# कैवल्य (kaivalya)

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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 — E. kevala alone, free from all fetters, vyañ affix of the abstract
- **SLP1:** `kEvalya`  **IAST:** kaivalya  **Devanagari:** कैवल्य
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaivalya
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kaivalya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The Philosophical State of Absolute Liberation and Oneness (11 definitions)
- isolation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 311,3] कैवल्य (kaivalya) n. ( fr. केवल (kevala) ), isolation, Vām. [ ID=56297 ]
- absolute unity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > absolute unity, Vedāntas.; BhP. [ ID=56298 ]
- 1. Complete isolation and detachment of the soul from matter. 2. Beatitude.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > perfect isolation, abstraction, detachment from all other connections, detachment of the soul from matter or further transmigrations, beatitude, MBh.; KapS.; Sāṃkhyak. &c. [ ID=56299 ]
- 1. Absolute oneness. 2. Absolute bliss.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 075-1 ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) kaival-ya, n. absolute oneness; absolute bliss. [ ID=6326 ]
- 1. Sole or only. 2. Eternal emancipation or future happiness. 3. Exclusiveness or individuality.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 250 ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) mfn. ( - ल्यः - ली - ल्यं (-lyaṃ) (-lyaḥ-lī-lyaṃ) ) Sole, only. n. ( - ल्यं (-lyaṃ) ) 1 Eternal emancipation, future happiness. 2 Exclusiveness, individuality. E. केवल (kevala) alone, free from all fetters, व्यञ् (vyañ) affix of the abstract. [ ID=11696 ]
- 1. Eternal emancipation. 2. Individuality. 3. Sole or only.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 214-a ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) ( ल्यं ) ((lyaṃ)) 1. n. Eternal emancipation; individuality. a. Sole, only. [ ID=11144 ]
- 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*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 209-23 ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) n. 1. Perfect isolation, exclusiveness; 2. individuality; 3. detachment of the soul from matter, becoming one with the supreme spirit, final emancipation or beatitude. [ ID=10427 ]
- 1. Sole or only. 2. Eternal emancipation or future happiness. 3. Exclusiveness or individuality.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 205-b ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) mfn. ( - ल्यः - ल्यी - ल्यं (-lyaṃ) (-lyaḥ-lyī-lyaṃ) ) Sole, only. n. ( - ल्यं (-lyaṃ) ) 1. Eternal emancipation, future happiness. 2. Exclusiveness, individuality. E. केवल (kevala) alone, free from all fetters, ष्यञ् (ṣyañ) affix of the abstract. [ ID=11689 ]
- 1. Complete absorption in the universal unity and absolute happiness. 2. Totality.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 0220-a ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) kaivalya, i. e. kevala + ya, n. 1. Complete absorption in the thought of the universal unity, absolute happi- ness, Vedāntas. in Chr. 219, 13; MBh. 13, 1073. 2. Totality, Bhāg. P. 3. 11, 2. [ ID=3805 ]
- 1. Exclusiveness or absolute oneness. 2. Eternal happiness or beatitude.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 133 ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) n. exclusiveness, absolute oneness, eternal happiness, beatitude. [ ID=8481 ]
- 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)*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) [Printed book page 0254-b ] कैवल्य (kaivalya) kaivalya, am, n. (fr. kevala ), perfect isolation, abstraction, detachment from all other con- nections, detachment of the soul from matter or fur- ther transmigrations; becoming one with the Supreme; eternal happiness, emancipation, beatitude; exclusive- ness, soleness, individuality, totality; ( as, ā, am ), con- nected with this state of mind. —Kaivalya-tantra, am, n., N. of a Tantra. —Kaivalya-dīpikā, f., N. of a commentary by Hemādri. —Kaivalyāśrama (°ya-āś°), as, m. a pupil of Govinda, author of a commentary on the poem Ānanda-laharī. —Kaiva- lyendra (°ya-in°), as, m., N. of the instructor of Rāyaṇendra. —Kaivalyopaniṣad (°ya-up°), t, f. title of an Upaniṣad. [ ID=15832 ]

### Adjectival Usage: Leading to Liberation (1 definition)
- leading to eternal happiness or emancipation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > कैवल्य (kaivalya) mf( आ (ā) )n. leading to eternal happiness or emancipation, Mahābhārata (Title) xiii, 1101. [ ID=56301 ]

### Lexicographical Note: Possible Textual Variant (1 definition)
- defective state  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > for वैकल्य (vaikalya), Rājataraṃgiṇī (Title) vii, 1149 [ ID=56300 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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