आम्नाय (āmnāya) is a Sanskrit word meaning sacred texts handed down by repetition, a Veda, or the Vedas collectively, received doctrine, traditional family or national customs, advice or instruction in past and present usage, a Tantra. Its 16 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Sacred Texts, Doctrine, and Tradition, Advice and Instruction, Lineage, Family, or Sect.
Etymology
E. आङ्, म्ना to learn, to remember, घञ् and युक् affs
आम्नाय (āmnāya) [Printed book page 041-1] आम्नाय (āmnāya) ā-mnāya, m. tradition, sacred text; legend: -sārin,a. (ṇ- ī) mellifluous as the Veda. [ID=3748]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A Veda or the Vedas in the aggregate. 2. Received traditional doctrine. 3. Family or national customs. 4. Advice or instruction. 5. A Tantra. 6. An element of being or property of substance.
आम्नाय (āmnāya) [Printed book page 117] आम्नाय (āmnāya) m. (-यः (-yaḥ))
1 A Veda, or the Vedas in the aggregate.
2 Received doctrine, traditional and right.
3 Traditional usuage, family or national customs.
4 Advice, instruction in past and present usage.
5 A Tantra.
6 An element of being. a property of substance.
E. आङ्, म्ना (āṅ, mnā) to learn, to remember, घञ् (ghañ) and युक् (yuk) affs.
[ID=5634]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A Veda. 2. Doctrine, usage, advice, or element.
आम्नाय (āmnāya) [Printed book page 094-a] आ-म्नाय (ā-mnāya)(यः) ((yaḥ)) 1. m. A veda; doctrine; usage; advice; element. [ID=5014]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Sacred tradition. 2. A Veda or Vedic literature. 3. Received doctrine. 4. Instruction.
आम्नाय (āmnāya) [Printed book page 105-06] आम्नाय (āmnāya)m. 1. Sacred tradition; 2. a Veda or the whole Vedic literature, अधीती चतुर्ष्वाम्नायेषु (adhītī caturṣvāmnāyeṣu)D.K. or आम्नाय (āmnāya)वचनं सत्यामित्ययं लोकसंग्रहः । आम्नाय (āmnāya)ेभ्यः पुनर्वेदाः प्रसृताः सर्वतोमुखाः (āmnāyavacanaṃ satyāmityayaṃ lokasaṃgrahaḥ . āmnāyebhyaḥ punarvedāḥ prasṛtāḥ sarvatomukhāḥ)Bh. ; 3. received doctrine; 4. instruction. [ID=5263]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The Vedas. 2. Received traditional doctrine. 3. Family or national custom. 4. Advice or instruction. 5. A Tantra. 6. An element of being or property of substance.
आम्नाय (āmnāya) [Printed book page 096-a] आम्नाय (āmnāya)
m. (-यः (-yaḥ))
1. A Veda, or the Vedas in the aggregate.
2. Received doctrine, traditional and right.
3. Traditional usage, family or national customs.
4. Advice, instruction in past and present usage.
5. A Tantra.
6. An element of being, a property of substance.
E. आङ् (āṅ) before म्रा (mrā) to learn, to remember, घञ् (ghañ) and युक् (yuk) affs.
1. Sacred tradition and texts handed down by repetition.
2. The Vedas.
3. Received doctrine and traditional usage.
4. Family or national customs.
5. Advice and instruction.
6. A Tantra.
आम्नाय (āmnāya) [Printed book page 0126-a] Ā-mnāya, as, m. sacred tradition, sacred texts handed down by repetition; that which is to be re- membered, studied or learnt by heart; a Veda or the Vedas in the aggregate; received doctrine; traditional usage, family or national customs; advice, instruction in past and present usage; a Tantra; an element of being, a property of substance (?); a family, series of families. —Āmnāya-sārin, ī, iṇī, i, observing the Vedas and traditional customs, pious; containing the essence of the Veda. [ID=8958]
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 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.
