The Sanskrit term Naśvara can be transliterated into English as Nasvara or Nashvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nasvar.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Naśvara (नश्वर) refers to “perishable”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.29 (“Śivā-Śiva dialogue”).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to Pārvatī: “O great Goddess, listen to my important statement. See that our marriage rites are performed in the proper manner without deficiency. O sweet-faced one, all the living beings Brahmā and others are non-eternal. O beautiful lady, know all these visible things to be perishable (naśvara). Know that the single beings assumed manifold forms. The attributeless took over the attributes. That which is self-luminous had other lights imposed on it. [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

naśvara (नश्वर).—a (S) Perishable, subject to decay and destruction.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

naśvara (नश्वर).—a Perishable.

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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 dictionary

Naśvara (नश्वर).—c. (-rī f.) [नश्-क्वरप् (naś-kvarap)]

1) Perishable, transitory, evanescent, transient, frail; निखिलं जगदेव नश्वरम् (nikhilaṃ jagadeva naśvaram) R. G.

2) Destructive mischievous.

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

Naśvara (नश्वर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Mischievous. 2. Destructive, perishable. E. ṇaśi to destroy, affix charap .

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

Naśvara (नश्वर).—[naś + vara] 2., adj., f. rī, Perishable, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 19, 50.

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

Naśvara (नश्वर).—[feminine] ī perishable.

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

1) Naśvara (नश्वर):—[from naś] mf(ī)n. perishing, perishable, transitory, [Kāvya literature; Purāṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] destructive, mischievous, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Naśvara (नश्वर):—[(raḥ-rā-raṃ) a.] Mischievous, destructive, perishable.

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

Naśvara (नश्वर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇassara.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nashvara 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Naśvara (नश्वर) [Also spelled nasvar]:—(a) perishable, destructible; transient; hence ~[tā] (nf).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Naśvara (ನಶ್ವರ):—[adjective] that is not permanent; not enduring; transitory; impermanent.

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Naśvara (ನಶ್ವರ):—[noun] = ನಶ್ವರತೆ [nashvarate].

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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)

Starts with: Nashvarabhoga, Nashvarate, Nashvaratva.

Ends with: Anashvara, Avinashvara, Svapnavinashvara, Vinashvara.

Full-text: Anashvara, Nashvaratva, Vinashvara, Vinashvarata, Vinashvaratva, Anasta, Naishvara, Nassara, Anashtavedas, Anashtapashu, Kvarap, Nasvar, Anitya.

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