अनीश

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अनीश (anīśa).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.niːʃ/,

अनीश • (anīś) m (feminine अनीशा, Urdu spelling انیش)

1. a male given name, Aneesh or Anish, from Sanskrit

From अन्- (an-, negative) +‎ ईश (īśá, “possessing; master/controller/lord ; God”). Possibly coined after Atharvavedic अनीश्वर (ánīśvara).

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈn̪iː.ɕɐ/

अनीश • (anīśa) stem (Classical Sanskrit)

1. " no lord/master/controller" paramount, supreme, uncontrolled
   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 10.20:

     सर्वज्ञस्त्वमविज्ञातः सर्वयोनिस्त्वमात्मभूः । सर्वप्रभुर्अनीशस्त्वमेकस्त्वं सर्वरूपभाक् ॥

     sarvajñastvamavijñātaḥ sarvayonistvamātmabhūḥ. sarvaprabhuranīśastvamekastvaṃ sarvarūpabhāk.

     You are omniscient; you are unknown; you are the source of all, you are self-born. You are the lord of all, you are paramount; you are unique; you are the assumer of all forms.

2. "not possessing " helpless, powerless, unable, incompetent, incapable
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 5.37.61:

     यदहं गात्रसंस्पर्शं रावणस्य बलाद्गता । अनीशा किं करिष्यामि विनाथा विवशा सती ॥

     yadahaṃ gātrasaṃsparśaṃ rāvaṇasya balādgatā. anīśā kiṃ kariṣyāmi vināthā vivaśā satī.

     That I went forcibly, touching Rāvaṇa's body. What will I, a helpless, unprotected, powerless Satī , do?

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.84.69:

     नन्दो गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च गोविन्दचरणाम्बुजे । मनः क्षिप्तं पुनर्हर्तुम्अनीशा मथुरां ययुः ॥

     nando gopāśca gopyaśca govindacaraṇāmbuje. manaḥ kṣiptaṃ punarhartumanīśā mathurāṃ yayuḥ.

     Unable to withdraw their minds from Lord Krishna’s lotus feet, where they had surrendered them, Nanda and the cowherd men and women returned to Mathurā.

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 12.8.28:

     विससर्ज तदा बाणं मत्वा तं स्वजितं स्मरः । सर्वं तत्राभवन्मोघम्अनीशस्य यथोद्यमः ॥

     visasarja tadā bāṇaṃ matvā taṃ svajitaṃ smaraḥ. sarvaṃ tatrābhavanmoghamanīśasya yathodyamaḥ.

     Then, Kamadeva shot the love-arrow, thinking he had conquered him (Markandeya). All this was fruitless, like an incompetent's endeavour.

3. "not master" dependent, not independent
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 6.12.12.1:

     अविद्वानेवमात्मानं मन्यतेऽनीशम्ईश्वरम् ।

     avidvānevamātmānaṃ manyateʼnīśamīśvaram.

     An ignorant only considers himself, who is dependent, as supreme.

• Monier Williams (1899) “अनीश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 33.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “anīśa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अनीश”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 88
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अनीश”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 15