Nihshesha, Ni-sesa, Niḥśeṣa, Nishshesha, Niśśeṣa: 29 definitions
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Nihshesha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Niḥśeṣa and Niśśeṣa can be transliterated into English as Nihsesa or Nihshesha or Nissesa or Nishshesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to a “range (of astral science)”, according to Hemavijaya Gaṇin’s Kathāratnākara (A.D. 1600).—Accordingly, “The Brāhmaṇa, who is especially well-versed in the whole range of astral science [i.e., niḥśeṣa-Jyotiḥśāstra-kuśala], wore a forehead mark made of saffron and rice-grains—{The round vessel is made of ten palas of copper. In the ghaṭikā [bowl] the height should be made of six aṅgulas. The diameter there should be made to the measure of twelve aṅgulas. The good cherish a water clock that holds sixty palas of water}—dropped the bowl, made fully according to the aforementioned prescriptions, in a basin filled with clean water at the time of the setting of the divine sun”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaktism
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) (cf. Aśeṣa) refers to “all things”, according to the Khacakrapañcakastotra (“hymn to the five wheels of emptiness”) by Jñānanetra, the founder of the Kashmiri Kālīkrama.—Accordingly, “I bow to the Great Reality, the venerable (goddess) Maṅgalā, she who is the mother of all things, the energy of Śiva, the awesome power of consciousness. (I praise her) the great wave of the Great Reality filled with all things [i.e., niḥśeṣa-pūrita], (she who is) the light of the Inexplicable, the Sun, Moon and the Fire of (universal) destruction”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to “everything”, according to the 17th-century Yogacintāmaṇi by Śivānandasarasvatī, a text dealing with Haṭhayoga consisting of 3423 verses.—Accordingly, “Having bowed to Śrīvyāsa, the ascetic Śaṅkara, the teacher of the world, [my] teacher Śrīrāmacandra, whose lotus feet are intense bliss, and all of the gods of yogins, the ascetic Śivānanda has written clearly the great Yogacintāmaṇi, which had fallen into an ocean of various texts and has the power to explain everything (niḥśeṣa-artha-samarthaka)”.
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to “completely”, according to the Haṭhapradīpikā of Svātmārāma: an influential 15th-century Sanskrit manual on Hatha-Yoga dealing with techniques to channel one’s vital energy.—Accordingly, “For the Yogin whose awakening of Kuṇḍalinī has occurred and whose actions have been completely (niḥśeṣa) renounced, the natural [state of Samādhi] arises spontaneously”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Shaivism
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to the “complete (accomplishing)”, according to the Netratantroddyota commentary on the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 4.5cd-6, while describing the purification process of the initiand]—“[...] After that comes bhoga, which is the experiencing of pleasure, pain, and delusion. The process of action (laya) [is to] of melt away any trace of fruition, which remains for a short period of time even though the bhoga has ceased. Then [comes] penance (niṣkṛti), which means the complete accomplishing (niḥśeṣa-saṃpatti) of all bhoga that pertains to birth, life, and experiences. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to “totally (decimating plant-poison)”, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—The 12h adhyāya of the Kāśyapasaṃhita also deals with the mantras for curing immobile or plant poison (sthāvara-viṣa) as well as antidotes made of medicines that quell the same.—Accordingly, “A decoction of Kośātakī, Agni, cinnamon, Sūryavallī, Amṛta, Abhayā, Śleṣmātaka, Śirīṣa, Karṇikā, Kāśmarī, two kinds of Niṣā, Punarnāvā Bṛhatī and Kaṇṭhakārī, two varieties of Sārivā and Trikaṭu cooled and mixed with ghee and honey is useful in totally (niḥśeṣa) decimating plant-poison”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to the “enitere (abandonment)” (of hatred) [i.e., niḥśeṣa-dveṣa rahitasya mahāsukhasya], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “To reach the happiness, in the heart of all beings, Of the whole soul, of the highest dharma family ruler, Of the abandonment of hatred entirely (niḥśeṣa-dveṣa), of great bliss, That happiness, be to you, the farthest consecration”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) refers to a “completely (worthless)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Having taken hold of this body in this life, suffering is endured by you. Hence, that [body] is certainly a completely worthless abode (niḥśeṣa-anartha-mandira). Whatever difficulties arise from life, they are each endured here by the embodied soul, only having taken hold of the body powerfully”.
