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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Nilīma (निलीम).—n m Ballast.

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nīlimā (नीलिमा).—m (S) Blueness; the color of indigo, a dense cloud, slate &c. Ex. kēśāṃvara nīlimā jhaḷakatō; gōkarṇīcyā phulāvara mēghanīlimā.

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

Nīlimā (नीलिमा).—m Blueness.

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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

Nīliman (नीलिमन्).—m. Blue colour, darkness, blueness; प्रारम्भेऽपि त्रियामा तरुणयति निजं नीलिमानं वनेषु (prārambhe'pi triyāmā taruṇayati nijaṃ nīlimānaṃ vaneṣu) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.6; कज्जल- मलिनविलोचनचुम्बनविरचितनीलिमरूपम् (kajjala- malinavilocanacumbanaviracitanīlimarūpam) Gīt.

See also (synonyms): nīlinī.

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

Nīliman (नीलिमन्).—i. e. nīla + iman, m. Blackness, [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 8, 3.

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

Nīliman (नीलिमन्).—[masculine] blackness, dark colour.

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

Nīliman (नीलिमन्):—[from nīl] m. blueness, blackness, darkness, [Kāvya literature]

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

Nīliman (नीलिमन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇīlima.

[Sanskrit to German]

Niliman 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Ṇīlima (णीलिम) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nīliman.

context information

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.

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Full-text: Nirima, Medurita, Nilini.

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