriff zerstört würde, durch die einzelnen Bestandtheile umschrieben werden kann, P. 2,1,3, Sch. ungewöhnlich, extraordinär P. 3,1,127. P. 6,1,147. — 3〉 unbeständig, wankelmüthig: anityahṛdayā hi tāḥ (striyaḥ) R. 2,39,23. cittaṃ manuṣyāṇām R. 2,4,26. — 4〉 dessen Ausgang sich nicht bestimmen lässt: anityāni ca yuddhāni saṃśayo me na rocate . kaśca niḥsaṃśaye kārye kuryātkāryaṃ sasaṃśayam .. R. 5,29,31.

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anitya — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 nicht ewig dauernd, vergänglich Chr. 163,23. Chr. 183,17. Chr. 255,23. — b〉 nicht beständig, vorübergehend, zufällig oder gelegentlich zur Erscheinung kommend. — c〉 ungewöhnlich, extraordinär. — d〉 unbeständig, wankelmüthig. — e〉 dessen Ausgang sich nicht bestimmen lässt. — 2〉 ˚m Adv. nicht beständig, nur dann und wann.

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anitya a. 1 Not eternal or everlasting, transient, non-eternal, ([Page 0064-a]) perishable (naśvara) (opp. nitya); gaṃdhavatī pṛthvī sā dvividhā nityā'nityā ca T. S. 9 (anityā = kāryarūpā); See nitya; yadi nityamanityena nirmalaṃ malavāhinā . yaśaḥ kāyena labhyeta tanna labdhaṃ bhavennu kiṃ .. H. 1. 48; Ms. 6. 77; dharmo'nityaḥ sukhaduḥkhepyanitye jīvo'nityo heturasyāpyanityaḥ Mb. 2 Occasional, temporary, casual; not peremptory or obligatory as a rule &c., special. 3 Unusual, extraordinary; varṇe cānitye P. V. 4. 30 (lohitakaḥ kopena anyathā tu śvetavarṇa iti bhāvaḥ); ānāyyo'nitye P. III. 1. 127 (sa hi gārhapatyādānīyate'nityaśca satatamaprajvalanāt Sk.) See P. VI. 1. 147. 4 Unsteady, fickle, not permanent; anityaṃ yauvanaṃ rūpaṃ H. 4. 68; ˚hṛdayā hitāḥ Rām. 5 Uncertain, doubtful; anityo vijayo yasmāddṛśyate yudhyamānayoḥ Ms. 7. 199; vijayasya hyanityatvāt Pt. 3. 22. — tyaṃ adv. Occasionally, not permanently, incidentally, casually; anityaṃ hi sthito yasmāt Ms. 3. 102. Comp. — karman, -kriyā an occasional act, such as a sacrifice for a special purpose, a voluntary and occasional act. — dattaḥ, dattakaḥ, -datrimaḥ a son given by his parents to another temporarily (for temporary or preliminary adoption). — pratyavekṣā (with Buddhists) the consciousness that every thing is perishable and is passing away. — bhāvaḥ transitoriness, transient state, limited nature or existence; so anityatā-tvaṃ frailty, instability. — samaḥ a sophism or fallacious reasoning which generalizes what is exceptional (as anityatvaṃ). — samāsaḥ a compound which it is not obligatory to form in every case (the sense of which may be equally expressed by resolving it into its constituent members.).

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anitya unbeständig, vergänglich. Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

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anitya anitya a. non perpétuel; non éternel.