Abhisanna, Abhisaññā, Abhishanna: 5 definitions
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Abhisanna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAbhisanna, (adj.) (pp. of abhisandati = abhi + syand, cp. Sk. abhisanna) overflowing, filled with (-°), full Vin.I, 279 (°kāya a body full of humours, cp. II.119 & Miln.134); J.I, 17 (V.88; pītiyā); Miln.112 (duggandha°). (Page 71)
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Abhisaññā, (f.). Only in the compound -ññ-Ծǻ D.I, 179, 184. The prefix abhi qualifies, not saññā, but the whole compound, which means “trance� . It is an expression used, not by Buddhists, but by certain wanderers. See ññ-岹⾱ٲ-Ծǻ. (Page 70)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionaryabhisanna (အဘိသန္�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[abhi+sanna+ta. (abhisyanda-sa�)]
[အဘ�+သန္�+တ။ (အဘိသျန္�-သ�)]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)ԲԲ�
(Burmese text): စီးသွားသော။ (က) စွတ်စိုသော၊ ပြည့်�-ပြန့်နှံ�-သော။ (�) မျာ�-ပြေ�-လွန�-ထန�-သော၊ လေဒေါ�,သည်းခြေဒေါ�,သလိပ်ဒေါ� ဟူသေ� ဒေါသသုံးပါ�-မျာ�-ပြာ�-လွန�-ထန�-သော။ (�) အဘိသန္နကာ�-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Flowing. (a) Overflowing, abundant. (b) Extremely exaggerated, such as anger from rage, frustration, and grievance, which are three types of extreme anger. (c) Also observe the Abhidhamma.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryṣaṇṇ (अभिषण्�).�(ppp. of Sanskrit abhiṣīdati, in different meaning, only Vedic and ś. on Pā�.8.3.118 f.), apparently seated: ܰ屹īū 67.8 sa tatra tadābhiṣaṇṇo vābhisaṃpanno vā bhavet (Müller, [Sacred Books of the East] 49, Part 2, 64: there he might then be either sitting or resting).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣaṇṇ (अभिषण्�):—[=-ṣaṇṇ] [from -ṣa] mfn. besieged, oppressed, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Sanna, Abhi, Dhavala.
Starts with: Abhisannadhatu, Abhisannakaya, Abhisannanirodha, Abhisannatta.
Full-text: Dosabhisanna, Abhisannanirodha, Abhisampanna, Ussanna, Nirodha, Abhassara.
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