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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Durnivārya (दुर्निवार्य) refers to “invincible”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.4 (“Search for Kārttikeya and his conversation with Nandin”).—Accordingly, as Kārttikeya said to the Kṛttikās: “O good women, O mothers, cast off your fear. When I am here what fear need you have? Although I am a boy I am invincible (durnivārya). Who can thwart me?”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Durnivārya (दुर्निवार्य) refers to “(being) unrestrainable”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] As long as the highest reality is not known, the mind is unrestrainable (durnivārya). However, when the highest reality is known, the mind becomes [still] like a crow [perched] on the mast of a ship. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Durnivārya (दुर्निवार्य).—a. difficult to be checked or warded off, irresistible, invincible.

Durnivārya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dur and nivārya (निवार्य). See also (synonyms): durnivāra.

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

Durnivārya (दुर्निवार्य).—[adjective] difficult to be checked, hard to get rid of.

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

Durnivārya (दुर्निवार्य):—[=dur-nivārya] [from dur] mfn. idem, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Durnivarya 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

Durnivārya (ದುರ್ನಿವಾರ್ಯ):—[adjective] = ದುರ್ನಿವಾರ [durnivara]1.

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Durnivārya (ದುರ್ನಿವಾರ್ಯ):—[noun] = ದುರ್ನಿವಾರ [durnivara]2.

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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: Dur, Nivarya.

Full-text: Unrestrainable, Durnivara, Nivarya, Vri.

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