As a Hindi name
एकान्त · ekānt · s.m.
A lonely, retired, or secret place; seclusion, retirement, privacy; an extreme — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 114
एकांत · masculine
secluded place; the heart; privacy
एकांत
secluded, lonely; private, secret; unaccompanied
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi एकान्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit एकान्त (ekānta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ekānta m. a lonely or retired or secret place, (˚e ind. in a lonely or solitary place, alone, apart, privately), MBh.; Mn.; Śak. &c.
a single part, part, portion, Pat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a lonely or retired or secret place, (˚e in a lonely or solitary place, alone, apart, privately), &c.
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Dictionary citations
ekānta m. a lonely or retired or secret place, (˚e ind. in a lonely or solitary place, alone, apart, privately), MBh.; Mn.; Śak. &c.
a single part, part, portion, Pat.
the only end or aim, exclusiveness, absoluteness, necessity, R.; Suśr. &c.
devotion to one object, worship of one Being, monotheistic doctrine, MBh.; BhP.
ekānta mfn. directed towards or devoted to only one object or person, BhP.; R. &c.
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