Nishtya, Niṣṭya: 8 definitions
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Nishtya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Nishtya has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Niṣṭya can be transliterated into English as Nistya or Nishtya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNiṣṭya (निष्ट्य):—
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Niṣṭya (निष्ट्य):—
2) vgl. [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 373.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNiṣṭya (निष्ट्य):—, niṣṭia —
1) Adj. auswärtig , fremd. —
2) *m. ein Caṇḍāla. —
3) f. ā ein best. Mondhaus.
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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