Nimittakarana, Nimittakāraṇa, Nimitta-karana, Nimittakaraṇa: 12 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNimittakāraṇa (निमित्तकारण):—(ni + 1. kā) n. causa efficiens [Colebrooke I, 412.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 6, 224, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNimittakāraṇa (निमित्तकारण):—n. causa efficiens.
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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Partial matches: Karana, Nimitta.
Starts with: Nimittakaranam, Nimittakaranata.
Full-text: Nimittahetu, Nimittakaranata, Karana, Nimittakaranam, Nishkala-Shiva, Viruddhahara, Upadanahetu, Apadesha, Shiva.
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Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Different types of Causes (kāraṇa) < [Chapter 8 - The Theory of Causation]
An Introduction to Tarkasaṃgraha < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.24.63 < [Chapter 24 - The Lord Displays His Universal Form to Advaita]
Srila Gurudeva (The Supreme Treasure) (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
Essential Practices and Chanting of Mantras < [Chapter 2.12 - Early ISKCON Conversations with Śrīla Gurudeva]
Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 3.9.9 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (9): Kāla-samuddeśa (On Time)]
Verse 3.1.25-26 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (1): Jāti-samuddeśa (On the Universal)]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.418 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 4.8 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
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