# आनन्दमय (ānandamaya)

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आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) is a Sanskrit word meaning blissful, made up of happiness, the supreme spirit as consisting of pure happiness, blissful or consisting of happiness, happy, god, the supreme Spirit, made up of joy, blissful. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Adjective: Blissful / Made of Happiness, Adjective (Blissful) & Noun (Supreme Spirit), Noun: The Supreme Spirit.

- **Etymology:** E. आनन्द and मयट् aff — E. ānanda and mayaṭ aff
- **SLP1:** `Anandamaya`  **IAST:** ānandamaya  **Devanagari:** आनन्दमय
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anandamaya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Adjective: Blissful / Made of Happiness (4 definitions)
- Blissful, made up of happiness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 140,1] आ - नन्द (ā-nanda) — मय (—maya) mf( ई (ī) )n. blissful, made up or consisting of happiness, Taittirīya-upaniṣad (Title); Māṇḍūkya-upaniṣad, 12 Mantras (Title); Vedāntasāra (Title); Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) [ ID=24408 ]
- blissful  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) [Printed book page 101-14 ] आनन्द - मय (ānanda-maya) a. blissful, made up of happiness. [ ID=5073 ]
- Full of joy or happiness  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) [Printed book page 0078-b ] आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) ānanda + maya, adj., f. yī, Full of joy or happiness, Kathās. 23, 85; Vedāntas. in Chr. 204, 22. [ ID=1534 ]
- made up of joy, blissful  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) [Printed book page 062 ] आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) f. ई (ī) made up of joy, blissful. Abstr. ° त्व (°tva) n. [ ID=4291 ]

### Adjective (Blissful) & Noun (Supreme Spirit) (3 definitions)
- 1. Blissful or consisting of happiness. 2. The Supreme Spirit.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आनन्द (ānanda) मय (ānandamaya) [Printed book page 113 ] आनन्द (ānanda) मय (ānandamaya) mfn. ( - यः - यी - यं (-yaṃ) (-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) ) Blissful, made up or consisting of happiness. n. ( - यं (-yaṃ) ) The Supreme Spirit. E. आनन्द (ānanda) and मयट् (mayaṭ) aff. [ ID=5429 ]
- 1. Happy. 2. God, the supreme Spirit.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आनन्दमय (ānandamaya) [Printed book page 090-a ] आनन्द - मय (ānanda-maya) ( यः - या - यं ) ((yaḥ-yā-yaṃ)) a. Happy. n. God, the supreme Spirit. [ ID=4801 ]
- 1. Blissful. 2. The Supreme Spirit.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > आनन्द (ānanda) मय (ānandamaya) [Printed book page 092-b ] आनन्द (ānanda) मय (ānandamaya) mfn. ( - यः - यी - यं (-yaṃ) (-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) ) Blissful, made up or consisting of happiness. n. ( - यं (-yaṃ) ) The Supreme Spirit. E. आनन्द (ānanda) and मयट् (mayaṭ) aff. [ ID=5427 ]

### Noun: The Supreme Spirit (1 definition)
- the supreme spirit as consisting of pure happiness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > आ - नन्द (ā-nanda) — मय (—maya) n. ( scil. ब्रह्मन् (brahman) ) the supreme spirit (as consisting of pure happiness, cf. आनन्द (ānanda) above) [ ID=24409 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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.

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