Nirvacya, Nirvācya, Nir-vacya: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNirvācya (निर्वाच्य):—(von vac mit nis) adj. zu erklären, näher zu bestimmen [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 15, 6.] anirvācyām als Erkl. von kāmapi [Mallinātha] zu [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 18.]
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Nirvācya (निर्वाच्य):—, a nicht in Worte zu fassen, unbeschreiblich [Spr. 3473.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 73, 149. 91, 45.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNirvācya (निर्वाच्य):—Adj. zu erklären , näher zu bestimmen.
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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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.103-105 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 677-678 < [Chapter 11 - On ‘Quality’ as a Category]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Vyāsa-tīrtha, Madhusūdana and Rāmācārya on the Falsity of the World < [Chapter XXIX-XXX - Controversy Between the Dualists and the Monists]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 12 - Epistemology of the Rāmānuja School according to Meghanādāri and others < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]