adjective
many
Aneka (adjective) (usually °-) [an + eka] not one, i.e. many, various; countlcss, numberless It 99 (saṃvaṭṭakappā countless æons); Snp 688 (°sākhā); Dhp 153 (°jātisāra); Ja IV 2; VI 366. -pariyāyena (instrumental) in many ways Vin I 16; Snp 15; -rūpa various, manifold Snp 1049, 1079, 1082; Nidd II §54 (= anekavidha); -vidha manifold Nidd II §54; Sv I 103; -vihita various, manifold D I 12, 13, 178; It 98; Pp 55; Sv I 103 (= anekavidha).
not one, i.e. many, various; of various kinds; countless, numberless
【形】 多數，各種不同的。~ppakāra,【形】 ~vidha,【形】 種種的，各式各樣的，多種形式的，有許多部分的，多方面的。
aneka a. 1 Not one; more than one, many; anekapitfkARAM tu pitfto BAgakalpanA Y. 2. 120 , Ki. 1. 16 ; several, various; taTAtmEko'pyanekaSca Y. 3. 144. 2 Separated; divided; oft. in comp. ; °AkAra having many shapes or forms; diverse, multiform; °kAlaM-vAraM several times, many a time and oft; °BArya having more wives than one. Comp. — akzara , — ac a. having more than one vowel or syllable; polysyllabic. — agra a. 1 engaged in several pursuits. 2 not concentrated or fixed on one object. — aMta a. 1 [ na . ba .] not alone so as to exclude all others, uncertain, doubtful, variable; syAdityavyayamanekAMtavAcakaM 2 = anEkAMtika q. v. — (taH) 1 unsettled condition, absence of permanence. 2 uncertainty, doubtfulness. 3 an unessential part, as the several anubandhas . °vAdaH scepticism. °vAdin m. a sceptic, a Jaina or an Arhat of the Jainas. — arTa a. 1 having many (more than one) meanings, homonymous; as the words go, amfta , akza &c.; anekArTasya Sabdasya K. P. 2. 2 having the sense of the word aneka . 3 having many objects or purposes. — (rTaH) multiplicity of objects, topics &c. — al a. having more than one al (letter) P. I. 1. 55. — ASraya, -ASrita a. (in Vaiś. phil. ) dwelling or abiding in more than one (such as saMyoga, sAmAnya ); ete'nekASritA guRAH Bhāṣā P. ; dependence upon more than one. — kft m. ‘doing much’, N. of Śiva. — guRa a. of many kinds, manifold, diverse; vigaRayya kAraRamanekaguRaM Ki. 6. 37. — guptaH N. of a king; °arcitapAdapaMkajaH K. 3. — gotra a. belonging to two families (such as a boy when adopted), i. e. that of his own, and that of his adoptive, father. — cara a. gregarious. — citta a. not of one mind, fickle-minded; °maMtraH not following the counsels of ( pb ) one; H. 4. 31. — ja a. born more than once. — (jaH) a bird ( garBAMqAByAM jAtatvAt ). — paH an elephant (so called because he drinks with his trunk and mouth); cf. dvipa ; vanyetarAnekapadarSanena R. 5. 47 ; Śi. 5. 35 , 12. 75. — muKa a. ( KI f. ) a. 1 having many faces, many-faced. 2 scattered, dispersed, going in various directions, taking to various ways; ( balAni ) jagAhire' nekamuKAni mArgAn Bk. 2. 54. — mUrtiH ‘having many forms’, N. of Viṣṇu who assumed various forms to deliver the earth from calamities. — yudDavijayin, -vijayin a. victorious in many battles; Pt. 3. 9 , 11. — rUpa a. 1 of various forms, multiform. 2 of various kinds or sorts. 3 fickle, changeable, of a varying nature; veSyAMganeva nfpanItiranekarUpA Pt. 1. 425. — (paH) epithet of the Supreme Being. — locanaH N. of Śiva; also of Indra, and of the Supreme Being, he being said to be sahasrAkzaH sahasrapAt &c. — vacanaM the plural number; dual also. — varRa a. involving more than one (unknown) quantity (the unknown quantities x. y. z . &c. being represented in Sanskrit by colours nIla, kAla &c.); °samIkaraRaM simultaneous equation; °guRanaM, °vyavakalanaM, °hAraH multiplication, subtraction or division of unknown quantities. — viDa a. various, different. — SaPa a. cloven-hoofed. — Sabda a. synonymous. — sADAraRa a. common to many, the common property of many persons Dk. 83.
(adj, adj, from na eka) many; various; countless many, various [lit.] not one Construction: na > an + eka