anya sādhāraṇa

 In Sanskrit, anya‑sādhāraṇa means “common to others,” while anya‑asādhāraṇa means “not common to others, peculiar.”

Core meanings from the dictionaries

• Anyasādhāraṇa (अन्यसाधारण) — “common to others,” “similar to others,” “belonging or applicable to many others”

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• Anyāsādhāraṇa (अन्यासाधारण) — “not common to others,” “peculiar,” “uncommon,” “own”

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• The root anya means “other”

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  , and sādhāraṇa means “common, general, ordinary”

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• Asādhāraṇa therefore means “not common, special, peculiar,” and when compounded with anya it yields anya‑asādhāraṇa = not common to another

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How the compound works

The meaning depends entirely on whether the second element is sādhāraṇa or asādhāraṇa:

• anya + sādhāraṇa → “common to others”
• anya + asādhāraṇa → “not common to others, peculiar”

Both forms appear in Sanskrit dictionaries, and both are legitimate compounds with opposite meanings

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Summary

• anya sādhāraṇa → “common to others; shared; similar to others.”
• anya asādhāraṇa → “not shared with others; unique; peculiar.”