अनेक _anēka

अनेक a.

1 Not one; more than one, many; अनेक- पितृकाणां तु पितृतो भागकल्पना Y.2.12, अनेकराजन्यरथाश्वसंकुलम् Ki.1.16; several, various; तथात्मैको$प्यनेकश्च Y.3.144.

-2 Separated; divided; oft. in comp.; ˚आकार having many shapes or forms; diverse, multiform; ˚कालम् -वारम् several times, many a time and oft.; ˚भार्य having more wives than one.

-Comp. -अक्षर, -अच् a. having more than one vowel or syllable; polysyllabic.

-अग्र a.

1 engaged in several pursuits.

-2 not concentrated or fixed on one object.

-3 Agitated. perplexed; स त्वनेकाग्रहृदयो द्वास्थं प्रत्यर्च्य तं जनम् Rām.2.41.34.

-अन्त a.

1 [न. ब] not alone so as to exclude all others, uncertain, doubtful, variable; स्यादित्यव्ययमनेकान्तवाचकम्

-2 = अनैकान्तिक q. v.

(-न्तः) 1 unsettled condition, absence of permanence.

-2 uncertainty, doubtfulness.

-3 an unessential part, as the several anubandhas. ˚वादः scepticism. ˚वादिन् m. a sceptic, a Jaina or an Arhat of the Jainas.

-अर्थ a.

1 having many (more than one) meanings, homonymous; as the words गो, अमृत, अक्ष &c.; ˚त्वम् Capacity to express more senses than one; अनेकार्थत्वमन्याय्यम् ŚB. on MS.7.3.55. अनेकार्थस्य शब्दस्य K.P.2.

-2 having the sense of word अनेक.

-3 having many objects or purposes.

(-र्थः) multiplicity of objects, topics &c.

-अल् a. having more than one अल् (letter) P.I.1.55.

-आश्रय, -आश्रित a. (in Vais. Phil.) dwelling or abiding in more than one (such as संयोग, सामान्य); एते$नेकाश्रिता गुणाः Bhāsā. P.; dependence upon more than one.

-कृत् m. 'doing much', N. of Śiva.

-गुण a. of many kinds, manifold, diverse; विगणय्य कारणमनेकगुणम् Ki.6.37.

-गुप्तः N. of a king; ˚अर्चितपादपङ्कजः K.3.

-गोत्र a. belonging to two families (such as a boy when adopted) i. e. that of his own, and that of his adoptive father.

-चर a. gregarious.

-चित्त a. not of one mind, fickle-minded; कच्चिन्नानेकचित्तानां तेषां त्वं वशमागतः Rām. 6.24.26. ˚मन्त्रः not following the counsels of one; H.4.31.

-ज a. born more than once. (

-जः) a bird (गर्भाण्डाभ्यां जातत्वात्).

-पः an elephant (so called because he drinks with his trunk and mouth); cf. द्विप; वन्येतरानेकपदर्शनेन R.5,47.; Śi.5.35,12.75.

-2 -पद a. multi-numbered; having many component members (as in a Bahuvrīhi compound). e. g. बृहद् अस्य रथन्तरसाम इति बृहद्रथन्तरसामा ŚB. on MS.1.6.4.

-भार्य a. Having more wives than one.

-मुख a. (

खी f.) a.

1 having many faces, many-faced.

-2 scattered, dispersed, going in various directions, taking to various ways; (बलानि) जगाहिरे$नेकमुखानि मार्गान् Bk.2.54.

-मूर्तिः 'having many forms', N. of Viṣṇu who assumed various forms to deliver the earth from calamities.

-युद्धविजयिन्, -विजयिन् a. victorious in many battles; Pt.3.9,11.

-रूप a.

1 of various forms, multiform.

-2 of various kinds or sorts.

-3 fickle, changeable, of a varying nature; वेश्याङ्गनेव नृपनीतिरनेकरूपा Pt.1.425. (

-पः) epithet of the Supreme Being.

-लोचनः N. of Śiva; also of Indra, and of the Supreme Being, he being said to be सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् &c.

-वचनम् the plural number; dual also.

-वर्ण a. involving more than one (unknown) quantity (the unknown quantities x. y. z. &c. being represented in Sanskrit by colours नील, काल &c.); ˚समीकरणम् simul- taneous equation; ˚गुणनम्, ˚व्यवकलनम्, ˚हारः multipli- cation, subtraction or division of unknown quantities.

-विध a. various, different.

-शफ a. cloven-hoofed.

-शब्द a. synonymous.

-साधारण a. common to many, the common property of many persons Dk.83.