Nairgunya, Nairguṇya: 10 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य).—n S Destituteness of attributes or properties. See nirguṇa.
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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य).—
1) Absence of qualities or properties; गुणानुरक्तं व्यसनाय जन्तोः क्षेमाय नैर्गुण्यमथो मनः स्यात् (guṇānuraktaṃ vyasanāya jantoḥ kṣemāya nairguṇyamatho manaḥ syāt) Bhāgavata 5.11.8.
2) Want of excellence, absence of good qualities; नैर्गुण्यमेव साधीयो धिगस्तु गुणगौरवम् (nairguṇyameva sādhīyo dhigastu guṇagauravam) Bv.1.88.
Derivable forms: nairguṇyam (नैर्गुण्यम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य).—n.
(-nyaṃ) Absence of qualities or properties. E. nirguṇa, and ṣyañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य).—i. e. nis-guṇa + ya, I. n. 1. Freedom from qualities, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 15, 31. 2. Want of good qualities, Mahābhārata 2, 674. Ii. adj. Not having any relation to qualities, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 32, 32.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य).—[neuter] want of qualities or virtues.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य):—[=nair-guṇya] [from nair > naiḥ] n. absence of qualities or properties, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] want of good qu° or excellencies, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra]
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. having no connection with qu°, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य):—(ṇyaṃ) 1. n. Absence of qualities.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nairguṇya (नैर्गुण्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇeguṇṇa.
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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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