Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

asmitā अस्मिता – i-am-ness; self-consciousness; selfhood

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

i-am-ness; self-consciousness; selfhood

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

asmitā asmi-tā, f. (abstract noun formed fr. asmi, 1st pers. sing. pres. of 1. as, ‘I am’), egotism.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

asmitā (von asmi, 1. sg. von 1. as) f. das Ichbinsein, Selbstsucht, (vgl. ahaṃkāra); s. u. abhiniveśa 4.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

asmitā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 231,b,21.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

asmitā f. Egoismus.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

asmitā Egotism; dṛgdarśanaśaktyorekātmatevāsmitā Pat. Sūtra.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

PYS 4 occurrences
PYS 1.17–18: Two Kinds of Samādhi 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.3–9: Five Kleśas 2 occurrences

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PYS 3.47–48: Mastery over the Senses 1 occurrence

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