beginningless

beginningless

English

Etymology

    From beginning + -less.

    Adjective

    beginningless (not comparable)

    1. Incomplete for lack of a beginning.
      • 1829 February, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, “Article XIII”, in The Monthly Review, volume 10, page 305:
        But besides this imperfect beginningless story, entitled "William Montgomery," we find in the volume another, of which the title-page gives no hint.
    2. Eternal; uncreated; having always existed.
      • 1980, Rajneesh, Osho, Yoga Vivek, Prem Chinmaya, Ananda Prem, The Supreme Doctrine: Discourses on the Kenopanishad:
        Backwards, it spreads to the beginningless beginning. Forwards, it spreads to the endless end. We are always in the middle.
      • 2004, David Michie, Buddhism for Busy People:
        Beginningless time is one of those concepts which, in our human state, we find difficult to comprehend.

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