# अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin)

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अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin) is a Sanskrit word meaning the soul, regulating internal feelings, heart-searching or pervading, providence or the Supreme Spirit guiding mankind, conscience, the all-pervading spirit. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Soul / Inward Regulator, Multi-faceted Inner Guide, Supreme Inner Controller.

- **SLP1:** `antaryAmin`  **IAST:** antaryāmin  **Devanagari:** अन्तर्यामिन्
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antaryamin
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/antaryamin/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Soul / Inward Regulator (3 definitions)
- the soul  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 43,3] अन्तर् (antar) — यामिन् (—yāmin) m. ‘checking or regulating the internal feelings’, the soul, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiv; Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad (Title) [ ID=8138 ]
- The soul  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin) [Printed book page 0028-a ] अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin) antaryāmin i. e. antar -yam + in, m. The soul, Vedāntas. in Chr. 204, 19. [ ID=540 ]
- the inward regulator  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin) [Printed book page 025 ] अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin) m. the inward regulator (ph.). [ ID=1665 ]

### Multi-faceted Inner Guide (2 definitions)
- 1. Regulating internal feelings. 2. Heart-searching or pervading. 3. The soul. 4. Providence or the Supreme Spirit guiding mankind. 5. Conscience.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अन्तर् (antar) यामिन् (yāmin) (antaryāmin) [Printed book page 038 ] अन्तर् (antar) यामिन् (yāmin) (antaryāmin) mfn. ( - मी (-mī)- मिनी - मि (-mī-minī-mi) ) 1 Checking or regulating the internal feelings. 2 Heart-searching or pervading. m. ( - मी (-mī) ) 1 The soul. 2 Providence, the Supreme Spirit, as regulating and guiding mankind. 3 Conscience. E. अन्तर् (antar) within, and यामिन् (yāmin) who stops or refrains. [ ID=1784 ]
- 1. Checking internal feelings. 2. Heart-searching. 3. The soul. 4. Providence or the Supreme Spirit. 5. Conscience.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अन्तर् (antar) यामिन् (yāmin) (antaryāmin) [Printed book page 032-a ] अन्तर् (antar) यामिन् (yāmin) (antaryāmin) mfn. ( - मी (-mī)- मिनी - मि (-mī-minī-mi) ) 1. Checking or regulating the internal feelings. 2. Heart-searching or pervading. m. ( - मी (-mī) ) 1. The soul. 2. Providence, the Supreme spirit, as regulating and guiding mankind. 3. Conscience. E. अन्तर् (antar) within, and यामिन् (yāmin) who stops or refrains. [ ID=1782 ]

### Supreme Inner Controller (2 definitions)
- 1. The all-pervading spirit. 2. Heart-searching.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अन्तर्यामिन् (antaryāmin) [Printed book page 030-b ] अन्त - र्यामिन् (anta-ryāmin) ( मी ) ((mī)) 5. m. All-pervading spirit. a. Heart-searching. [ ID=1480 ]
- 1. The supreme soul as the inward regulator of all phenomena in the material and intellectual world. 2. Brahman as the creator of the world under the influence of the quality of goodness. 3. Vishnu or Shiva.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अन्तर् (antar) यामिन् (yāmin) (antaryāmin) [Printed book page 125-b ] अन्तर् (antar) यामिन् (yāmin) (antaryāmin) Tatpur. m. ( - मी (-mī) ) 1 (In the Upan. and the oldest Vedānta phil.) The supreme Soul as the inward regulator of all the phenomena of the material and intellectual world, in this and in a future life: ‘ य इमं च लोकं परं च लोकं (‘ya imaṃ ca lokaṃ paraṃ ca lokaṃ) सर्वाणि च भूतान्यन्तरो यमयति (sarvāṇi ca bhūtānyantaro yamayati) ’; (’;) ‘ अधिदैवतमधिलोकमधि - (’; (’;) ‘adhidaivatamadhilokamadhi-) वेदमधियज्ञमधिभूतमध्यात्मं च कश्चिदन्तरवस्थितो यमयिता - (vedamadhiyajñamadhibhūtamadhyātmaṃ ca kaścidantaravasthito yamayitā-) न्तर्यामी (ntaryāmī) ’; (’;) not merely ‘the individual Soul of a divinity, of a living being &c.’, but the same as the परमात्मन्; (paramātman; ) ‘ अन्तर् (antar) याम्य - (‘antaryāmya-) धिदैवादिषु तद्धर्मव्यपदेशात् (dhidaivādiṣu taddharmavyapadeśāt) ’…‘ तस्मात्परमात्मैवान्तर्यामी (ntaryāmī)’ (’…‘tasmātparamātmaivāntaryāmī’).-- 2 (In the later Vedānta.) Brahman (m.) as creator of the world when under the influence of the first Gunā or of the cosmical quality of सत्त्व (sattva) ‘goodness’; (’;) as such however, he is not the purest form of Brahman, but inferior to Īśa who is freed of all cosmical qualities. 3 (In the Vedānta applied to the doctrine of the sects.) a. Viṣṇu or Purushottama when be- coming human or individual Soul; e. g. अन्तः प्रविश्य भूतानि (antaḥ praviśya bhūtāni) यो बिभर्त्यात्मकेतुभिः । अन्तर् (antar) यामी (ntaryāmī) श्वरः साक्षात्पातु नो यद्वशे (yo bibhartyātmaketubhiḥ. antaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe) स्फुटम् ॥; (sphuṭam..;) b. Śiva. E. अन्तर् (antar) and यामिन् (yāmin). [ ID=3893 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara 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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