Nairashya, Nairāśya: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nairāśya can be transliterated into English as Nairasya or Nairashya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nairashy.
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita1) Nairāśya (नैराश्य) refers to “disappointment” (which the true self—Ātma does not distinguish from hope—āśā), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] In spite of being in front of your eyes, all this, being insubstantial, does not exist in you, spotless as you are. It is an appearance like the snake in a rope, so you can go to your rest. Equal in pain and in pleasure, equal in hope (āśā) and in disappointment (nairāśya) [samaduḥkhasukhaḥ pūrṇa āśānairāśyayoḥ samaḥ], equal in life and in death, and complete as you are, you can go to your rest”.
2) Nairāśya (नैराश्य) refers to “(the state of) desirelessness”.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “[...] Realising my supreme self-nature in the Person of the Witness, the Lord, and the state of desirelessness (nairāśya) in bondage or liberation, I feel no inclination for liberation [nairāśye bandhamokṣe ca na cintā muktaye mama]. The various states of one who is empty of uncertainty within, and who outwardly wanders about as he pleases like a madman, can only be known by someone in the same condition”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynairāśya (नैराश्य).—n S Despair or despondence: also frustration of hope, disappointment.
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 dictionaryNairāśya (नैराश्य).—
1) Hopelessness, despair, despondency; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् (āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nairāśyaṃ paramaṃ sukham) Bhāgavata 11.8.44; तटस्थं नैराश्यात् (taṭasthaṃ nairāśyāt) Uttararāmacarita 3.13.
2) Absence of wish or expectation; येनाशाः पृष्ठतः कृत्वा नैराश्यमवलम्बितम् (yenāśāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā nairāśyamavalambitam) H.1.124; Bv.4.2.
Derivable forms: nairāśyam (नैराश्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairāśyā (नैराश्या).—n.
(-śyaṃ) Despair. E. nirāśa, and ṣyañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairāśya (नैराश्य).—i. e. nis-āśa + ya (cf. āśā), n. Hopelessness.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairāśya (नैराश्य).—[neuter] hopelessness, despair.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nairāśya (नैराश्य):—[=nair-āśya] [from nair > naiḥ] n. hopelessness, non-expectancy, despair at (prati or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]
2) Nairāsya (नैरास्य):—[=nair-āsya] [from nair > naiḥ] m. Name of a magical formula pronounced over weapons, [Rāmāyaṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairāśya (नैराश्य):—(śyaṃ) 1. n. Despair.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNairāśya (नैराश्य) [Also spelled nairashy]:—(nm) frustration; disappointment, despair; —[bhāvanā] sense of frustration/despair.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNairasya (ನೈರಸ್ಯ):—[noun] dullness caused by absence of vigour, taste, emotions, interest, etc.
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Nairāśya (ನೈರಾಶ್ಯ):—[noun] utter loss of hope; absolute disappointment.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNairāśya (नैराश्य):—n. hopelessness; despair; despondency;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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