In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त) refers to “bad omens”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the great Nāga kings said to the Bhagavān]: “[...] We will ripen all flowers, fruits and crops, [to be] soft-bodied, pleasing, fragrant, perfect and to have pungent juices. We will eliminate all discord, agitation, famine, harsh speech and bad omens (durnimitta). We will send down rain showers duly at the proper time. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त).—n (S) An unjust or unfounded pretext against.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त).—

1) a bad omen; R.14.5.

2) a bad pretext.

Derivable forms: durnimittam (दुर्निमित्तम्).

Durnimitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and nimitta (निमित्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त).—n. a bad omen, Mahābhārata 2, 818.

Durnimitta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dus and nimitta (निमित्त).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त).—[adjective] an ill omen.

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

Durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त):—[=dur-nimitta] [from dur] n. a bad omen, [Mahābhārata ii, 818; Śakuntalā v, 11/12.]

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

Durnimitta (दुर्निमित्त) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Duṇṇimitta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Durnimitta in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Durnimitta (ದುರ್ನಿಮಿತ್ತ):—

1) [noun] a bad-omen foreboding something evil.

2) [noun] something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or reason; a pretext.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nimitta, Dur, Door, Dush, Tur.

Ends with: Sarvadurnimitta.

Full-text: Dunnimitta, Animitta, Tunnimittam, Nimitta.

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