Nishcetana, Niścētana, Niścetana, Niścetanā: 7 definitions
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Nishcetana has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Niścētana and Niścetana and Niścetanā can be transliterated into English as Niscetana or Nishcetana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nishchetana.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNiścetana (निश्चेतन):—(nis + cetanā) adj. bewusstlos [Harivaṃśa 3676.] [Pañcatantra 146, 12.] nicht bei Sinnen seiend, unvernünftig [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 41, 6.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 295.]
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Niścetana (निश्चेतन):—bewusstlos [Kathāsaritsāgara 109, 124. Z. 2] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 295] kein Bewusstsein habend, von leblosen Dingen; vgl. [Spr. 3797.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNiścetana (निश्चेतन):—Adj. —
1) bewusstlos (auch von leblosen Dingen). Nom.abstr. tā f. [Kād. (1872) 2,52,23.] —
2) nicht bei Sinnen seiend , unvernünftig [Kād. (1872) 264,3.9.]
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: Cetana, Nish.
Starts with: Nishcetanata.
Full-text: Nishcetanata, Nishchetana, Nicetana, Nicceyana.
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