Nrishamsa, Nṛśaṃsa, Nri-shamsa: 16 definitions
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Nrishamsa has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Nṛśaṃsa can be transliterated into English as Nrsamsa or Nrishamsa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nrashans.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNṛśaṃsa (नृशंस):—
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Nṛśaṃsa (नृशंस):—2. (1. nar + śaṃsa) adj. f. ā den Menschen Schaden bringend. boshaft, gemein, niederträchtig; von Personen und Handlungen [Amarakoṣa 3. 1, 47.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 376.] [Halāyudha 2, 217.] Einschieb. nach [Ṛgveda 9, 67] [?(v. 12). Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 4, 4. 7. Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 17, 2, 1. 2. 4. Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 41. 4, 216. Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 164. Brāhmaṇavilāpa 1, 24. Mahābhārata 4, 676. 12, 2691. 6036. Daśaratha’s Tod 2, 71. Rāmāyaṇa 1, 6, 10. 2, 49, 5. 59, 31. 88, 12. Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 10, 28. 4, 34, 13. 6, 8, 16. Mṛcchakaṭikā 53, 9. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 31. Pañcatantra III, 142. ed. orn. I, 211. Hitopadeśa I, 70. 123, 17. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 11, 17. 8, 9, 19.] varṇa Kaste [Mahābhārata 13, 513.] eṣāṃ cānyatamatyāgo nṛśaṃso garhito budhaiḥ [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 1, 33.] [Mahābhārata 1, 3649. 4566.] nṛśaṃsaṃ vata rājendra yanmām nāśvāsayati [3, 2371. 2775. 5, 374. 6, 2917.] tyaja śvānaṃ nātra nṛśaṃsamasti [17, 80. 82.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 24, 12. 38, 7. 78, 11.] kṛt [Duaupadīpramātha 6, 12.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6032.] kārin [13, 4813.] vādin [1, 3558.]
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Nṛśaṃsa (नृशंस):—2. [Z. 8] nṛśaṃsavarṇa erklärt [Nīlakaṇṭha] durch niṣṭhurākṣarabhāṣin .
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Nṛśaṃsa (नृशंस):—2. , vādin vgl. [Spr. (II) 3646.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNṛśaṃsa (नृशंस):—1. m. ein best. Gott (wenn die Lesart richtig sein sollte).
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Nṛśaṃsa (नृशंस):—2. Adj. (f. ā) den Menschen Schaden bringend , boshaft , gemein , niederträchtig. Nom.abstr. tā f.
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