Nihsattva, Niḥsattva: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNiḥsattva (निःसत्त्व):—(nis + sa) adj.
1) dem es an Muth, an Kraft gebricht, schwach, elend, erbärmlich: tasya śaṅkhasya nādena dhanuṣo nisvanena ca . niḥmattvāśca sasattvāśca kṣitau petustadā janāḥ .. [Mahābhārata 7, 3882.] niḥsattvasyālpavīryasya [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 27, 14.] [Hitopadeśa I, 128.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 72,] [Nalopākhyāna] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 4, 17. 3, 30, 12. 8, 5, 19. 8, 29. 19, 3.] aho kimapi niḥsattvaṃ rājatvaṃ vata vāsukeḥ . yatsvahastena nīyante riporāmiṣatāṃ prajāḥ .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 211.] der Wesenheit ermangelnd: sarvadharmāḥ [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 5.] —
2) der lebenden Wesen beraubt: mayā prātarniḥsattvaṃ vanaṃ kartavyam [Pañcatantra 55, 8.]
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Niḥsattva (निःसत्त्व):—
1) [Kathāsaritsāgara 58, 129. 66, 100. 90, 109.] tā f. [MĀLATĪM. 79, 12.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNiḥsattva (निःसत्त्व):—Adj. —
1) ohne Realität. Nom.abstr. tva n. [Vajracchedikā 41,17.] —
2) dem es an Muth , an Festigkeit gebricht , schwach , elend , erbärmlich. Nom.abstr. tā f. —
3) der lebenden Wesen beraubt.
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Partial matches: Nih, Sattva, Nish.
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Full-text: Nissatta, Nihsattvata, Nihsattvatva, Nishatta, Nissanna, Anupalambha, Bata.
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.3.89 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
Verse 2.3.83 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1787-1790 < [Chapter 21 - Examination of the doctrine of ‘Traikālya’]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 4 - Arrival of Nārada < [Book 1 - First Skandha]