Nirmaya, Nirmāya, Nirmāyā: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNirmāya (निर्माय):—[(nis + māyā)] adj. kraftlos [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 5, 1, 2.]
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Nirmāya (निर्माय):—adj. truglos: asurāḥ [Ṛgveda 10, 124, 5.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNirmāya (निर्माय):—Adj. kraftlos.
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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Starts with: Nirmayaka, Nirmayatva.
Full-text: Nimmaya, Prasriti, Vikri, Abhinirminoti, Abhinirminati, Nirminati, Nirminoti.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.124.5 < [Sukta 124]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.1.26-29 < [Chapter 1 - Bhauma (the earthly plane)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 3 - Descent of Buddha from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven < [Chapter XVI - The Story of Śāriputra]
Concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads (by Gisha K. Narayanan)
8(b). The Five Mental Sheaths or Pañca-kośās < [Chapter 4 - The concept of Mind in the Major Upaniṣads]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
8. The Visakhavijaya by Kerala Kalidasa < [Chapter 3 - Historical Details from Mahakavyas]