Nimitta: 40 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNimitta (निमित्त):—n.
1) Ziel (nach dem geschossen wird) [Halāyudha 2, 313.] calaṃ nimittaṃ viprarṣe sadā sūryasya gacchataḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 4632.] vedhin das Ziel treffend [5, 3480. 6, 1658.] —
2) Zeichen, Anzeichen, Vorzeichen, Omen [Amarakoṣa.3,4,14,79.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,3,163.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha.3,270.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 118.] [Oxforder Handschriften 184,b,6.] nimittaṃ yattvayā dṛṣṭaṃ bāhuke daivamānuṣam [Mahābhārata 3, 2925. 2928.] na cotpātanimittābhyām (bhikṣāṃ lipseta) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 6, 50.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 203. 3, 171.] dadarśa viparītāni nimittāni [Mahābhārata 16, 1.] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 31.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 51, 38.] [Suśruta 1, 30, 5. 104, 17.] jña [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 86.] nimittaṃ sūcayan [Śākuntala.8,17. 63,11. 101,14.] [Vikramorvaśī.7,4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S.5,16. 21,35. 36. 27,c,7. 42] [?(43),10. 30. 47,78. 48,8. 50,7. 52,108. 53,6. 57,1. morgenländischen Gesellschaft 14,569,12. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.1,14,2. 5.] Vgl. durnimitta . —
3) Veranlassung, Grund, Ursache, das Bestimmende [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 14, 79. 28, 218.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1513.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 2, 11. 7, 14. 25, 4, 45.] [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 1, 4.] rephanimittasaṃśayāt [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 11, 5.] akṣarāṇyeva sarvatra nimittaṃ balavattaram [17, 13.] vairāgyeṇa nimittena prakṛtilayaḥ [Sânkhya Philosophy 8.] [Jaimini 1, 3.] [Kapila 3, 67. 68.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 42.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2178. 5, 1036. 13, 1458.] [Śākuntala 44. 189.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 92, 5.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 255.] [Pañcatantra II, 35.] [Hitopadeśa I, 156.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 30, 25.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 84.] tasya tyāge nimittaṃ kim [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 20, 6.] saptamī [Kāśikīvṛtti] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 57.] dhātvaṃśalopanimitta ārdhadhātuke pare [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 4.] nāmartyo vidyate martyo nimittāyurbhaviṣyati so v. a. sein Leben soll so lange dauern als dasjenige besteht, wonach es bestimmt wird, [Mahābhārata 3, 10738.] yatheme parvatāḥ śaśvattiṣṭhanti surasattamāḥ . akṣayāstannimittaṃ (so lange dauernd als die Berge) me sutasyāyurbhaviṣyati [10739.] nimittamasya (d. i. die Berge) mahiṣairbhedayāmāsa [17043. fg.] nimitta causa efficiens neben upādāna causa materialis [Vedānta lecture No. 40.] mayaiva te nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ (blosses Werkzeug) bhava [Bhagavadgītā 11, 33.] dravatvaṃ syandane heturnimittaṃ saṃgrahe tu tat [Bhāṣāpariccheda 155.] Alle obliquen Casus adverbialisch in der Bed. wegen gebraucht [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 23, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] kanyānimittaṃ viprarṣe tatrāsīdutsavo mahān [Mahābhārata 5, 6069.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 48, 28. 58, 24.] [Suśruta 1, 2, 10.] [SĀṂKHYAK. 57.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 24, 10.] strīnimittena [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 90, 12 (99, 15 Gorresio).] vanavāsanimittāya bhartāramidamabravīt [30, 1.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. dieses zur Veranlassung —, zum Grunde habend, veranlasst —, hervorgerufen durch [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 6, 3.