ananda

English

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Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)

Wikipedia

Noun

ananda (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism) The eternal bliss that accompanies the ending of the rebirth cycle.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• anakanda (somewhat archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ananda. Equivalent to anak (“child, kid”) +‎ -anda (honorific suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈnanda/ [aˈnan.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: a‧nan‧da

Pronoun

ananda

1. (honorific, poetic) second person (plural) pronoun, used towards children

Further reading

• “ananda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016