अभिमानabhimāna

अभिमान (abhimāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning intention to injure, self-conceit, pride, haughtiness, assent, conception, especially an erroneous one regarding oneself, affection, desire, name of a Rishi in the sixth Manvantara. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Pride / Arrogance, Conception / Knowledge / Philosophical Egotism, Referential / Etymological.

Root: मन् (man)
Definitions: 17

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Meanings by context

Pride / Arrogance

6 definitions

self-conceit, pride, haughtiness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Pride or haughtiness. 2. Knowledge. 3. Affection. 4. Injury or killing. 5. Requesting.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pride. 2. Knowledge. 3. Affection. 4. Injury.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pride or haughtiness. 2. Knowledge. 3. Affection. 4. Injury or killing. 5. Requesting.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pride, arrogance, or self-conceit. 2. Affection or love. 3. A conception or supposition.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pride, self-conceit, or haughtiness. 2. Consciousness or self-awareness. 3. Affection, love, or desire. 4. Laying claim to something. 5. Injury or hurting.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Conception / Knowledge / Philosophical Egotism

5 definitions

assent

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

conception, especially an erroneous one regarding oneself

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Egotism. 2. Self-conceit or pride. 3. Love.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Conceiving objects with the notion that they refer to one's own self. 2. Erroneous conception, imagination, or fancy. 3. Arrogance, self-conceit, or pride. 4. Affection. 5. Affectionate solicitation. 6. Wish or desire. 7. Injury or the desire to do injury.

अभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna) (abhimāna) [Printed book page 257-b]
अभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna) (abhimāna) Tatpur. m. (-नः (-naḥ)) ¹ (In Philosophy.) Conceiving

objects with the notion that they refer to one's own self:

the mental process which is the essential characteristic of

अहङ्कार (kāra) (ahaṅkāra) (of the conception of ‘I’ or of the notion of per-

sonality) q. v.; e. g. Sāṅkhya Sūtra: अभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna) (abhimāna)ोऽहंकार (kāra)ः (abhimāno'haṃkāraḥ)

(Vijnānāch.: अहं करोतीत्यहंकार (kāra)ः कुम्भकार (kāra)वत् । अन्तःकर- (ahaṃ karotītyahaṃkāraḥ kumbhakāravat . antaḥkara-)

णद्रव्यं स च धर्मधर्म्यभेदादभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna) इत्युक्तः (ṇadravyaṃ sa ca dharmadharmyabhedādabhimāna ityuktaḥ)); or Vedānta Sāra:

अभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna) (abhimāna)ात्मिकान्तःकरणवृत्तिरहंकार (kāra)ः; (abhimānātmikāntaḥkaraṇavṛttirahaṃkāraḥ;) and therefore in cor-

rect writing not identical with the philosophical term अहं- (ahaṃ-)

कार (kāra) itself, although some authors use both words some-

times apparently as synonymes: Vijnānāch.: अहंकार (kāra) (ahaṃkāra)श्चाभि- (ahaṃkāraścābhi-)

मा (mā)नवृत्तिकमन् (man)तःकरणद्रव्यं न त्वभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)मा (mā)त्रं द्रव्यस्यैव लोके (mānavṛttikamantaḥkaraṇadravyaṃ na tvabhimānamātraṃ dravyasyaiva loke)

द्रव्योपादानत्वदर्शनात् (dravyopādānatvadarśanāt). Yet as the notion of personality

in the orthodox philosophical systems is not our notion

of self-consciousness, but the notion based on that con-

dition of the mind which identifies the bodily personality

or individual existence with the Absolute, and as this

mental condition is held to lead to an erroneous concep-

tion of the absolute Truth, the terms अहंकार (kāra) (ahaṃkāra) and अ- (a-)

भिमा (mā)न (bhimāna) have generally a negative bearing, the latter imply-

ing: ‘conceiving the wrong or erroneous idea that the ob-

jects of the world refer absolutely to one's own bodily or

individual self’; e. g. Viśvan. (on the Nyāya S. दोषनिमि- (doṣanimi-)

त्तानां तत्वज्ञान (jñāna)ादहंकार (kāra)निवृत्तिः (ttānāṃ tatvajñānādahaṃkāranivṛttiḥ)): अहंकार (kāra) (ahaṃkāra)ोऽहमित्यभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ः (ahaṃkāro'hamityabhimānaḥ)

स च शरीरादिविषयको मिथ्याज्ञान (jñāna)मुच्यते (sa ca śarīrādiviṣayako mithyājñānamucyate) (comp. the Sid-

dhāntamuktāv.: अहंकार (kāra) (ahaṃkāra)ोऽहमिति प्रत्ययः । तस्याश्रयो विषय (ahaṃkāro'hamiti pratyayaḥ . tasyāśrayo viṣaya)

आत्मनि शरीरादिरिति (ātmani śarīrādiriti)); or Sāṅkhyatattvak.: यत्खल्वालो- (yatkhalvālo-)

चितं मतं च तत्राहमधिकृतः । शक्तः खल्वहमत्र । मदर्था एवा- (citaṃ mataṃ ca tatrāhamadhikṛtaḥ . śaktaḥ khalvahamatra . madarthā evā-)

मी विषयाः । मत्तो नान्योऽत्राधिकृतः कश्चिदस्त्यतोऽहमस्मी- (mī viṣayāḥ . matto nānyo'trādhikṛtaḥ kaścidastyato'hamasmī-)

ति योऽभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ः सोऽसाधारणव्यापारत्वादहंकार (kāra)ः (ti yo'bhimānaḥ so'sādhāraṇavyāpāratvādahaṃkāraḥ). ² Con-

ception in general, but (like the preceding meaning) usually

with an implied negative bearing: erroneous conception or

belief, imagination, fancy; e. g. Nyāya Sūtras: स्फटिकान्य- (sphaṭikānya-)

