The Sanskrit term Niśṛtya can be transliterated into English as Nisrtya or Nishritya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: DNB: Articulating Indic Ideas in Sixth and Seventh Century Chinese Buddhism

Niśritya (निश्रित्य) refers to “(having something as its) basis”, according to the Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣā (Apidamo dapiposha lun).—Accordingly, [There, a question is asked]: “Why is it only said that the thought series of the living being in the sensual realm and the form realm takes a body as its basis, although it also takes [conditioning forces dissociated from thought] such as the vital faculty and group-commonality as its basis? (niśritya)” [...]

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Niśṛtya (निशृत्य).—see niśritya.

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Niśritya (निश्रित्य).—(sometimes recorded as ni-śṛ°, ni-sṛ°, niḥ°; formally ger. to Vedic ni-śri), postposition with acc. = niśrāya, used in same senses; doubtless Sanskritization of MIndic nissāya: (1) relying on, taking one's base on: dṛṣṭiṃ ni° Udānavarga viii.7 (same verse Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 164 diṭṭhiṃ nissāya); na pṛthivīṃ (etc.) ni° dhyāyati Bodhisattvabhūmi 49.16 ff.; (-parijñā- naṃ) ni° 55.11; alobhaṃ ni° 125.7; yān (sc. trīn niśrayān, see niśraya) ni° Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 22b.2; dāna-vipratibandha-prati- pakṣaṃ ni° Bodhisattvabhūmi 130.2 (ni-śṛ°); aiming at, (na…kīrtiśab- daghoṣaślokaṃ) ni° dānaṃ dadāti Bodhisattvabhūmi 135.5; (2) near, by, at: ye māṃ ni° kuśalamūlāny avaropayanti Lalitavistara 90.17; vṛkṣamūlaṃ ni° Divyāvadāna 201.2, 26; 516.6—7; kuḍyamūlaṃ ni° paribhuktaṃ Divyāvadāna 82.25; dakṣiṇaṃ (vāmaṃ) pārśvaṃ ni° niṣaṇṇāḥ Divyāvadāna 162.7, 9 (in 9 text with mss. nisṛtya); in (the womb), dakṣiṇaṃ (vāmaṃ) kukṣiṃ (sc. part of the womb) ni° tiṣṭhati Divyāvadāna 2.7, 8; 98.26 f.

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Nisṛtya (निसृत्य).—[, see niśritya.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niśritya (निश्रित्य):—[=ni-śritya] [from ni-śri] ind. going to, [Divyāvadāna]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nisṛtya (निसृत्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇīhaṭṭu.

context information

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: Sritya, Ni.

Ends with: Upanishritya.

Full-text: Nihshritya, Nihattu, Adhyakramana, Nishcayitva, Kudyamula, Nishrayitva, Divavihara, Nishrita, Nissaya, Vibandha, Nishraya.

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