Nihshvasa, Niḥśvāsa: 13 definitions

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Nihshvasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Nihshvasa has 11 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Niḥśvāsa can be transliterated into English as Nihsvasa or Nihshvasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Niswas.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Niḥśvāsa (निःश्वास):—(von śvas mit nis) m.

1) das Ausathmen, der ausströmende Athem [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 19.] [Mahābhārata 3, 13537. fg.] [?(= Harivaṃśa 681. fg.).] kṣaṇena sa punarnaṣṭo niśvāsa iva darpaṇe [?16545. Harivaṃśa 4260. 4748. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 61, 8. 3, 22, 13. 18. 62, 31. Mṛcchakaṭikā 48, 22. Bhartṛhari 1, 96. Raghuvaṃśa 1, 43. 16, 43. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 50. 34, 2. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 10, 26. 7, 12, 25. Daśakumāracarita in Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 198, 22.] —

2) Seufzer: niḥśvāsamuṣṇamasakṛddīrgham mumoca [Mahābhārata 1, 2005.] paramā [Nalopākhyāna 2, 2.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 24, 7.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 67.] vyalīkaniḥśvāsamivotsasarja [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 25.] [Meghadūta 82. 88.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 14.] [Pañcatantra ed. orn. 50, 4.] [Amaruśataka 87.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 20, 47.] [Sāhityadarpana 64, 9.] saniśvāsam [Mṛcchakaṭikā 150, 3.] [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 65, 5.] — Statt niḥśvāsa tindet man häufig niśvāsa geschrieben, für welche Form wir aber eine andere Bedeutung angenommen haben. Es ist übrigens zu bemerken, dass die Verwechselung von ni und nis nicht lediglich den Abschreibern zuzuschreiben ist, da auch Formen wie nyaśvasat seufzte auf (vgl. übrigens u. niśvāsa) [Mahābhārata 8, 4833.] nyaśvasīt [Bhaṭṭikavya 6, 34. 15, 24.] nyaśvasiṣuḥ [3, 17] vorkommen.

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Niḥśvāsa (निःश्वास):—

1) Athem, das Athmen: atiharṣabharastabdhaniḥśvāsā adj. [Kathāsaritsāgara 95, 74.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Niḥśvāsa (निःश्वास):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) = niḥśvasita —

1) —

2) und Athem , das Athmen.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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