Naishthika, Naiṣṭhika: 19 definitions
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Naishthika has 18 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Naiṣṭhika can be transliterated into English as Naisthika or Naishthika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Naishthik.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNaiṣṭhika (नैष्ठिक):—(von niṣṭhā) adj. f. ī
1) den Schluss bildend, der letzte: vidhivatkārayitveṣṭiṃ naiṣṭhikīm [Mahābhārata 17, 21. 12, 12817.] naiṣṭhikena vidhānena cakruste tasya satkriyām [Harivaṃśa 4899.] vidadhe vidhimasya naiṣṭhikam [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 25.] imāmavasthāṃ paśyantyaḥ paścimāṃ tava naiṣṭhikīm [Harivaṃśa 4783.] [Mahābhārata 12, 4531.] —
2) definitiv, entschieden, feststehend, ausgemacht: buddhi [Mahābhārata 1, 1616. 7497.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 63, 15 (65, 18 Gorresio).] naiṣā vo naiṣṭhikī matiḥ [Mahābhārata 3, 16295.] vijayo nāsti naiṣṭhikaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 21, 28.] naiṣṭhiko brahmacārī tu vasedācāryasaṃnidhau . tadabhāve sya tanaye patnyāṃ vaiśvānare pi vā .. [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 49]; vgl. 5. —
3) den Schluss bildend so v. a. der höchste, vollendet, vollkommen: karma kṣatriyasya [Mahābhārata 5, 2677.] dharma [12, 8484.] bhakti [13, 758.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 2, 18.] rati [4, 22, 20.] śānti [Bhagavadgītā 5, 12.] sundara vollkommen schön [Kumārasaṃbhava 5, 62] (devotus ille pulcher [Stenzler]). naiṣṭhikāni das Höchste, das Vollkommenste [Harivaṃśa 458.] —
4) vollkommen vertraut mit Etwas: kṛtsnāṅgopāṅgakuśalaṃ horāgaṇitanaiṣṭhikam [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 2, 7.] —
5) der ewige Keuschheit gelobt hat: sanakādayaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 29, 42.] tathā kuru yathā bhraśyetsamayādeṣa naiṣṭhikaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 236]; vgl. u. 2. am Ende.
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Naiṣṭhika (नैष्ठिक):—
2) brahmacārin [Scholiast] zu [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 17, 21.] brahmacāriṇī [Kathāsaritsāgara 69, 160.] —
3) sa dharmaṃ veda naiṣṭhikam [Spr. 2533.]
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Ends with: Parinaishthika.
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