As a deity name
Name 400 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अनय · noun · masculine
अमंगल । दुर्भाग्य । विपद — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अनय" is अन- + य: य means "the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix अन- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अनय" is अ- + नय: नय means "Guiding, leading", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अनय" is अ- + नय: नय means "Guiding, leading", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
bad management
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Dictionary citations
1. a-naya m. bad management
bad conduct (gambling, &c.)
2. an-aya m. evil course, ill luck
misfortune, adversity (cf. ayānaya s.v. aya.)
anaya m. (-yaḥ) 1 Fate. 2 Ill-luck, bad-fortune. 3 Calamity, distress. 4 Vice, transgression. E. an neg. and aya good fortune.
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