Alternative spellings of this word include Nipun.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Nipuṇa (निपुण) refers to “one who is efficient (in his activities)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.14 (“The birth of Jalandhara and his marriage”).—Accordingly, after Brahmā performed the postnatal rites for the Asura-boy Jalandhara: “[...] Then the ocean invited the great Asura Kālanemi and requested him to give his daughter named Vṛndā in marriage to his son. O sage, the heroic Asura Kālanemi, foremost among the Asuras, intelligent and efficient (nipuṇa) in his activities, welcomed the request of the ocean. He gave his beloved daughter to Jalandhara, the brave son of the ocean, in marriage performing the nuptial rites according to the Brāhma style. [...]”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Nipuṇa (निपुण).—A group of Piśācas with hanging ears, eyebrows and noses; are of dark brown and move visibly and invisibly.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 380, 383, 395-6; Vāyu-purāṇa 69. 264, 274-5.

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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.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Nipuṇa (निपुण) refers to “one who is well versed” (representing a characteristic of a true teacher or Guru) , according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “One should make an effort to seek a teacher who brings about eternal bliss and awakens (his disciples) to what is beneficial. (The true teacher is) is fortunate and pleasing to see. [...] He knows (whether a) time (is auspicious or not). He is well versed (nipuṇa) and skillful and knows (his) capabilities and is not repulsive. [...]”.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Nipuṇa (निपुण) refers to “carefully” (sprinkling or irrigating a plant), as prescribed by certain bio-organical recipes for plant mutagenesis, such as dwarfing a plant, according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “A plant grown in a pit supported with four pillars erected close to the root, carefully (nipuṇa) sprinkled with milk grows into a dwarf variety”.

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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

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Buddhism

Nipuṇa (निपुण) is the name of an ancient king from the Solar dynasty (sūryavaṃśa) and a descendant of Mahāsaṃmata, according to the Dīpavaṃśa and the Mahāvaṃśa. Nipuṇa is known as Nipura according to the Mahāvastu chapter II.32 of the Mahāsaṃghikas (and the Lokottaravāda school). Nipuṇa is known as Nūpura according to the Dulva (the Tibetan translation of the Vinaya of the Sarvāstivādins).

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

nipuṇa : (adj.) clever; skilful; accomplished.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nipuṇa, (adj.) (Sk. nipuṇa, dial. for nipṛṇa, to pṛṇoti, pṛ) clever, skilful, accomplished; fine, subtle, abstruse D. I, 26≈(n. gambhīra dhamma), 162 (paṇḍita+); M. I, 487 (dhamma); S. I, 33; IV, 369; A. III, 78; Sn. 1126 (=gambhīra duddasa etc. Nd² 350); Vbh. 426; Miln. 233, 276; DA. I, 117; VvA. 73 (ariyasaccesu kusala+), 232; PvA. 1, 16. Cp. abhinipuṇa. (Page 360)

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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

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nipuṇa (निपुण).—a (S) Conversant with; proficient or skilled in.

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

nipuṇa (निपुण).—a Conversant with; proficient.

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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

Nipuṇa (निपुण).—a.

1) Clever, sharp, shrewd, skilful; वयस्य निसर्गनिपुणाः स्त्रियः (vayasya nisarganipuṇāḥ striyaḥ) M.3.

2) Proficient or skilled in, conversant or familiar with (with loc. or instr.); वाचि निपुणः (vāci nipuṇaḥ); वाचा निपुणः (vācā nipuṇaḥ).

3) Experienced.

4) Kindly or friendly towards.

5) Acute, fine, delicate, minute, sharp.

6) Complete, perfect, accurate.

7) Absolute; प्रसन्ननिपुणेन (prasannanipuṇena) Bhāgavata 5.4.5.

-ṇam Skill, proficiency; न चास्य कश्चिन्निपुणेन धातुरवैति जन्तुः कुमनीष ऊतीः (na cāsya kaścinnipuṇena dhāturavaiti jantuḥ kumanīṣa ūtīḥ) Bhāgavata 1.3.37.

-ṇam ind. or निपुणेन (nipuṇena)

1) Skilfully, cleverly.

