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• -न्ता

  1. The earth (the endless).
  2. The number one.
  3. Names of various females; Name of Pārvatī.
  4. Names of various plants; शारिवा, अनन्तमूल (a very medicinal plant) दूर्वा, आमलकी, गुडूची, अग्निमन्थ, कणा, लाङ्गली, दुरालाभा, हरीतकी, अग्निशिखा, श्यामलता, पिप्पली.

• -न्ती A small silken cord tied round the left arm of a woman.

• -न्तम्

  1. The sky, atmosphere.
  2. Infinity, eternity.
  3. Absolution, final beatitude; तदनन्ताय कल्पते Pt.2.72.
  4. The Supreme Spirit, Brahman (परब्रह्म,); सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं ब्रह्मेति श्रुतिः । न व्यापित्वाद्देशतोऽन्तो नित्यत्वान्नापि कालतः । न वस्तुतोऽपि सर्वात्म्यादानन्त्यं ब्रह्मणि त्रिधा ॥
  5. A sloping and a projecting member of the entablature representing a continued pent-roof; अनन्तं चान्तरिक्षं च प्रस्तरं चाष्टधा लुपाः । Māna.18.174-175. Compare अनन्तः शेषविष्ण्वोश्चानवधौ क्लीबमम्बरे । स्त्रियां स्याच्छारिपादूर्वाविशल्याला- ङ्गलीषु च । हैमवत्यां गळूच्यां च...। Nm.

• -आत्मन् Masculine the Supreme Spirit;

• -कर Adjective magnifying to any extent; ParasmaipadaIII.2.21.

• -ग Adjective moving forever.

• -गुण Adjective possessed of endless merits; of countless or infinite possessed of endless merits; of countless or infinite number; प्लवङ्गानामनन्तगुणतैधते Mv.6.55.

• -चतुर्दशी -denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedव्रतम् अनन्तस्य आराधनं यस्यां सा चतुर्दशी the 14th day of the bright half of Bhādrapada when Ananta is worshipped -चरित्रः Name of a Bodhisattva.

• -जित्

  1. (अनन्तानि भूतानि जितवान्)
  2. Name of Vāsudeva, the conqueror of all.
  3. Name of an Arhat deity.

• -तान Adjective of endless width, extensive.

• -तीर्थकृत्

  1. Masculine
  2. one who visits many places of polgimage.
  3. a Jaina deity.

• -तृतीया the third day of the bright half of भाद्रपद, मार्गशीर्ष or वैशाख; नभस्ये वाथ वैशाखे मार्गशीर्षेऽथवा पुनः । शुक्ल- पक्षतृतीयायां... उक्तानन्ततृतीयैषा सुतानन्दफलप्रदा.

• -दृष्टिः अनन्ता दृष्टयो नेत्राणि यस्य Name of Śiva, or of Indra.

• -देवः

  1. अनन्तो देव इव
  2. the serpent Seṣa.
  3. अनन्ते दीव्यति; दिव्-अच् Name of Nārayaṇa who sleeps on Seṣa.
  4. Name of the king of Kashmir.

• -नेमिः Name of the king of Mālava, a contemporary of शाक्यमुनि -पार Adjective of endless width, boundless; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरं किल शब्दशास्त्रम् Pt.1.

• -पालः Name of a warriorchief in Kashmir.

• -मतिः Name of a Bodhisattva.

• -मायिन् Adjective of endless tricks, endlessly deceitful.

• -मूलः a medicinal plant (शारिवा).

• -राशिः an infinite quantity.

• -रूप Adjective of innumerable forms or shapes; epithet of Visnu.

• -वातः a disease of the head, resembling tetanus.

• -विक्रमिन् Name of a Bodhisattva.

• -विजयः अनन्तान् विजयते ध्वनिद्वारा अनेन Name of Yudhiṣṭhira's conchshell. अनन्तविजयं राजा कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः Bg.1.16.

• -वीर्यः Name of the 23rd Jaina Arhat of a future age.

• -व्रतम्

  1. See अनन्तचतुर्दशी above.
  2. Name of the 12nd Adhyaya of the Bhaviṣyottara-Purāṇa.

• -शक्ति Adjective of boundless power, omnipotent, epithet of the Supreme Being.

• -शयनम् Travancore; Sriraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (because there are temples of Viṣṇu reclining on अनन्त Serpent).

• -शीर्ष Name of Visnu or the Supreme Being. (-र्षा) Name of the wife of Vāsuki.

• -शुष्म Adjective Vedic possessing endless strength; endlessly blowing.

• -श्री Adjective of boundless magnificence, an epithet of the Supreme Being.

Derived forms and compounds

• -कम् The Eternal or Infinite (among the Jainas).