Nishacara, Niśācara, Nisha-acara, Niśācāra, Nisha-cara: 16 definitions

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Nishacara has 15 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Niśācara and Niśācāra can be transliterated into English as Nisacara or Nishacara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nishachara.

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[«previous next»] — Nishacara in Sanskrit glossary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Niśācara (निशाचर):—(ni + cara)

1) adj. in der Nacht herummandernd: bhūtāni [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 9, 27.] sattvāni [?1, 36, 18. 3, 5, 9. Manu’s Gesetzbuch Śiva Śivanāmasahasra]; vgl. niśācarapati . —

2) m. a) ein nächtlicher Unhold, ein Rākṣasa [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 262.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 274.] = bhūta [Dharaṇīkoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Suśruta 1, 16, 18. 71, 20. 2, 16, 10.] [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 69.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 67, 114. 72, 1.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 215. 263.] f. ī [Mahābhārata 13, 7207.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 25, 34.] [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 20.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 74. 25, 206.] careśa Beiname Rāvaṇa’s [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 54, 27.] — b) Schakal [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] viell. [Suśruta 2, 342, 10.] — c) Eule. — d) Schlange [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) der Vogel Cakravāka [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) Dieb [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) f. ī a) ein weiblicher Unhold; s. u. 2,a. — b) ein liederliches Weib [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 360.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) ein best. Parfum (keśinī) [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Niśācara (निशाचर):—

1) g) eine Art Granthiparṇa [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] u. rocaka .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Niśācara (निशाचर):——

1) Adj. in der Nacht herumwandernd.

2) m. — a) ein nächtlicher Unhold , ein Rakṣas. — b) vielleicht Schakal. — c) *Eule. — d) *Anas Casarca. — e) *Schlagen. — f) eine Art Granthi Parṇa [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,193.] — g) Beiname Śiva's. —

3) f. ī — a) ein weiblicher Unhold. — b) *ein liederliches Weib. — c) *Fledermaus [Rājan 19,92.] — d) *eine best. Pflanze. = keśinī.

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