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Results for व्यष्टि

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

व्यष्टिvyaṣṭif.Individuality, singleness.
1. Individuality, singleness.
2. Distributive pervasion.
3. (In Vedānta Philosophy) An aggregate or whole viewed as made up of many separate bodies (Opposite of समष्टि quod vide, which see); समष्टिरीशः सर्वेषां स्वात्मतादात्म्यवेदनात् । तदभावा- त्ततोऽन्ये तु कथ्यन्ते व्यष्टिसंज्ञया ॥ Pañchadaśī 1.25.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

व्यष्टिvyaṣṭi[vi ͜ ãshti] f. obtainment, success (V.); single or individual object, individuality (Ve dânta phil.; opp.…

[vi ͜ ãshti] feminine; also equal for obtainment, success (Veda, Vedic); single or individual object, individuality (Ve dânta philosophical term; opposite sam-ashti); -samashti-tâ, feminine; also equal for individuality or collectiveness.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

व्यष्टिvyaṣṭif. attainment, success TS. S3Br. &c.
1. feminine attainment, success TS. S3Br. etc.
2. feminine (in Veda7nta वेदा*न्त) singleness, individuality, a separated aggregate (such as man, viewed as a part of a whole [exempli gratia, 'for example' of the Universal Soul] while himself composed of individual parts; opp. to सम्-अष्टि quod vide) S3am2k. Veda7ntas.
3. masculine gender Name of a preceptor S3Br.
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व्यष्टिसमष्टिताvyaṣṭisamaṣṭitāf. the state of individuality and totality Veda7ntas.

feminine the state of individuality and totality Veda7ntas.

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