2) Perfectly, completely, totally,

3) Exactly, carefully, accurately, minutely; निपुणमन्विष्यन्नुपलब्धवान् (nipuṇamanviṣyannupalabdhavān) Daśakumāracarita 59; निपुणमनुपाल्या हि शिशवः (nipuṇamanupālyā hi śiśavaḥ) Mv.5.14.

4) In a delicate manner.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nipuṇa (निपुण).—adj. (as in Pali, epithet of dhamma), subtle: (gambhīraḥ…dharmo)…sūkṣmo nipuno (duranubo- dhaḥ) Lalitavistara 395.20; 397.13 (both prose; in the second some inferior mss. °ṇa). Acc. to [Boehtlingk] 7.352, fein, zart, zärtlich also in Jātakamālā 20.25 yuktā…daivateṣu parānukampā- nipuṇā pravṛttiḥ; but here the usual Sanskrit meaning skillful would seem possible (so Speyer).

Nipuṇa can also be spelled as Nipuna (निपुन).

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

Nipuṇa (निपुण).—mfn.

(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) 1. Clever, skilful, conversant with. 2. Skilled in. 3. Kindly or friendly towards. 4. Sharp, fine, delicate. 5. Complete, perfect. E. ni before, puṇ to be pure, affix ka .

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

Nipuṇa (निपुण).—i. e. probably ni -puṣ + na, adj., f. ṇā. 1. Perfect, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 61. 2. Clever, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 490. 3. Conversant, 57. ºṇam, adv. 1. Completely, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 96, 1 Gorr. 2. Carefully, 4, 44, 82. 3. In a delicate manner, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 59, 15.

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

Nipuṇa (निपुण).—[adjective] clever, skilful; versed in, familiar with ([locative], *[genetive], *[instrumental], infin., or —°); exact, complete, perfect. °— & [neuter] [adverb]; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]

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

1) Nipuṇa (निपुण):—mf(ā)n. (said to be from a √puṇ), clever, adroit, skilful, sharp, acute, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Kāvya literature] etc.

2) skilled in, conversant with, capable of (mostly [compound] cf. [Pāṇini 2-1, 31 and] [gana] śauṇḍādi; but also infin. [Kāvya literature] [locative case] [Varāha-mihira] [genitive case] [Vopadeva v, 29] or [instrumental case] [Pāṇini 2-1, 31])

3) kind or friendly towards ([locative case] or prati, [Pāṇini 2-3, 43])

4) delicate, tender, [Jātakamālā]

5) perfect, complete, absolute (as purity, devotion etc.), [Manu-smṛti; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Nipuṇa (निपुण):—[ni-puṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a. Clever.

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

Nipuṇa (निपुण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiuṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nipuna 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

Nipuṇa (निपुण) [Also spelled nipun]:—(a) skilful, expert; dexterous; efficient; ~[tā] skill, expertise; dexterity; efficiency.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nipuṇa (ನಿಪುಣ):—[adjective] very skillful; having much knowledge and training; expert; proficient; adept.

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Nipuṇa (ನಿಪುಣ):—

1) [noun] a skillful, knowledgeable, well-trained man; an expert or adept.

2) [noun] the skill, knowledge; judgement.

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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)

Partial matches: Puna, Ni.

Starts with: Nipunadrish, Nipunam, Nipunan, Nipunata, Nipunatana, Nipunatara, Nipunataram, Nipunatas, Nipunate, Nipunattuvam, Nipunatva.

Ends with: Abhinipuṇa, Anipuna, Aparvabhanganipuna, Atinipuna, Bharatanipuna, Karmanipuna, Kumaranipuna, Nayanipuna, Nisarganipuna, Nitinipuna, Pararthanipuna, Prayoganipuna, Sambhashananipuna, Smaranipuna, Sunipuna, Svakarmanipuna.

Full-text (+49): Nipunam, Niuna, Naipuna, Anipuna, Nipunatas, Nipunata, Nisarganipuna, Nitinipuna, Prayoganipuna, Anaipuna, Nipunataram, Nipunatara, Nipunadrish, Nedishtha, Kumaranipuna, Prauna, Nipunattuvam, Pun, Atinipuna, Abhinipuṇa.

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