అహంకారము

Telugu

Alternative forms

అహంకారం (ahaṅkāraṁ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra) +‎ -ము (-mu); equivalent to అహం (ahaṁ) +‎ -కారము (-kāramu).

Noun

అహంకారము • (ahaṅkāramu) ? (plural అహంకారములు)

egotism, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit, pride
Synonym: గర్వము (garvamu)
sense of self or self-love, considered in Vedanta philosophy as proceeding from spiritual ignorance.

References

"అహమ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 104
అహంకారము at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

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