# अनुमति (anumati)

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अनुमति (anumati) is a Sanskrit word meaning assent, permission, or approbation, personified as a goddess, the fifteenth day of the moon's age, order or command, assent or permission, an order. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 7 contexts, among them Lexicographical Entries Listing Multiple Meanings, Anumati as a Personified Goddess, Mythological Lineage and Narrative Roles of Goddess Anumati.

- **Root:** मन् (man)
- **SLP1:** `anumati`  **IAST:** anumati  **Devanagari:** अनुमति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anumati_%28deity%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anumati/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Lexicographical Entries Listing Multiple Meanings (6 definitions)
- 1. Order or command. 2. Assent or permission. 3. The fifteenth day of the moon's age when she rises one digit less than full.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनु (anu) मति (anumati) [Printed book page 034 ] अनु (anu) मति (anumati) f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1 Order or command. 2 Assent, permission. 3 A fifteenth day of the moon's age, on which she rises one digit less than full. E. अनु (anu) with, before मन (mana) to respect, and क्तिन् (ktin) affix; in the last acceptation, because offerings made to the manes on this day are especially accepted. [ ID=1581 ]
- 1. An order. 2. The fifteenth day of the moon's age.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 028-a ] अनु - मति (anu-mati) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. An order; 15th day of the moon's age. [ ID=1328 ]
- 1. Assent or permission. 2. The day on which the moon rises nearly full.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 025-06 ] अनुमति (anumati) f. 1. Assent, permission; 2. the day on which the moon rises nearly full. [ ID=1441 ]
- 1. Assent. 2. The goddess of the fifteenth day of the moon's age.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 0023-a ] अनुमति (anumati) anumati, i. e. anu-man + ti, f. 1. Assent, Daśak. in Chr. 186, 3. 2. The goddess of the fifteenth day of the moon's age, Man. 3, 86. [ ID=428 ]
- 1. Assent, permission, or acquiescence. 2. Connivance at a crime. 3. The fifteenth day of the moon's age when she rises one digit less than full. 4. A goddess invoked in sacrificial acts and obsequial rites. 5. An offering made to the goddess Anumati.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 097-b ] अनुमति (anumati) Tatpur. f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1 Assent, permission, acquiescence. 2 Conniving (at a criminal act). 3 The fifteenth day of the moon's age, on which she rises one digit less than full. (On this day it was held that the gods and the Manes of departed progenitors were favourable to the prayers of men; gifts made to Brāhmaṇas on this day were considered there- fore to be meritorious. The three other phases of the in- creasing moon are कुहू, राका (kuhū, rākā) and सिनीवाली (sinīvālī) qq. vv. Com- pare also पौर्णमासी, अमावास्या, खर्विका (paurṇamāsī, amāvāsyā, kharvikā) and सद्यस्काला (sadyaskālā).) 4 The former personified as a goddess and invoked especi- ally in sacrificial acts connected with the Rājasūya sacrifice and the obsequial rites. The later mythology represents her as a daughter of Angiras and Smṛti. 5 The name of the offering made to the goddess Anumati in the Rājasūya sacri- fice and consisting of Puroḍāśa fried in eight bowls. E. मन् (man) with अनु, (anu,) kṛt aff. क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=3188 ]
- 1. Assent, permission, or approbation. 2. The fifteenth day of the moon's age, personified as a goddess and associated with oblations.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 0037-b ] Anu-mati, is, f. assent, permission, approbation; the fifteenth day of the moon's age, on which it rises one digit less than full, when the gods or manes receive oblations with favour; the former personified as a goddess and worshipped especially in the Rājasūya sacrifice; oblation made to this goddess. —Anumati- pattra, am, n. (in law) a deed expressing assent. [ ID=2441 ]

### Anumati as a Personified Goddess (4 definitions)
- personified as a goddess  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > personified as a goddess, Ṛg-veda (Title); Atharva-veda (Title) &c. [ ID=6960 ]
- personified as a goddess, and an oblation made to her  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > also personified as a goddess, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title), oblation made to this goddess. [ ID=6962 ]
- 1. Assenting or approval. 2. The name of a moon-goddess.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 022 ] अनुमति (anumati) f. = prec.; N. of a moon-goddess. [ ID=1485 ]
- a shakti devi on the Shodashapatrabja  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-059 ] Anumati (III) — a śakti devī on the Ṣoḍaśapatrābja. Br. IV. 32. 12. [ ID=450 ]

### Mythological Lineage and Narrative Roles of Goddess Anumati (3 definitions)
- a divine being or personification present at the investiture of Skanda  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 061-1 ] Anumati. § 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 γ, 2515 (came to the investiture of Skanda). [ ID=689 ]
- 1. A daughter of Shraddha and Angiras. 2. The wife of Dhata and mother of Purnima.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 1-058 ] Anumati (I) — a daughter of Śraddhā and Aṅgīras. 1 Wife of Dhātā and mother of Pūrṇimā. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IV. 1. 34.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. VI. 18. 3.] [ ID=448 ]
- 1. A daughter of Smriti and Angiras. 2. The name of the first purnima.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Anumati (VI) — a daughter of Smṛti and Aṅgiras; 1 the name of the first pūrṇimā. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 28. 15; Vi. I. 10. 7.] [ Footnote: 2) Vā. 50. 201; Br. II. 11. 18.] [ ID=453 ]

### Anumati as a Proper Noun for Other Entities (2 definitions)
- a river in Shalmala-dvipa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Anumati (II) — a R. in Śālmalidvīpa. Bhā. V. 20. 10. [ ID=449 ]
- one of the Bhargava-gotrakaras  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Anumati (V) — one of the Bhārgava-gotrakāras. M. 195. 28. [ ID=452 ]

### Assent, Permission, or Approbation (2 definitions)
- Assent, permission, or approbation.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 36,3] अनु - मति (anu-mati) f. assent, permission, approbation [ ID=6959 ]
- 1. Approbation. 2. Divine favor. 3. Grace personified.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 116-a ] ánumati, f. approbation; favor (of gods to the pious); personified, Grace. [ √man + anu. ] [ ID=216 ]

### Specific Lunar Day or Moon Phase (2 definitions)
- the fifteenth day of the moon's age  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the fifteenth day of the moon's age (on which it rises one digit less than full, when the gods or manes receive oblations with favour) [ ID=6961 ]
- 1. An evening time comprising two lavas on the day of Pratipada. 2. A day when one digit of the moon is deficient, suitable for making gifts.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Anumati (IV) — a time in the evening of Pratipada com- prising two lavas. 1 The day when one digit of the moon is deficient, fit for making gifts. 2 [ Footnote: 1) M. 133. 36; 141. 33, 40 and 51; Vā. 56. 35, 55.] [ Footnote: 2) Vi. II. 8. 80.] [ ID=451 ]

### Cross-reference (1 definition)
- See Masa.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > अनुमति (anumati) [Printed book page 1-023 ] Anu-mati. See Māsa. [ ID=71 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; 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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