Nirnimitta, Nir-nimitta: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNirnimitta (निर्निमित्त):—(nis + ni) adj. keine Veranlassung habend [Halāyudha 4, 89.] tam adv. ohne Veranlassung [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 4, 9. 46, 10 (11).] nirnimittakṛta ohne Veranlassung entstanden, wobei die Ursache nicht wahrzunehmen ist: ativṛṣṭi [21, 32.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNirnimitta (निर्निमित्त):—Adj. —
1) durch Nichts veranlasst Comm. zu [Śaṃkarācārya] zu [Bālarāmāyaṇa 2,1,36.] m und nirnimitta Adv. ohne Veranlassung , ohne wahrnehmbare Ursache. —
2) ganz uneigennützig [Kād. (1872) 215,2.]
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: Nimitta, Nir.
Starts with: Nirnimittakrita, Nirnimittam, Nirnimittatva.
Full-text: Nirnimittam, Nirnimittatva, Nirnimittakrita, Yadriccha.
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Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.571 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2711-2712 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Verse 975-976 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 1 - Homage (mchod par brjod pa) < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
II. The practice of the ‘minor’ perfections < [Part 1 - Obtaining easily an immense qualification]