Nirahara, Nirāhāra, Nir-ahara: 17 definitions
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Nirahara has 15 English definitions available.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNirāhāra (निराहार):—1. (nis + ā) m. das Nichtessen, Fasten [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 31.]
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Nirāhāra (निराहार):—2. (wie eben) adj. f. ā ohne Nahrung d. i. sich des Essens enthaltend und auch Nichts zu essen habend [Mahābhārata 3, 16143. 5, 1523. 12, 5777. 14, 2763.] [Harivaṃśa 3916.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 48, 31. 2, 52. 39. 3, 10, 5.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 8, 26.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 15, 43.] [Devīmāhātmya 13, 8.] Davon nom. abstr. tā f. [Mahābhārata 15, 1031.] [Pañcatantra 120, 14.]
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Nirāhāra (निराहार):—vor nirāhāvant zu stellen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNirāhāra (निराहार):—1. m. das Nichtessen , Fasten.
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Nirāhāra (निराहार):—2. Adj. (f. ā) sich des Essens enthaltend , Nichts zu essen habend. Nom.abstr. tā f.
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: Nir, Ahara, Nish.
Starts with: Niraharata, Niraharavrata.
Ends with: Nishcakranirahara.
Full-text: Niraharata, Nirara, Nirihara, Niggahaṇa, Nirahar, Toya, Uthatambasatam-Upasa, Nirakaram, Kricchratikricchra, Ahara, Diksa.
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