Asamskrita, ṃsṛt: 19 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ṃsṛt can be transliterated into English as Asamskrta or Asamskrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Asanskrat.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
: eScholarship: Chapters 1-14 of the Hayasirsa Pancaratraṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) refers to “one who is uncultured�, representing an undesirable characteristic of an Ācārya, according to the 9th-century Hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātra Ādikāṇḍa chapter 3.—The Lord said:—“I will tell you about the Sthāpakas endowed with perverse qualities. He should not construct a temple with those who are avoided in this Tantra. [...] He should not be very dark, without compassion, a sinner, nor emaciated, short or lazy, he should not be injured, uncultured (ṃsṛt), agitated and not depressed. [...] A god enshrined by any of these named above (viz., ṃsṛt), is in no manner a giver of fruit. If a building for Viṣṇu is made anywhere by these excluded types (viz., ṃsṛt) then that temple will not give rise to enjoyment and liberation and will yield no reward, of this there is no doubt�.

Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditionsṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) refers to “that which has not been purified (with mantras)�, according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripurā oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “[...] He should treat [all phenomena] as one, not as separate. He should not drink [alcohol] or eat meat idly [with no ritual purpose]. He should not drink wine without first purifying it (ṃsṛt) [with mantras], and he should consume meat after he has purified it with that [wine]. He should not answer the call of nature, should not sip water, etc., while reciting mantras or in an assembly. If he does so out of folly, the curse of the Yoginīs will fall on him. [...]�.

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastraṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) refers to “unconditioned dharmas� and represents one of the two main divisions of dharmas (things), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter XLVIII. Dharmas or things occur in two main categories: unconditioned (ṃsṛt) dharmas and conditioned (ṃsṛt) dharmas. The ṃsṛts, not formed by causes, are unproduced (ܳٱ岹), without extinction (vyaya), and without duration-change (ٳٲⲹԲⲹٳٱ). The schools debate their number: from one to nine.
The ṃsṛts and especially Ծṇa also are just as impersonal as the ṃsṛts. Nirvāṇa is the cessation of desire (岵), hatred (屹ṣa) and delusion (moha). In that capacity, it is necessary to be aware of the non-existence of the self in order to attain ԾԲ in this life, which abolishes the pride of “I am�.
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchāṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) refers to �(that which is) unconditioned�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “But further, son of good family, in the perspective of the essential character of the dharma (屹), the Bodhisattva may grasp an essential character, thinking: ‘I have fully understood the dharmas�. But, how then has the Tathāgata understood the dharmas? [It is like this:] [...] their nature is wishless because it is not attached to thoughts; their nature has no desire because it is free from all desires; their nature is unconditioned (ṃsṛt) because there is no any calculation; [...]�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Buddhist philosophy
: Google Books: The Treasury of Knowledge: Book six, parts one and two (philosophy)ṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) (Sanskrit; in Tibetan: ’dus ma byas) refers to “uncompounded objects�, representing one of the six types of “objects� (ṣaⲹ) (i.e., ‘that which is to be comprehended or known�).—Accordingly, “That which is to be understood through valid cognition is ‘the knowable�. The terms ‘object� (ṣaⲹ; yul), ‘knowable� (ñⲹ; shes bya), and ‘appraisable� (prameya; gzhal bya) are all essentially equivalent, but it is the defining characteristic of the ‘object� that it is to be comprehended or known, [...]. When objects (ṣaⲹ) are analyzed in terms of their essential nature, they may be: [i.e., “uncompounded objects� (ṃsṛt; ’dus ma byas) cannot be produced from their own primary causes and secondary conditions;] [...]
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General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha1) ṃsṛt (असंस्कृत, “unconditioned�) refers to a set of “three unconditioned things� as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 32):
- ś (space),
- پṃk-Ծǻ (observed cessation),
- aپṃk-Ծǻ (unobserved cessation).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ṃsṛt). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
2) ṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) or ṃsṛtśūԲⲹ refers to “emptiness of the unconditioned� one of the “twenty emptinesses� (śūԲⲹ) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 41).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत).—a S That has not undergone any particular ṃs (as marriage, thread-investiture &c.)
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṃsṛt (असंस्कृत).�a That has not undergone any particular ṃs (as marriage, thread investiture &c.). Uncivilized, savage, barbarous.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत).�a.
1) Unpolished, not refined or cleansed &c.
2) Not decorated or adorned.
3) One over whom no purificatory rite (any one of the ṃss) has been performed.
-ٲ� An ungrammatical form (貹ś岹).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत).�adj. and subst. nt. (= Pali asaṃkhata, epithet of nibbāna, perhaps as uncreated by a combination of factors, but see Critical Pali Dictionary), unconditioned; as nt., one of three unconditioned things. The adj. occurs e.g. ṅk屹-ūٰ 189.14. The three asaṃskṛtāni are ś, پṃk-Ծǻ (which = Ծṇa), aprati° (see pratisaṃkhyā and aprati°), ٳṃg 32; in Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2184 °tam, but 2185�6 name only the 2d and 3d, not ś; without mention of the term ṃsṛt, and with substitution of Ծṇa- (-dhātu) for pratisaṃkhyānirodha, the three are named ṅk屹-ūٰ 177.3; 197.12; see also ś La V-P. i.7.8.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत).—mfn.
(-ٲ�-tā-ta�) 1. Not perfect, unpolished, rude, common. 2. Uninitiated, not having gone through the proper rites of caste, state, sex or age. E. a neg. ṃsṛt perfect.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत).—[adjective] unadorned, uncultivated, unprepared, uninitiated, unmarried.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṃsṛt (असंस्कृत):—[=a-ṃsṛt] [from a-ṃs] mfn. not prepared, [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] not consecrated, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
3) [v.s. ...] unadorned, [Pañcatantra]
4) [v.s. ...] unpolished, rude (as speech).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत):—[a-ṃsṛt] (ta�-tā-ta�) a. Rude.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ṃkⲹ, Asakkaya.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛtm), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत) [Also spelled asanskrat]:�(a) uncultured; unrefined; raw.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṃsṛt (ಅಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ):�
1) [adjective] that is not of or belonging to Saṃskṛta language.
2) [adjective] ; having not received required religious rites.
3) [adjective] not processed well; not refined; not purified; being in the original crude form or state.
4) [adjective] not sophisticated; lacking gentleness; barbarous; rude; uncivilised.
5) [adjective] (food) not seasoned by adding spices, etc.
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ṃsṛt (ಅಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ):—[noun] an uncivilised man; a man lacking gentleness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryṃsṛt (असंस्कृत):—adj. 1. unpolished; not refined; 2. not decorated/adorned; n. 1. ungrammatical form; 2. non-Sanskrit language;
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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Partial matches: Samskrita, A.
Starts with: Asamskritadharma, Asamskritagagana, Asamskritalakin, Asamskritashunyata.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Emptinesses 7-8: Emptiness of the conditioned unconditioned < [Chapter XLVIII - The Eighteen Emptinesses]
Appendix 1 - Comparison of ṃsṛt in Buddhist literature < [Chapter XLVIII - The Eighteen Emptinesses]
Note (1): The Hīnayānist dharmatā < [Part 2 - Understanding dharmatā and its synonyms]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Consciousness in Gaudapada’s Mandukya-karika (by V. Sujata Raju)
The unborn Ātman < [Chapter 6: A Study of Māṇḍūkya Kārikā: Alātaśānti Prakaraṇa]
Advayavajra-samgraha (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri)
Chapter 8 - Pancakara < [Sanskrit texts of the Advayavajra-samgraha]
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