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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Naipuṇa (नैपुण).—See निपुण (nipuṇa); तथैव तेऽस्तूपमा जीवलोके यथा धर्मो नैपुणेनोपदिष्टः (tathaiva te'stūpamā jīvaloke yathā dharmo naipuṇenopadiṣṭaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.113.1.

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Naipuṇa (नैपुण).—

1) Dexterity, skill, cleverness, proficiency; चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य धर्मं वै नैपुण्येन प्रकीर्तय (cāturvarṇyasya dharmaṃ vai naipuṇyena prakīrtaya) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.141.34; नैपुणोन्नेयमन्ति (naipuṇonneyamanti) Uttararāmacarita 6.26; Śiśupālavadha 16.3.

2) Strictness, exactness.

3) Anything that requires skill, a delicate matter.

4) Totality, completeness; इदं तु वृत्तिवैकल्यात्त्यजतो धर्म- नैपुणम् (idaṃ tu vṛttivaikalyāttyajato dharma- naipuṇam) Manusmṛti 1.85.

Derivable forms: naipuṇam (नैपुणम्).

See also (synonyms): naipuṇya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Naipuṇa (नैपुण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) Dexterity, cleverness, skill. E. nipuṇa skilful, aff. aṇa; also with ṣyañ aff., naipaṇya n. (ṇyaṃ) .

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

Naipuṇa (नैपुण).—i. e. nipuṇa + a, n. 1. Dexterity, Mahābhārata 13, 1378. 2. Skill, experience, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 4, 354. 3. Strictness, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 85. 4. Completion. [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 25, 14.

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

Naipuṇa (नैपुण).—[neuter] cleverness, skill.

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

1) Naipuṇa (नैपुण):—[=nai-puṇa] [from nai] mfn. = nipuṇa (ifc.), [Jātakamālā]

2) [v.s. ...] n. = next.

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

Naipuṇa (नैपुण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Dexterity.

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

Naipuṇa (नैपुण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇeuṇa.

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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.

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Partial matches: Puna, Nai.

Ends with: Akshanaipuna, Anaipuna.

Full-text: Anaipuna, Neuna, Naipunya, Akshanaipuna, Anaipunya, Paravacya, Nipuna.

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