Guest guest Posted March 27, 2000 Report Share Posted March 27, 2000 Greetings, The Monier-Williams Dictionary gives the following definitions: aham Meaning nom. sg. , `" I "' RV. &c. ; = %{ahaMkaraNa} q.v kAra Meaning 1 mf(%{I})n. (1. %{kR} Pa1n2. 3-2 , 23) , making , doing , working , a maker , doer (ifc. see %{kumbha-k-} , %{yajJa@k-} , %{suvarNa-k-}) ; an author (e.g. %{vArttika-k-}) ; m. (ifc.) an act , action (see %{kAma-k-} , %{puruSa-k-}) ; the term used in designating a letter or sound or indeclinable word (e.g. %{a-k-} , %{ka-k-} , qq. vv. ; %{eva-k-} , the word %{eva} ; %{phUt-k-} q.v.) Pra1t. Mn. &c. ; effort , exertion L. ; determination L. ; religious austerity L. ; a husband , master , lord L. ; (%{as} or %{A}) m. or f. act of worship , song of praise Divya1v. ; (%{I}) f. N. of a plant (= %{kArikA} , %{kAryA} &c.) L. ahaMkAra Meaning m. conception of one's individuality , self-consciousness ChUp. &c. ; the making of self , thinking of self , egotism MBh. &c. ; pride , haughtiness R. &c. ; (in Sa1n3khya phil.) the third of the eight producers or sources of creation , viz. the conceit or conception of individuality , individualization ; (%{ahaMkAra}) %{-val} mfn. selfish , proud L. ____________________ ---- ego sA7kSi-mAtra Entry sAkSimAtra Meaning mfn. the simple Ego or subject (as opp. to the object or what is external to the Ego) Nir. xiv , sñsubject ; %{-tra-kR} P. %{-karoti} , to make a simple eye. wñwitnesses HParis3. sA7kSin Entry sAkSin Meaning mfn. seeing with the eyes , observing , witnessing ; an eye-witness , witness (in law) of or to (gen. loc. , or comp.) Gaut. Mn. MBh. &c. ; m. (in phil.) the Ego or subject (as opp. to the object or to that which is external to the mind , Asht2a1vS. ; cf. %{sA7kSi-mAtra}) ; N. of a man (also pl.) Sam2ska1rak. sva4 Entry sva Meaning 1 mf(%{A4})n. own , one's own , my own , thy own , his own , her own , our own , their own &c. (referring to all three persons accord. to context , often ibc. , but generally declinable like the pronominal %{sarva} e.g. %{svasmai} dat. %{svasmAt} abl. [optionally in abl. loc. sing. nom. pl. e.g. %{taM@svAd@AsyAd@asRjat} , `" he created him from his own mouth "' Mn. i , 94] ; and always like s3iva when used substantively [see below] ; sometimes used loosely for `" my "' , `" thy "' , `" his "' , `" our "' [e.g. %{rAjA@bhrAtaraM@sva-grIham@pre7SayAm-Asa} , `" the king sent his brother to his (i.e. the brother's) house "'] ; in the oblique cases it is used as a reflexive pronoun = %{Atman} , e.g. %{svaM@dUSayati} , `" he defiles himself "' ; %{svaM@nindanti} , `" they blame themselves "') RV. &c. &c. ; m. one's self , the Ego , the human soul W. ; N. of Vishn2u MBh. ; a man of one's own people or tribe , a kinsman , relative , relation , friend (%{svAH} , `" one's own relations "' , `" one's own people "') AV. &c. &c. ; (%{A}) f. a woman of one's own caste MBh. ; (%{am}) n. (ifc. f. %{A}) , one's self , the Ego (e.g. %{svaM@ca@brahma@ca} , `" the Ego and Brahman "') ; one's own goods , property , wealth , riches (in this sense said to be also m.) RV. &c. &c. ; the second astrological mansion VarBr2S. ; (in alg.) plus or the affirmative quantity W. [Cf. Gk. $ ; Lat. {se} , {sovos} , {suus} ; &385055[1275 ,1] Goth. {sik} ; Germ. {sich} &c.] (N. B. in the following comp. {oñ} own stands for one's own). I hope this is helpful. Regards, s. >"Claude Fournier" <claudef >advaitin >advaitin > ahamkAra >Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:50:09 -0000 > >Greetings Advaitins, > >I saw that "ahamkAra" is translated by "ego". Does someone know the >literal translation of this word? > >Thanks, > >Claude > ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2000 Report Share Posted March 27, 2000 Greetings Advaitins, I saw that "ahamkAra" is translated by "ego". Does someone know the literal translation of this word? Thanks, Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2000 Report Share Posted March 27, 2000 I always thought Ahamkara meant "Cause of the I". It is cause of the limitless seeming to be limited. It can also be defined