Synonyms: Sarva.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nissesa : (adj.) entire; whole.
Nissesa, (adj.) (nis+sesa) whole, entire; nt. Acc. as adv. nissesaṃ entirely, completely Nd2 533. (Page 375)
nissesa (နိဿေသ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+sesa．(nigepa-saṃ,ṇissesa-prā,nissesa-addha-māgadhī,sesa-sī)]
[နိ+သေသ။ (နိဂေပ-သံ၊ ဏိဿေသ-ပြာ၊ နိဿေသ-အဒ္ဓ-မာဂဓီ၊ နိသ်သေသ-သီဟိုဠ်)]
[Pali to Burmese]
nissesa—
(Burmese text): အကြွင်းအကျန်-မရှိသော။
(Auto-Translation): No surplus.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
niśśēṣa (निश्शेष).—a (S) That is without remainder; complete, whole, entire. 2 as ad Wholly, utterly, altogether, quite.
niḥśēṣa (निःशेष).—a See niśśēṣa.
niśśēṣa (निश्शेष).—a That is without remainder; complete, whole. ad Wholly, alto- gether, quite.
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
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष).—a. [nirgataḥ śeṣo yasya] Whole, complete, entire; निःशेषविश्राणितकोशजातम् (niḥśeṣaviśrāṇitakośajātam) R.5.1.
-ṣam, -ṣeṇa ind. Wholly, completely, totally, entirely.
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष).—mfn.
(-ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣaṃ) Complete, entire. E. niḥ for nir negative, and śeṣa remainder; also niśśeṣa.
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष).—adj., f. ṣā, 1. without leaving a residue, without sparing anybody or anything, completely destroyed, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 256; Mahābhārata 2, 1531. 2. all, whole, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 21. ºṣam, ṣa + tas, adv. completely, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 24, 83.
Niḥśeṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and śeṣa (शेष).
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष).—[adjective] having no remainder, whole, entire; [accusative] [with] kṛ = niśeṣay (q.v.). °—, [instrumental] & [adverb] in tas entirely, completely. — Cf. aśeṣa.
1) Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष):—[=niḥ-śeṣa] [from niḥ] mf(ā)n. without remainder, (either =) finished, passed away (kalpa), [Harivaṃśa] (ṣaṃ √kṛ to destroy completely, [Mahābhārata])
2) [v.s. ...] (or =) complete, whole, entire, all, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] at beg. of [compound] (= ṣam ind., or ṣeṇa ind.) totally, completely
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष):—[niḥ-śeṣa] (ṣaḥ-ṣā-ṣaṃ) a. Complete, entire.