त्वाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)वत्तदन्यत्वाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ः (tvābhimānavattadanyatvābhimānaḥ) ‘as crystal is fancied to be-

come different (from the proximity with objects it comes

in contact with) so the mental activity is fancied to vary’;

or स्वप्नविषयाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)वदयं प्रमा (mā)णप्रमेयाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ः (svapnaviṣayābhimānavadayaṃ pramāṇaprameyābhimānaḥ) ‘like the

conceit of things in a dream, is the conceit of means of

proof and objects of proof’; or मिथ्योपलब्धिविनाशस्तत्त्व- (mithyopalabdhivināśastattva-)

ज्ञान (jñāna)ात्स्वप्नविषयाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)प्रणाशवत्प्रतिबोधे (jñānātsvapnaviṣayābhimānapraṇāśavatpratibodhe) ‘false conception

ceases through the knowledge of the Truth as the imagin-

ation of objects in a dream vanishes on awaking’; or Bho-

jadeva (on the Yoga S. विवेकख्याति (vivekakhyāti)°° (°°)): प्रतिपक्षभावनाब- (pratipakṣabhāvanāba-)

लादविद्याप्रविलये निवृत्तकर्तृत्वज्ञातृत्वाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ाया रजस्तमो- (lādavidyāpravilaye nivṛttakartṛtvajñātṛtvābhimānāyā rajastamo-)

मलानभिभूताया बुद्धेरन्तर्मुखाया या चिच्छायासंक्रान्तिः सा (malānabhibhūtāyā buddherantarmukhāyā yā cicchāyāsaṃkrāntiḥ sā)

विवेकख्याति (vivekakhyāti)रित्युच्यते (vivekakhyātirityucyate) ‘…of the intellect in which the con-
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ceit of being agent or knower has ceased…’; or Sā-

hityad.: उत्साहादिसमुद्बोधः साधारण्याभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)तः । नृणामपि (utsāhādisamudbodhaḥ sādhāraṇyābhimānataḥ . nṛṇāmapi)

समुद्रादिलङ्घनादौ न दुष्यति (samudrādilaṅghanādau na duṣyati) ‘…from imagining that the

hero of a poem possesses universal powers’. Comp. also

the inst. s. v. अभिमन् (man)यमा (mā)न (abhimanyamāna). (This use of the word recon-

ciles its rendering ज्ञान (jñāna) by the Amarak., Hem., Bhūripr. &c.,

and अज्ञान (jñāna) (ajñāna) by the Medinī.) ³ Arrogance, self-conceit, pride

(of family, wealth, superior qualities &c.; Ramānātha on the

Amarak.: आदिना कुलपशुगुणादिग्रहः (ādinā kulapaśuguṇādigrahaḥ)); comp. अहङ्कार (kāra) (ahaṅkāra); (ahaṅkāra;)

e. g. Śṛṅgāratil.: प्रायो मूर्खः परिभवविधौ नाभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ं पिधत्ते; (prāyo mūrkhaḥ paribhavavidhau nābhimānaṃ pidhatte;)

or Bhaṭṭik.: परामृशन्तः प्रथिताभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ाः प्रोचुः प्रहस्तप्रमुखा (parāmṛśantaḥ prathitābhimānāḥ procuḥ prahastapramukhā)

दशास्यम् (daśāsyam). ⁴ Affection, (Amarak. &c. = प्रणयः; (praṇayaḥ;) Mukuṭa:

= प्रीतिः (prītiḥ)). ⁵ Affectionate solicitation; (Ramānātha: = प्रेम्णा (premṇā)

प्रार्थनम् (prārthanam)). ⁶ Solicitation in general, wish, desire; (Svāmin,

Nīlak.: = प्रार्थना (prārthanā)); e. g. Vijnānāch.: मयानेनेन्द्रियेणेदं रू- (mayānenendriyeṇedaṃ rū-)

पादिकं भोक्तव्यमिदमेव सुखसाधनमित्याद्यभिमा (mā)न (bhimāna)ादेवादिसर्गे- (pādikaṃ bhoktavyamidameva sukhasādhanamityādyabhimānādevādisarge-)

ष्विन्द्रियतद्विषयोत्पत्त्याहंकार (kāra) इन्द्रियादिहेतुः (ṣvindriyatadviṣayotpattyāhaṃkāra indriyādihetuḥ). ⁷ Injury, hurt-

ing, killing, desire of doing injury &c. (Amarak.: = हिंसा, (hiṃsā,)

Bharata: = हनन; (hanana;) Sāyaṇa on the Śatap.: = हिंसेच्छा (hiṃsecchā)). E.

मन् (man) (cl. 4) with अभि, (abhi,) kṛt aff. घञ्; (ghañ;) or in the meanings

1-3, perhaps मा (mā) with अभि, (abhi,) kṛt aff. ल्युट्; (lyuṭ;) for the affinity

of both radicals see s. vv.

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— Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

egoism or self-conceit

— The Purana Index

Referential / Etymological

2 definitions

See abhiman

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See above.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Affection / Desire

1 definition

affection, desire

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Injury / Harm

1 definition

intention to injure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Proper Name (Ṛṣi)

1 definition

Name of a Rishi in the sixth Manvantara

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Self-Respect / Dignity

1 definition

1. Self-respect and honourable feeling. 2. Pride, arrogance, and self-conceit. 3. Affection. 4. Solicitation, wish, and desire. 5. Misconception and conceiving objects with the notion that they refer to one's own self. 6. Killing.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 10 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.