Nihshvasa, Niḥśvāsa: 13 definitions
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Nihshvasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 term Niḥśvāsa can be transliterated into English as Nihsvasa or Nihshvasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Niswas.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास):—Inspiration, inhalation
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास) refers to “sighs”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 3), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The dark spots, also known as ketus, the sons of Rāhu are Tāmasa, Kīlaka and the like, and are 33 in number. How they affect the earth depends upon their color, position and shape. [...] Even Ṛṣis, reduced to mere skeletons by starvation, giving up their pious course of life, with fleshless infants in their arms. Deprived of their property by highway men, with long sighs [i.e., pradīrgha-niḥśvāsa], closed eyes, emaciated bodies, and with their sight dimmed with the tears of sorrow will proceed with difficulty to other lands”.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास).—
1) Breathing out, expiration.
2) Sighing, a sigh, breath.
Derivable forms: niḥśvāsaḥ (निःश्वासः).
See also (synonyms): niśvāsa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास).—m.
(-saḥ) 1. Breathing out, expiration. 2. Sighing. E. nir, and śvas to breathe, bhāve ghañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास).—i. e. nis-śvas + a, m. 1. Breathing, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Niḥśvāsa (निःश्वास).—[masculine] breathing out, breath i.[grammar]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास):—[=niḥ-śvāsa] [from niḥ-śvas] m. (ifc. f(ā). ) = śvasita n., [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc. (often [varia lectio] or [wrong reading] ni-śv)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास):—[niḥ-śvāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Breathing out, sighing.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Niḥśvāsa (निःश्वास) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇisāsa, Ṇissāsa, Ṇīsāsa, Ṇīsāsaya.
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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 dictionaryNiḥśvāsa (निःश्वास) [Also spelled niswas]:—(nm) expiration, breathing out.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNiḥśvāsa (ನಿಃಶ್ವಾಸ):—
1) [noun] an exhaling or being exhaled; exhalation.
2) [noun] the air exhaled.
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: Nihshvasana, Nihshvasaparama, Nihshvasasamhita.
Ends with: Dirghanihshvasa, Kshananihshvasa, Vyalikanihshvasa.
Full-text: Nihshvasaparama, Sanihshvasam, Nisia, Nishvasa, Nissasa, Nihshvasasamhita, Nisasa, Nisasaya, Vyalikanihshvasa, Kshananihshvasa, Udrekin, Niswas, Dirgh, Dirgha, Pradirgha, Anu, Visada, Parama.
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