anya codita

 In Sanskrit, anya‑codita means “moved by another” or “impelled by someone else”, indicating something that does not act on its own initiative.

Core meaning

• The term anya‑codita (अन्यचोदित) is defined as “moved by another; not moving itself”

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• Grammatically, it is a compound of anya (“other”)

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  and codita (“impelled, urged”), giving the sense of externally driven.
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How the components work

• anya (अन्य) — “other, different”

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• codita — past participle of √cud (“to impel, urge”).
• Together: “that which is urged by another.”
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Contrast with a related term

The results also include ananya‑codita (अनन्यचोदित), which means “self‑impelled, self‑moved”

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• anya‑codita = moved by another.
• ananya‑codita = not moved by another → self‑driven.

Usage context

Such compounds appear in Sanskrit philosophical and devotional texts to describe whether an action, being, or process is self‑initiated or dependent on an external agent.