Nishprayojana, Niṣprayōjana, Niṣprayojana, Nitprayojana: 10 definitions
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Nishprayojana has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Niṣprayōjana and Niṣprayojana can be transliterated into English as Nisprayojana or Nishprayojana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nishprayojan.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNiṣprayojana (निष्प्रयोजन):—(nis + pra) adj.
1) keinen Motiven folgend, durch kein Motiv sich leiten lassend [Mahābhārata 13, 2025.] —
2) zwecklos, unnütz [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 163.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 46.] [Harivaṃśa 3489.] [Daśakumāracarita 159, 2] (niḥpra). [Kullūka] zu m. [1. 74] am Ende. Davon nom. abstr. tā f. [PRĀYAŚCITTAT. im Śabdakalpadruma] tva n. [MADHYAM. 72.]
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Niṣprayojana (निष्प्रयोजन):—
2) [Hitopadeśa 105, 19.] nam adv. [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 30.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNiṣprayojana (निष्प्रयोजन):—Adj. —
1) keinen Motiven folgend , durch kein Motiv sich leiten lassend , unbetheiligt (Zuschaner) [Kād. (1872) 2,117,5.] —
2) zwecklos , unnütz. m Adv. ; Nom.abstr. tā f. und tva n. —
3) harmlos [215,16.20.]
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: Prayojana, Nish, Ni.
Starts with: Nishprayojanata, Nishprayojanatva, Nitprayojanam.
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