as "Chitha jada Granthi" , the knot which ties the infinite consciousness with the inert body. Hence removal of this cause will make all limitations vanish. Sri Ramana Maharshi said, If the I remains as it is then it is knowledge, if the I goes tangent and says 'I am this or I am that" that is the ego. Thus all our qualifications including our presumptions of ourselves as a separate entity constitute ahamkara. Om, Anand A FREE web-based e-mail service brought to you by the PC World Technology Network. Get your FREE account today at http://www.myworldmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2000 Report Share Posted March 27, 2000 Greetings Claude, The dictionary is at URL: http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/mwd_search.html The search of sanskrit word meanings takes a little extra effort, because one needs to know the exact pronunciation and then 'transliterate ' the word in Latin script according to the Harvard-Kyoto convention (given on the URL site). [ The other convention is ITRANS, which is popular because there are scripts that can convert the Latin script to Sanskrit, ie devanagari, script. Much work is being done on an International UNICODE convention also.] Regards, s. >"Claude Fournier" <claudef >advaitin >advaitin >Re: ahamkAra >Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:00:48 -0000 > >Greetings Advaitins, > >Thanks to Mr. Sunder Hattangadi and Mr. Anand Natarajan for the >information requested. It is very helpful to me. > >Is the Monier-Williams Dictionary accesible on the web? > >Best regards, > >Claude > > ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2000 Report Share Posted March 28, 2000 Greetings Advaitins, Thanks to Mr. Sunder Hattangadi and Mr. Anand Natarajan for the information requested. It is very helpful to me. Is the Monier-Williams Dictionary accesible on the web? Best regards, Claude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2000 Report Share Posted March 28, 2000 Sunder's point on the effort required is a good one. With the online lexicons, you must input your search terms using the correct transliteration, or it will come up blank. I have the printed copy, and in a pinch, you can get one from Amazon.com, listed as $155, ships in 24 hours. Regards, --Greg At 07:12 AM 3/28/00 PST, Sunder Hattangadi wrote: >"Sunder Hattangadi" <sunderh > >Greetings Claude, > > The dictionary is at URL: > >http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/mwd_search.html > >The search of sanskrit word meanings takes a little extra effort, because >one needs to know the exact pronunciation and then 'transliterate ' the word >in Latin script according to the Harvard-Kyoto convention (given on the URL >site). [ The other convention is ITRANS, which is popular because there are >scripts that can convert the Latin script to Sanskrit, ie devanagari, >script. Much work is being done on an International UNICODE convention >also.] > >Regards, > >s. > > > >>"Claude Fournier" <claudef >>advaitin >>advaitin >>Re: ahamkAra >>Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:00:48 -0000 >> >>Greetings Advaitins, >> >>Thanks to Mr. Sunder Hattangadi and Mr. Anand Natarajan for the >>information requested. It is very helpful to me. >> >>Is the Monier-Williams Dictionary accesible on the web? >> >>Best regards, >> >>Claude >> >> > >____ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >------ >Good friends, school spirit, hair-dos you'd like to forget. >Classmates.com has them all. And with 4.4 million alumni already >registered, there's a good chance you'll find your friends here: >http://click./1/2623/3/_/489436/_/954256346/ >------ > >Discussion of the True Meaning of Sankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy focusing on non-duality between mind and matter. Searchable List Archives are available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ To from the list, send Email to <advaitin- > For other contact, Email to <advaitins > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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