The Sanskrit term Naiṣkramya can be transliterated into English as Naiskramya or Naishkramya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Naiṣkramya (नैष्क्रम्य) refers to “solitude”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] [Question].—What are the reasons why he leaves them knowingly? [Answer].—In the middle of the great assemblies, the Buddha is tired and that is why he wants to rest for a while. Furthermore, from lifetime to lifetime, the Buddha has always liked solitude (naiṣkramya). When, as a Bodhisattva, he was in his mother’s womb (mātṛkukṣi), his mother loved solitude as well, and it was at forty li from the capital, in the forest of Lumbinīvana she gave birth to him. [...]”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Naiṣkramya (नैष्क्रम्य).—Indifference (to worldly pleasures); Buddh.

Derivable forms: naiṣkramyam (नैष्क्रम्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Naiṣkramya (नैष्क्रम्य).—nt. (= Pali nekkhamma; compare niṣkra- mya), departure from the world, renunciation of worldly things: °myāśrita Mahāvastu i.173.13 (opp. to gṛhāśrita); Mahāvyutpatti 6755; 7554; °myābhiprāyo Mahāvastu i.283.19; °mya-cittasya Śikṣāsamuccaya 69.8 (Tatp., the thought of…); °mya-cārin Daśabhūmikasūtra 19.17; others, Lalitavistara 136.8; 164.6; 170.10; 184.12, 18; 196.14; 439.10; Mahāvastu i.107.3; iii.321.12; 357.13; 422.10; Jātakamālā 3.2; Bodhisattvabhūmi 8.26; 26.10 (°mya-sukhaṃ); 246.20; Udānavarga xv.19; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 307.2; kāmeṣu °myam Mahāvyutpatti 6444, renunciation as regards desires (lusts).

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

Naiṣkramya (नैष्क्रम्य):—[=naiṣ-kramya] [from naiṣ > naiḥ] n. indifference ([especially] to worldly pleasures), resignation, [Jātakamālā] ([wrong reading] for naiṣ-karmya or -kāmya ?), [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kramya, Naish.

Full-text: Nishkramya, Pravivekya, Lumbini, Lumbinivana, Avyabadhya, Nekkhamma.

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Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)

Part 1.3 - Nekkhamma or Naiskramya Paramita (detachment from the world) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]

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Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)

Mahavagga, Khandaka 1, Chapter 7 < [Khandaka 1 - The Admission to the Order of Bhikkhus]

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

II. Detailed commentary on the list < [Part 1 - Mahāyānist list of the eighteen special attributes of the Buddha]

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Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter XXX - The second Avalokita-sūtra < [Volume II]

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