anitya a. 1 Not eternal or everlasting, transient, non-eternal, ( pb ) perishable ( naSvara ) ( opp. nitya ); gaMDavatI pfTvI sA dviviDA nityA'nityA ca T. S. 9 ( anityA = kAryarUpA ); See nitya ; yadi nityamanityena nirmalaM malavAhinA . yaSaH kAyena laByeta tanna labDaM Bavennu kiM .. H. 1. 48 ; Ms. 6. 77 ; Darmo'nityaH suKaduHKepyanitye jIvo'nityo heturasyApyanityaH Mb. 2 Occasional, temporary, casual; not peremptory or obligatory as a rule &c., special. 3 Unusual, extraordinary; varRe cAnitye P. V. 4. 30 ( lohitakaH kopena anyaTA tu SvetavarRa iti BAvaH ); AnAyyo'nitye III. 1. 127 ( sa hi gArhapatyAdAnIyate'nityaSca satatamaprajvalanAt Sk. ) See VI. 1. 147. 4 Unsteady, fickle, not permanent; anityaM yOvanaM rUpaM H. 4. 68 ; °hfdayA hitAH Rām. 5 Uncertain, doubtful; anityo vijayo yasmAddfSyate yuDyamAnayoH Ms. 7. 199 ; vijayasya hyanityatvAt Pt. 3. 22. — tyaM adv. Occasionally, not permanently, incidentally, casually; anityaM hi sTito yasmAt Ms. 3. 102. Comp. — karman, -kriyA an occasional act, such as a sacrifice for a special purpose, a voluntary and occasional act. — dattaH , dattakaH, -datrimaH a son given by his parents to another temporarily (for temporary or preliminary adoption). — pratyavekzA (with Buddhists) the consciousness that every thing is perishable and is passing away. — BAvaH transitoriness, transient state, limited nature or existence; so anityatA-tvaM frailty, instability. — samaH a sophism or fallacious reasoning which generalizes what is exceptional (as anityatvaM ). — samAsaH a compound which it is not obligatory to form in every case (the sense of which may be equally expressed by resolving it into its constituent members.).