कैवल्यkaivalya

कैवल्य (kaivalya) is a Sanskrit word meaning isolation, absolute unity, beatitude, defective state, leading to eternal happiness or emancipation, becoming one with the Supreme. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The Philosophical State of Absolute Liberation and Oneness, Adjectival Usage: Leading to Liberation, Lexicographical Note: Possible Textual Variant.

Etymology: E. केवल alone, free from all fetters, व्यञ् affix of the abstract
Definitions: 13

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Meanings by context

The Philosophical State of Absolute Liberation and Oneness

11 definitions

isolation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

absolute unity

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Complete isolation and detachment of the soul from matter. 2. Beatitude.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Absolute oneness. 2. Absolute bliss.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sole or only. 2. Eternal emancipation or future happiness. 3. Exclusiveness or individuality.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Eternal emancipation. 2. Individuality. 3. Sole or only.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Perfect isolation or exclusiveness. 2. Individuality. 3. Final emancipation, beatitude, or spiritual liberation through the soul's detachment from matter.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Sole or only. 2. Eternal emancipation or future happiness. 3. Exclusiveness or individuality.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Complete absorption in the universal unity and absolute happiness. 2. Totality.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Exclusiveness or absolute oneness. 2. Eternal happiness or beatitude.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Perfect isolation or detachment of the soul from matter and rebirth. 2. Becoming one with the Supreme. 3. Eternal happiness, emancipation, or beatitude. 4. Exclusiveness, soleness, individuality, or totality.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Adjectival Usage: Leading to Liberation

1 definition

leading to eternal happiness or emancipation

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Lexicographical Note: Possible Textual Variant

1 definition

defective state

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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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.