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष):—(nis + śeṣa) adj. f. ā wovon kein Rest übrig ist, alles bis auf das Letzte, alle bis auf den Letzten [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1433,] [Scholiast] [Halāyudha 4, 85.] aśiśriyaṃstaṃ niḥśeṣā dantinaḥ [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 148. 2, 165.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 1, 3.] yo na nirgatya niḥśeṣāmālokayati medinīm [Pañcatantra I, 21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 48.] kalpa vollständig abgelaufen [Harivaṃśa 522. 528. 12298.] kṛta [Vāyupurāṇa] bei [MUIR, Sanskrit Texts I, 30, Nalopākhyāna 51.] niḥśeṣaṃ kar bis auf den letzten Rest vernichten: saṃśaptakāvaśeṣaṃ ca kṛtaṃ niḥśeṣamāhave [Mahābhārata 1, 535.] imāṃ vasumatīṃ kuryānniḥśeṣām [2, 1531. 7, 2057. 8511. 9, 1586. 13, 2090. 16, 102.] [Harivaṃśa 776.] [Spr. 508.] niḥśeṣānnaḥ kariṣyati [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 77, 15.] niḥśeṣaṃ (sic) naḥ kariṣyati [Rāmāyaṇa] [SCHL. 2, 78, 14.] [Mahābhārata 2, 2462.] jīvakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ nāvatiṣṭhate so v. a. geht vollständig zu Grunde [Harivaṃśa 12299.] Am Anfange eines comp. vor einem partic. als adv. bis auf den letzten Rest, ganz und gar, vollständig: bhagnā (vāhinī) [Harivaṃśa 11056 (S. 791).] viśrāṇitakośajāta [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 1.] muṣitāḍhyajana [Kathāsaritsāgara 24, 83.] [Sāhityadarpana 20, 3.] ṣeṇa dass.: jālaṃ te yojayāmāsurniḥśeṣeṇa [Mahābhārata 13, 2654.] ṣatas dass. [Suśruta 1, 301, 9. 2, 20, 13.] [Śākuntala 153, v. l.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 638.] nivṛttiḥ [Scholiast] bei [WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 12.] — Vgl. aśeṣa.
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष):—Adj. (f. ā) wovon kein Rest übrig ist , alles bis auf das Letzte , alle bis auf den Letzten , gesammt , vollständig abgelaufen. niḥśeṣaṃ (Geschlecht und Casus richtet sich nach dem Subst. ; aber einmal auch ṣāṃ naḥkariṣyati) kar bis auf den letzten Rest vernichten. niḥśeṣeṇa , niḥśeṣatas und niḥśeṣa bis auf den letzten Rest , ganz und gar , vollständig.
Niḥśeṣa (निःशेष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇissesa.
Niḥśeṣa (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 無遺 [wú yí]: “no remainder”; “nothing left over”.
Note: niḥśeṣa can be alternatively written as: niḥśeṣam.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
Ṇissesa (णिस्सेस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Niḥśeṣa.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Niḥśēṣa (ನಿಃಶೇಷ):—[adjective] that is having or has left, no remainder.
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Niḥśēṣa (ನಿಃಶೇಷ):—
1) [noun] the condition of (something) leaving no remainder.
2) [noun] a complete destruction.
Niśśēṣa (ನಿಶ್ಶೇಷ):—
1) [adjective] suppressing or subsiding (another).
2) [adjective] not leaving any remainder (as when being divided by another quantity); remainderless.
3) [adjective] not leaving any mark or trace (as when being destroyed).
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Niśśēṣa (ನಿಶ್ಶೇಷ):—
1) [noun] that which is divided completely (without leaving a remainder).
2) [noun] a complete destruction (without leaving a trace).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Niśśeṣa (निश्शेष):—adj. 1. without remainder; 2. vanished; 3. entire; complete;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Shesha, Mi, Ni.
Starts with (+0): Nihsheshabhagna, Nihsheshadvesha, Nihsheshakrit, Nihshesham, Nihsheshamushita, Nihsheshana, Nihsheshanartha, Nihsheshanirmulita, Nihsheshaprahana, Nihsheshartha, Nihsheshashesha, Nihsheshata, Nihsheshatas, Nihsheshay, Nihsheshaya.
Full-text (+30): Nihsheshata, Nissesam, Nihsheshakrit, Nihshesham, Nihsheshartha, Nihsheshabhagna, Nihsheshatas, Nihsheshamushita, Nihsheshaprahana, Nissesapativedha, Nissesapariyadana, Bhuta-bhavishyad-vartamana-nihshesha-adatya-sahita, Nissesapajahana, Nissesakilesa, Nissesavilopa, Asesanissesa, Nissesavacana, Nissesattha, Nihsheshadvesha, Nihsheshanartha.
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