अनित्यanityaa.Not eternal or everlasting, transient, non-eternal, perishable (नश्वर) (opp. नित्य); गन्धवती पृथ्वी सा…
- 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.
- Occasional, temporary, casual; not peremptory or obligatory as a rule etc., special.
- 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.
- 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.
- Uncertain, doubtful; अनित्यो विजयो यस्माद् दृश्यते युध्यमानयोः Ms.7.199; विजयस्य ह्यनित्यत्वात् Pt.3.22.
- (in grammar) A rule or operation which is not invariable or compulsory; optional.
Derived forms and compounds
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-त्यम् Adverb Occasionally, not permanently, incidentally, casually; अनित्यं हि स्थितो यस्मात् Ms.3.12.
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-कर्मन्, -क्रिया an occasional act, such as a sacrifice for a special purpose, a voluntary and occasional act.
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-दत्तः, -दत्तकः, -दत्रिमः a son given by his parents to another temporarily (for temporary or preliminary adoption).
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-प्रत्यवेक्षा (with Buddhists) the consciousness that everything is perishable and is passing away.
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-भावः transitoriness, transient state, limited nature or existence; so अनित्यतावम् frailty, instability.
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-समः a sophism or fallacious reasoning which generalizes what it is exceptional (as अनित्यत्वम्).
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-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.).
