--- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> BS I.1.12:
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> aanandamayo 'bhyaasaat
>
aanandamayaH < aananda + mayaH
aananda < aa + nanda
nanda m. joy, happiness, a son (as the chief object of joy);
aananda m. happiness , joy , enjoyment , sensual pleasure RV. AV.
VS. R. Ragh. &c. ; m. and (%{am}) n. `" pure happiness "' , one of
the three attributes of A1tman or Brahman in the Veda1nta philosophy
Veda1ntas. &c. ; m. (in dram.) the thing wished for , the end of the
drama [e.g. the VIth Act in the Ven2is.] Sa1h. 399 ; a kind of
flute ; the sixteenth Muhu1rta ; N. of S3iva ; of a Lokes3vara
(Buddh.) ; of a Bala (Jain.) L. ; of several men ; of a country ; m.
and (%{am}) n. N. of the forty-eighth year of the cycle of Jupiter ;
aanandamaya mf(%{I})n. blissful , made up or consisting of happiness
TUp. Ma1n2d2Up. Veda1ntas. Katha1s. ; (%{am}) n. (scil. %{brahman})
the supreme spirit (as consisting of pure happiness cf. %{Ananda}
above)
