Nikara, Nikāra, Nīkāra: 20 definitions

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Nikara has 19 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Nikar.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Nikara (निकर):—(von 3. kar mit ni) m.

1) ein dichter Haufe, Menge [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 39.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1411.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 173.] [Halāyudha 4, 1.] amara [Kathāsaritsāgara 22, 254.] mugdhabadhū [Gītagovinda 1, 38.] pika [11, 4.] ali [Amaruśataka 91.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 17, 13.] aṅgāra [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 37, 26.] puṣpa [Mahābhārata 15, 722.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 30,] [Scholiast] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 52, 125.] [Caurapañcāśikā 16.] [Bhartṛhari 1, 37.] [Śṛṅgāratilaka 7. 10.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 2, 4.] graharkṣatārā [1, 19, 30.] ratna [4, 19, 9.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 12, 4.] bāhu [Prabodhacandrodaja 86, 11.] śara [87, 9.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 18.] kauśeya [Mahābhārata 7, 202.] avakara [Bhartṛhari] harṣāśru [Gītagovinda 11, 32.] salila [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 26.] nīra [Gedicht vom Vogel Cātaka 7.] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 58.] marīci [Mahābhārata 1, 1496.] [Amaruśataka 86.] [Devīmāhātmya 4, 19.] timira [Mṛcchakaṭikā 26, 1.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 31.] dhūrtajanavacana [Pañcatantra III, 122.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Rāmāyaṇa.5,81,53.] [Oxforder Handschriften 128,b,8.] —

2) Honorar, = nyāyadeyadhana [Medinīkoṣa] [Dhūrtasamāgama 90,] [?4:, 6. - Nach Medinīkoṣa] bedeutet das Wort ausserdem Schatz (nidhi); das Beste von einer Sache (sāra); die Bedd. saṃgha (Menge), sāra und nyāyadātavyavitta werden [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 568] dem Worte nisāra zugetheilt, einem Worte, das sonst nirgends erscheint und wohl nur Fehler für nikara ist.

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Nikāra (निकार):—1. (von 1. kar mit ni) m. Demüthigung, Beleidigung, Kränkung [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 15.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 442.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 569.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 175.] [Halāyudha 4, 19.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7081. 3, 440. 5, 2961. 5401. 6, 591. 12, 3017. 14, 1788.] [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 1, 17. 4, 12.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 12, 194.] [Daśakumāracarita 172, 13.]

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Nikāra (निकार):—2. (von 3. kar mit ni) m. = utkāra das Schwingen oder Aufspeichern von Korn [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 30.] [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 36.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 359.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 569.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 175.]

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Nīkāra (नीकार):—(von 1. kar mit ni) m. = nyakkāra Erniedrigung, Demüthigung, Verachtung [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Nikara (निकर):—

1) saṃnyastadainyavyatikaranikarāḥ adj. [Spr. 1753.]

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

Nikara (निकर):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —

1) ein dichter Haufe , Menge.

2) Honorar.

3) *Schatz.

4) *das Beste von einer Sache.

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Nikāra (निकार):—1. m.

1) Demüthigung , Beleidigung , Kränkung.

2) *Tödtung [Galano's Wörterbuch]

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Nikāra (निकार):—2. m. das Schwingen — oder Aufspeichern von Korn.

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Nīkāra (नीकार):—m. Erniedrigung , Demüthigung , Kränkung [Harṣacarita 161,4.]

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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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