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 111. 11 80.] viṣanimittā (pīḍā) [Nalopākhyāna 14, 19.] tannimittābhiḥ kathābhiḥ [Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 5.] [Suśruta 1, 4, 9. 45, 1. 254, 17. 2, 1, 5.] [Śākuntala 95, 14.] [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [?S. 76. Scholiast zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 5.] animittanimittena dharmeṇa durch keine besondere Ursache hervorgerufen, uneigennützig [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 15, 14.] Vgl. a . —
4) falsche Lesart für nimiṣa [Rgva tch’er rol pa 384.] — Nach [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] hat das Wort noch die Bedeutungen āgantu, deha, ādeśa und parvan, welche weder [WILSON] noch [Śabdakalpadruma] kennen. — Vgl. naimitta, naimittika .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNimitta (निमित्त):—n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) —
1) Ziel (nach dem geschossen wird). —
2) Zeichen , Anzeichen , Wahrzeichen , Vorzeichen , Omen. —
3) Veranlassung , Grund , Ursache , das Bestimmende , causa efficiens , Werkzeug. ttaṃ yā die Veranlassung sein , die Schuld tragen [Kād. (1872) 214,3.] Alle obliquen Casus (Abl. , Gen. und Loc. nicht zu belegen) werden adverbialisch in der Bed. wegen gebraucht. Am Ende eines Comp. dieses zur Veranlassung , zum Grunde habend , veranlasst — , hervorgerufen — , bewirkt durch. —
4) * = āgantu , deha , ādeśa und parvan.
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Starts with (+46): Nimitta Vagga, Nimitta-nayaka, Nimittabhasa, Nimittabhasaparinama, Nimittabhasaparinamavikalpa, Nimittabhasavikalpa, Nimittabhuta, Nimittaca Dhani, Nimittaca Sadhu, Nimittaca-dhani, Nimittacem Bhandem, Nimittacutamani, Nimittadhari, Nimittadharma, Nimittadharmma, Nimittagahin, Nimittaggahi, Nimittagrahana, Nimittahetu, Nimittahetutva.
Ends with (+34): Abhinnanimitta, Abhyasanimitta, Adharmanimitta, Adhikaranimitta, Amtarikshanimitta, Animitta, Animittanimitta, Anuktanimitta, Anyanimitta, Apathyanimitta, Asubhanimitta, Atonimitta, Daivanimitta, Dharmanimitta, Dunnimitta, Durnimitta, Itthinimitta, Jnapakanimitta, Kammanimitta, Karakanimitta.
Full-text (+245): Nimittakarana, Nirnimitta, Nimittavid, Nimittadharma, Nimittin, Nimittavritti, Animitta, Naimittika, Atonimittam, Nimittamatra, Patibhaga Nimitta, Nimittakala, Parikamma Nimitta, Nimitya, Sanimittam, Nimittatva, Nirnimittam, Uggaha Nimitta, Nimittajna, Kimnimittam.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Miscellaneous (3): Omens (Nimitta) < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.14.201 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
Verse 3.5.7 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (5): Guṇa-samuddeśa (On Quality)]
Verse 3.14.508 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (14): Vṛtti-samuddeśa (On Ccomplex Formation)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 3515-3516 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Verse 3511-3512 < [Chapter 26 - Examination of the ‘Person of Super-normal Vision’]
Verse 1222 < [Chapter 17 - Examination of the Definition of Sense-perception]
Abhidhamma in Daily Life (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa) (by Ashin Janakabhivamsa)
Part 3 - Importance Of The Last Minute < [Chapter 8 - What happen when death draws near (mind processes immediately preceding death)]
Factor 1 - Moha (delusion) < [Chapter 2 - On akusala cetasikas (unwholesome mental factors)]
Vasudevavijaya of Vasudeva (Study) (by Sajitha. A)
Kāraka (b): Hetu < [Chapter 3 - Vāsudevavijaya—A Grammatical Study]
A Manual of Abhidhamma (by Nārada Thera)
Summary of Objects < [Chapter III - Miscellaneous Section]
Procedure with Regard to Decease and Rebirth < [Chapter V - Process Freed Section]
Summary of Doors < [Chapter III - Miscellaneous Section]
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