Nimittakala, Nimittakāla, Nimitta-kala: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nimittakāla (निमित्तकाल).—a specific time.

Derivable forms: nimittakālaḥ (निमित्तकालः).

Nimittakāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nimitta and kāla (काल).

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

Nimittakāla (निमित्तकाल):—[=nimitta-kāla] [from nimitta] m. the period or moment of time which may be regarded as causing any event

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

Nimittakāla (निमित्तकाल):—[nimitta-kāla] (laḥ) 1. m. A given time.

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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.

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