Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

sanātana सनातन – eternal; everlasting

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

eternal; everlasting

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

sanātána ·f. ī eternal, everlasting; m. N. of a Rishi etc.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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Sanātana, as, ī, am, eternal, continual, perpetual; firm, fixed, permanent; primeval, ancient; (as), m. epithet of Viṣṇu; of Śiva; of Brahmā; of one of Brahmā's sons; of one of Rudra's sons; of a teacher of the Śata-patha-Brāhmaṇa; a guest of the Manes, one who must always be fed whenever he attends Śrāddhas or obsequial ceremonies; (ī), f., N. of the goddess Lakṣmī; of Durgā; of Sarasvatī; [cf. Goth. sinteins, sinteino.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

sanātána (von sanā) 1〉 adj. (f. ī) ewig, unvergänglich, beständig, dauernd AK. 3,2,22. H. 1452. H. an. 4,197. MED. n. 218. HALĀY. 1,125. AV. 10,8,22. fg. ŚAT. BR. 6,4,4,17. ŚAT. BR. 7,1,1,2. ŚAT. BR. 7,1,1,28. ŚAT. BR. 7,3,1,32. upākhyāna KATHOP. 3,16. SUŚR. 1,6,5. guhya MAITRYUP. 6,34. śruti M. 3,284. trayaṃ brahma M. 1. M. 23. vedaśāstra M. 12,99. brahmayoni MBH. 14,1139. dharma M. 7,98. M. 9,64. R. 2,30,38. R. GORR. 2,16,32. R. GORR. 4,17,29. KĀM. NĪTIS. 2,18. Spr. (II) 6732. Spr. (II) 7470. Spr. (II) 7557. BHĀG. P. 3,16,18. VET. in LA. (III) 27,5. yajña M. 1,22. Spr. (II) 6715. vartman Spr. (II) 1107. R. 5,11,22. KĀM. NĪTIS. 3,37. BHĀG. P. 4,2,31. vidhi M. 9,325. M. 10,7. vṛtti MBH. 3,12753. Spr. (II) 206. kārya Spr. (II) 1448. sthiti MBH. 3,10581. saṃkalpa MBH. 13,4025. cakṣus M. 12,94. astra MBH. 3,11986. MBH. 7,2838. lokāḥ Spr. (II) 2099. jambūvṛkṣa MBH. 6,273. kulavaṃśa R. GORR. 2,119,34. kumāra MBH. 5,1566. pṛthivyā nirbhedaḥ R. 1,41,4. yauvarājya R. 2,26,26. pumaṃs PRAB. 114,7. göttliche Wesen M. 1,7. M. 6,79. R. 1,41,25. R. 5,1,54. PAÑCAR. 2,3,29. PAÑCAR. 2,4,6. PAÑCAR. 4,1,17. fem. ˚tanā BHĀG. P. 2,2,32. superl. sanātanatama MBH. 6,773. MBH. 13,4030. — 2〉 m. a〉 Bez. Brahmanʼs H. an. Viṣṇuʼs TRIK. 1,1,30. H. 216. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 1,25. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 190,b,11. BHAṬṬ. 1,1. Śivaʼs H. an. MED. — b〉 = pitṝṇāmatithiḥ H. an. = pitṛtithyantara MED. — c〉 N. pr. α〉 eines Ṛṣi (eines geistigen Sohnes des Brahman im Epos und später) TS. 4,3,3,1. ŚAT. BR. 14,5,5,22. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,3,28. MBH. 2,111. MBH. 12,13078. HARIV. 12437. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 1,144. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 306. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,62. Verz. d. B. H. No. 206. Verz. d. B. H. No. 366. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1143. fg. GAUḌAP._zu_SĀṂKHYAK. 1. SĀṂKHYAK. 43. BHĀG. P. 3,12,4. BHĀG. P. 10,87,5. PAÑCAR. 1,10,60. — β〉 eines Fürsten TĀRAN. 230. eines Autors HALL 19. HALL. 144. WILSON, Sel. Works 1,154. WILSON, Sel. Works 1,158. WILSON, Sel. Works 1,167. fg. — 3〉 f. ī Bez. der Durgā (Verz. d. Oxf. H. 25,a,35), der Lakṣmī und der Sarasvatī ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

sanātána — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī, metrisch ā BHĀG. P.). ewig, unvergänglich, beständig, dauernd, Superl. sanātanatama. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Bein. — α〉 *Brahmanʼs. — β〉 Viṣṇuʼs BHAṬṬ. 1,1. — γ〉 *Śivaʼs. — b〉 = *pitdhṇāmatithiḥ oder pitṛtithyantara. — c〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Ṛṣi, später eines geistigen Sohnes des Brahman, — β〉 eines Autors. — γ〉 *eines Fürsten. — δ〉 Pl. bestimmter Welten HARIV. 935. — 3〉 f. sanātanī Bein. — a〉 der Durgā. — b〉 *der Lakṣmī. — c〉 *der Sarasvatī.

Apte 1890 adjective

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sanātana a. (nī f.) 1 Perpetual, constant, eternal, permanent; eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ. 2 Firm, fixed, settled; eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ U. 5. 22. 3 Primeval, ancient. — taḥ 1 The primeval being, Viṣṇu; sanātanaḥ pitaramupāgamat svayaṃ Bk. 1. 1. 2 N. of Śiva. 3 Of Brahman. 4 A guest of the Manes. 5 N. of one of the sons of Brahman. — nī 1 N. of Lakṣmī. 2 Of Durgā or Pārvatī. 3 Of Sarasvatī.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

sanātána, f. ī ewig, unvergänglich.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

sanātana a. [f. ī] éternel, perpétuel, permanent. — S. m. Brahmā; Viṣṇu; Śiva. Hôte toujours admis au repas du śrāddha. — F. [ī] Sarasvatī; Lakṣmī; Gaurī.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.1-4.4: Laya and Breath 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 1.51-1.64: Selbst als Licht 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 86–92: Light and Darkness 1 occurrence

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VBT 110–120: Everyday as Gate 1 occurrence

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