Nimittakarana, Nimitta-karana, Nimittakāraṇa, Nimittakaraṇa: 13 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: Nimittakaranakkhana, Nimittakaranam, Nimittakaranata.
Full-text: Nimittakaranata, Nimittahetu, Nimittakaranakkhana, Nimittakaranam, Nimittkaaran, Karana, Nishkala-Shiva, Viruddhahara, Upadanahetu, Apadesha, Shiva.
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International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
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