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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनित्यanityaa.Not eternal or everlasting, transient, non-eternal, perishable (नश्वर) (opp. नित्य); गन्धवती पृथ्वी सा…
    1. Not eternal or everlasting, transient, non-eternal, perishable (नश्वर) (Opposite of नित्य); गन्धवती पृथ्वी सा द्विविधा नित्याऽनित्या च T. S.9 (अनित्या Equivalent to कार्यरूपा); See नित्य; यदि नित्यमनित्येन निर्मलं मलवाहिना । यशः कायेन लभ्येत तन्न लब्धं भवेन्तु किम् ॥ H.1.45. रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासमिमं त्यजेत् Ms.6.77; धर्मोऽनित्यः सुखदुःखेऽप्यनित्ये जीवोऽनित्यो हेतुरस्या- प्यनित्यः Mb.
    2. Occasional, temporary, casual; not peremptory or obligatory as a rule etc., special.
    3. Unusual, extraordinary; वर्णे चानित्ये ParasmaipadaV.4.31 (लोहितकः कोपेन, अन्यथा तु श्वेतवर्ण इति भावः); आनाय्योऽनित्ये III.1.127 (स हि गार्हपत्यादानीयतेऽनित्यश्च सततमप्रज्वलनात् Sk.) See VI.1. 147.
    4. Unsteady, fickle, not permanent; अनित्यं यौवनं रूपम् H.4.68; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedहृदया हि ताः Rām.
    5. Uncertain, doubtful; अनित्यो विजयो यस्माद् दृश्यते युध्यमानयोः Ms.7.199; विजयस्य ह्यनित्यत्वात् Pt.3.22.
    6. (in grammar) A rule or operation which is not invariable or compulsory; optional.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्यम् Adverb Occasionally, not permanently, incidentally, casually; अनित्यं हि स्थितो यस्मात् Ms.3.12.

    • -कर्मन्, -क्रिया an occasional act, such as a sacrifice for a special purpose, a voluntary and occasional act.

    • -दत्तः, -दत्तकः, -दत्रिमः a son given by his parents to another temporarily (for temporary or preliminary adoption).

    • -प्रत्यवेक्षा (with Buddhists) the consciousness that everything is perishable and is passing away.

    • -भावः transitoriness, transient state, limited nature or existence; so अनित्यतावम् frailty, instability.

    • -समः a sophism or fallacious reasoning which generalizes what it is exceptional (as अनित्यत्वम्).

    • -समासः 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.).

    In the Gita2·149·33

    आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥

    āgam'āpāyino'nityāstāṁstitikṣasva bhārata. — The material touches, O son of Kunti, giving cold and heat, pleasure and pain, things transient which come and go, these learn to endure, O Bharata. 2·14
    • अनित्याःanityāḥnominative plural of the masculine form of the compound adjective anitya (transient, not everlasting)
    • अनित्यम्anityamaccusative singular of the masculine form of the compound adjective anitya (transient, not everlasting)

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अनित्यanitya[a-nitya] a. transient; temporary; uncertain; inconstant; -tâ, f., -tva, n. tran sitoriness, uncertainty…

    [a-nitya] adjective transient; temporary; uncertain; inconstant; -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter tran sitoriness, uncertainty, instability.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनित्यanityamfn. not everlasting, transient, occasional, incidental
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not everlasting, transient, occasional, incidental
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective irregular, unusual
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unstable
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective uncertain
  2. अनित्यकर्मन्anityakarmann. an occasional act of worship, sacrifice for a special purpose.

    neuter gender an occasional act of worship, sacrifice for a special purpose.

  3. अनित्यक्रियाanityakriyāf. an occasional act of worship, sacrifice for a special purpose.

    feminine an occasional act of worship, sacrifice for a special purpose.

  4. अनित्यताanityatāf. transient or limited existence.

    feminine transient or limited existence.

  5. अनित्यत्वanityatvan. transient or limited existence.

    neuter gender transient or limited existence.

  6. अनित्यदत्तanityadattam. a son surrendered by his parents to another for temporary or preliminary adoption.

    masculine gender a son surrendered by his parents to another for temporary or preliminary adoption.

  7. अनित्यदत्तकanityadattakam. a son surrendered by his parents to another for temporary or preliminary adoption.

    masculine gender a son surrendered by his parents to another for temporary or preliminary adoption.

  8. अनित्यदत्रिमanityadatrimam. a son surrendered by his parents to another for temporary or preliminary adoption.

    masculine gender a son surrendered by his parents to another for temporary or preliminary adoption.