aparimāṇa

 The Sanskrit word aparimāṇa is written in Devanagari as अपरिमाण.

✅ Verified Devanagari spelling

The form अपरिमाण appears directly in multiple sources, including

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• अपरिमाण = aparimāṇa (IAST)
• It is an adjective meaning immeasurable, immense, unbounded

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🔤 Breakdown of the Devanagari spelling

• अ — a
• प — pa
• रि — ri
• म — mā (with long vowel sign “ा”)
• ण — ṇa

Together: अ + प + रि + म + ा + ण → अपरिमाण

📘 Meaning and usage

Sources list aparimāṇa alongside related adjectives such as aparimita and 

aparimeya, all conveying the sense of limitlessness or

immeasurability

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WisdomLib’s grammatical segments also confirm the stem 

aparimāṇa in compound forms

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📝 Pronunciation

Wiktionary notes the Sanskrit pronunciation under its entry

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• áparimāṇa — stress on the first syllable, long “ā” in the fourth syllable.

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• related words (aparimita, aparimeya), or
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In Sanskrit, aparimāṇa means “immeasurable, without limit, unbounded”, 

formed from a- (“not”) + parimāṇa (“measure, limit”).

Core lexical meaning

• Sanskrit dictionaries define aparimāṇa as “without measure, immeasurable,
• immense, unbounded”

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• It functions as a masculine, feminine, or neuter adjective meaning
• “immeasurable”

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• As a neuter noun, it can mean “immeasurableness” or “the state of 
• not being limited”

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Etymology and grammatical structure

• a-: a privative prefix meaning “not, without.”
• parimāṇa: “measure, limit, extent.”
• Together: a‑parimāṇa = “without measure.”

This structure is explicitly noted in Sanskrit lexicons, which gloss it

as a (negation) + parimāṇa (“measure”)

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Range of meanings in Sanskrit literature

The term appears across Hindu and grammatical/philosophical texts:

General descriptive use: “immense,” “vast,” “boundless,” often describing

size, quantity, or extent

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Philosophical usage: In Mīmāṃsā and other śāstric contexts, aparimāṇa

can denote “unrestrictedness” or the absence of limitation in number 

or application

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Relation to Pali

The Pali cognate aparimāṇa means “limitless, immeasurable”

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confirming the same Indo-Aryan root meaning.

Synonyms and related terms

• aparimita, aparimeya — also meaning “immeasurable, incalculable”

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Summary

Aparimāṇa is a Sanskrit adjective and noun meaning immeasurable,

limitless, unbounded, used in descriptive, philosophical, and religious

contexts. It expresses the idea of something whose extent cannot be

measured or restricted.