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Malinya, Բⲹ: 14 definitions

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Malinya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Maliny.

In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Malinya in Vedanta glossary
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

Բⲹ (मालिन्�) refers to “sordid (sexual objects)�, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring wealth? [...] After hearing of oneself as pure consciousness and the supremely beautiful, is one to go on lusting after sordid (Բⲹ) sexual objects? [upasthe'tyantasaṃsakto Բⲹmadhigacchati] When the sage has realized that he himself is in all beings, and all beings are in him, it is astonishing that the sense of individuality should be able to continue. [...]�

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Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Malinya in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�).—n S Dirtiness, filthiness, foulness.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Բⲹ (मालिन्�).�n Dirtiness, filthiness, foulness.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�).—[malinasya bhāva� ṣyañ]

1) Dirtiness, foulness, impurity.

2) Pollution, defilement.

3) Sinfulness.

4) Blackness.

5) Trouble, affliction.

Derivable forms: Բⲹm (मालिन्यम�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�).—n.

(-Բⲹ�) 1. Foulness, dirtiness, impurity. 2. Blackness. 3. Sinfulness. 4. Trouble, affliction.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�).—i. e. malina + ya, n. Blackness, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 1915 (Բⲹ� ko doṣa�, What an object of blame is the blackness! i. e. the blackness is no object of blame).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�).—[neuter] foulness, defilement, impurity.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Բⲹ (मालिन्�):�mfn. ([from] malina) [gana] ṃkś徱

2) n. foulness, dirtiness, impurity, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara; Rājataraṅgiṇī]

3) darkness, obscurity, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]

4) trouble, shame, affliction (cf. vadana-m).

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Բⲹ (मालिन्�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṇṇ, ԲԲ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Malinya in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�) [Also spelled maliny]:�(nm) sullenness; rancour, estrangement; impurity, dirtiness.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Malinya in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Բⲹ (ಮಾಲಿನ್�):�

1) [noun] the quality, fact or state of being dirty; want of cleanliness; dirtiness.

2) [noun] darkness; want of sufficient light.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Malinya in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Բⲹ (मालिन्�):—n. 1. dirtiness; foulness; impurity; 2. pollution; defilement; 3. sinfulness; 4. blackness; 5. trouble; affliction;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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