Nikriti, Nikṛti: 12 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nikṛti can be transliterated into English as Nikrti or Nikriti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNikṛti (निकृति):—(von 1. kar mit ni)
1) f.= śāḍhya [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 30.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 377.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 272.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 120.] = nihnava [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 27, 210.] = bhartsana, kṣepa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = abhibhava [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = kusṛti [Halāyudha 4, 55.] = dainya [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] Unredlichkeit, unehrliches Verfahren, Betrug, Ueberlistung, Gemeinheit: nikṛtyā saṃnigṛhyatām [Mahābhārata 1, 4990.] nikṛtyā kāmaye nāhaṃ sukhānyuta dhanāni vā . kitavasyāvyanikṛtervṛttametanna pūjyate .. [2, 2042.] nikṛtirdevanaṃ pāpaṃ na kṣātro tra parākramaḥ [2034. fg.] śrotriyaḥ śrotriyāneti nikṛtyaiva yudhiṣṭhira . vidvānaviduṣo bhyeti nāhustāṃ nikṛtiṃ janāḥ .. [2044. fgg.] nikṛtyopacaranbadhya eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ [3, 467.] abhidrohastathā māyā nikṛtirmāna eva ca [?14, 1034. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 39, 7. 3, 46, 6. 5, 36, 70. Scholiast bei WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 52.] prajña (vgl. nikṛtaprajña u. 1. kar mit ni) [Mahābhārata 3, 2482. 15497. 13, 6175.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 104, 4.] [Kirātārjunīya 1, 45.] tattejasvī puruṣaḥ parakṛtanikṛtiṃ (v. l. für nikṛtaṃ) kathaṃ sahate so v. a. Beleidigung [Bhartṛhari 2, 30.] personif. eine Tochter Adharma's von der Hiṃsā [Viṣṇupurāṇa 56.] statt dessen Nirṛti [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa] —
2) adj. (f! nach [Medinīkoṣa]) = śaṭha [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] unredlich, unehrlich, gemein: nikṛtiḥ śaṭha eva ca [Mahābhārata 12, 6269.] sāhase vartamānānāṃ nikṛtīnāṃ durātmanām [3, 11810.] Vgl. nikṛtin . —
3) m. Name eines der 8 Vasu [Harivaṃśa 11540.]
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Nikṛti (निकृति):—
1) = nihnava [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 701.] [Medinīkoṣa v. 39.] —
2) = vañcanāpara [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 3, 11810.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNikṛti (निकृति):——
1) Adj. unredlich , unehrlich , gemein. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines der 8 Vasu. nirṛni v.l. —
3) f. Unredlichkeit , unehrliches Verfahren , Betrug , Ueberlistung , Gemeinheit. Personificirt als Tochter Adharma’s und Mutter Lobha’s ([Mahābhārata 12,271,13]) und als Schwester Lobha’s und Tochter Dambha’s ([Bhāgavatapurāṇa .ed.Bomb.4,8,3]).
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Starts with: Nikritijivana, Nikritimant, Nikritimat, Nikritimjush, Nikritin, Nikritiprajna.
Ends with: Anikriti, Kritaghnikriti, Paninikriti.
Full-text (+13): Niadi, Niai, Nikritimjush, Nikritiprajna, Naikritika, Nikritin, Nikritijivana, Bhaya, Krodha, Nikiruti, Anikriti, Nirriti, Nikritimant, Nihnava, Adharma, Nikrita, Nikritya, Nishkriti, Shatha, Anrita.
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