# अचिन्त्य (acintya)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/achintya

अचिन्त्य (acintya) is a Sanskrit word meaning inconceivable, surpassing thought, an epithet of Shiva, surpassing all thought or conception, inconceivable, unimaginable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incomprehensible, inconceivable or incomprehensible. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Inconceivable / Incomprehensible (Adjective), Name of Śiva, Name of Viṣṇu.

- **Etymology:** E. अ neg. चिन्त्य conceivable — E. a neg. cintya conceivable
- **SLP1:** `acintya`  **IAST:** acintya  **Devanagari:** अचिन्त्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acintya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/achintya/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अचिन्त्या (acintyā)

## Meanings by context

### Inconceivable / Incomprehensible (Adjective) (10 definitions)
- inconceivable, surpassing thought  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 9,1] अ - चिन्त्य (a-cintya) mfn. inconceivable, surpassing thought, Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā (Title) &c. [ ID=1828 ]
- inconceivable  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 004-3 ] अचिन्त्य (acintya) a-cintya, fp. inconceivable. [ ID=430 ]
- Inconceivable, unimaginable, incomprehensible  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) चिन्त्य (cintya) (acintya) [Printed book page 012 ] अ (a) चिन्त्य (cintya) (acintya) mfn. ( - न्त्यः - न्त्या - न्त्यं (-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ) ) Inconceivable, unimaginable, incomprehensible. E. अ (a) neg. चिन्त्य (cintya) conceivable. [ ID=510 ]
- Inconceivable, incomprehensible  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 010-b ] अ - चिन्त्य (a-cintya) ( न्त्यः - न्त्या - न्त्यं ) ((ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyaṃ)) a. Inconceivable, incomprehensible. [ ID=446 ]
- Unimaginable  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 007-15 ] अचिन्त्य (acintya) (I) a. (f. न्त्या (ntyā) ) Unimaginable, e.g. अचिन्त्य (acintya) ाः खलु ये भावा न तांस्तर्केण योजयेत् (acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṃstarkeṇa yojayet). [ ID=454 ]
- Inconceivable  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) चिन्त्य (cintya) (acintya) [Printed book page 010-a ] अ (a) चिन्त्य (cintya) (acintya) mfn. ( - न्त्य - न्त्या - न्त्यं (-ntya-ntyā-ntyaṃ) ) Inconceivable, unimaginable, incomprehensible. E. अ (a) neg. चिन्त्य (cintya) conceivable. [ ID=509 ]
- incomprehensible  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 006 ] अचिन्त्य (acintya) a. incomprehensible. [ ID=357 ]
- 1. Inconceivable or incomprehensible. 2. A name of Shiva.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) चिन्त्य (cintya) (acintya) [Printed book page 022-a ] अ (a) चिन्त्य (cintya) (acintya) Tatpur. I. m. f. n. ( - न्त्यः (-ntyaḥ)- न्त्या - न्त्यम् (-ntyaḥ-ntyā-ntyam) ) Inconceivable, unimaginable, incomprehensible. II. m. ( - न्त्यः (-ntyaḥ) ) A name of Śiva. E. अ (a) neg. and चिन्त्य (cintya). [ ID=778 ]
- incomprehensible  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 112-b ] a-cintya, a. incomprehensible. [ ID=70 ]
- 1. Surpassing all thought or conception. 2. An epithet of Shiva.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 0008-c ] A-cintya, as, ā, am, surpassing all thought or conception; ( as ), m., N. of Śiva. —Acintya-kar- man, ā, ā, a, having or performing inconceivable actions. —Acintya-rūpa, as, ā or ī, am, possessing inconceivable beauty. [ ID=387 ]

### Name of Śiva (3 definitions)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > अ - चिन्त्य (a-cintya) m. N. of Śiva. [ ID=1829 ]
- A name of Shiva  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) (II) m. A name of Śiva. [ ID=455 ]
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अचिन्त्य (acintya) [Printed book page 004-1 ] Acintya 1 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=48 ]

### Name of Viṣṇu (1 definition)
- Vishnu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Acintya 2 = Viṣṇu: XII, 13488.—XIII, 7038 (1000 names). [ ID=49 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

The Sanskrit Lexicon app for iPhone, iPad and Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sanskrit-lexicon-dictionary/id6746787546