Hindi/Sanskrit: solipsism

[souminwé]

I'm trying to translate some instrumental titles into formal Hindi.

For solipsism, I will have to coin something. Hindi Wikipedia uses the incredibly weak "अहंवाद", which IMO translates "egoism".Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only the self is known to truly exist, and therefore is the only thing in the universe that exists; it's formed from "solus" and "ipse" - only and self.

Unfortunately, my Sanskrit knowledge is not large enough to give a concise translation of "solipsism". My attempts:

स्वास्तित्ववाद - svaastitvavaad - "self-existence-ism"
अस्मिवाद - asmivaad - "I-am-ism"
स्वसंविद्वाद - svasaNvidvaad - "knowing-only-one's-self-ism"

Any ideas?

 

[tonyspeed]

a literal translation might be kevalasmitaavaad.

 

[souminwé]

I wonder if there's a word used in compounds meaning the same thing is "keval".
Hmm. Might "asmitaavaad" just suffice on it's own? The literal meaning of "asmitaa" is "I-am-ness" after all!

 

[Alfaaz]

I have very little knowledge of Hindi and Sanskrit, but Google Translate (I know, it's not the best/most reliable reference ) gives: आत्मवाद , अहंब्रह्मास्मिवाद
So far none of the online dictionaries I checked seem to give a translation...except one gives: अहंमात्रवाद

 

[souminwé]

As cool as अहंब्रह्मास्मिवाद is , I think that might actually describe a different concept entirely (अहं दश्मोस्मि अहं ब्रह्मास्मि) .
अहंमात्रवाद seems to be the best translation ! Where did you find this?

 

[Alfaaz]

As cool as अहंब्रह्मास्मिवाद is , I think that might actually describe a different concept entirely (अहं दश्मोस्मि अहं ब्रह्मास्मि) .

Sorry, but I didn't understand that...

अहंमात्रवाद seems to be the best translation ! Where did you find this?

Here: Solipsism

 

[souminwé]

Sorry, but I didn't understand that...

It's a Hindu concept - ahambrahmaasmi means "I am Brahman". That's why I felt "ahambrahmaasmi-vaad" would probably refer to something else (i.e. the Hindu tenet of being a part of "God/Brahman/whatever-you-wanna-call-it")

 

[marrish]

स्वानन्यवाद as another option?

 

[tonyspeed]

अहंमात्रवाद seems to be the best translation ! Where did you find this?

S ماتر मात्र mātra, vulg. mātr, s.m. Measure, quantity;—a little, trifle, somewhat; an atom; element; a moment;—a short vowel;—totality, the whole;—adj. & adv. (as last member of compounds), Little; mere; in the measure or amount of, so much as; only, merely, nothing but, solely, wholly; even; just (e.g. ćhin-mātr, 'as much as a moment, only a moment'; manushya-mātr, 'only a man, a mere man').

S اهم अहम् aham, pron. I:—aham-jna, adj. Knowing the ego;—s.m. Self-consciousness; one who possesses self-knowledge:—aham-mati, s.f. Self-illusion, spiritual ignorance; self-sufficiency, self-love, conceit, arrogance, pride.