Nirashaka, Nir-ashaka, Nirāśaka, Nirāsaka: 7 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Nirāśaka can be transliterated into English as Nirasaka or Nirashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«previous next»] — Nirashaka in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Nirāsaka (निरासक) was a soldier in Sunītha and Sūryaprabha’s army whose strength is considered as equaling a tripple-power warrior (triguṇaratha), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sunītha’s army: “... [Nirāsaka, and others], these princes are of triple power”.

In chapter 48, Nirāsaka fought with Kumbhīraka. Accordingly: “... then a fight took place between those Vidyādhara princes on the one side and Prabhāsa and his comrades on the other, in which there was a great slaughter of soldiers. And in the single combats between the two hosts many warriors were slain on both sides, men, Asuras and Vidyādharas... But Kumbhīraka and Nirāsaka fought with their teeth, after their arms were cut off, and so did Kharva and the mighty Suśarman”.

The story of Nirāsaka was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Nirāsaka, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nirashaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirāśaka (निराशक).—a. hopeless; अद्य दुर्योधनो राज्याज्जीविताच्च निराशकः (adya duryodhano rājyājjīvitācca nirāśakaḥ) (bhaviṣyati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8.74.13.

Nirāśaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and āśaka (आशक). See also (synonyms): nirāśin.

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

Nirāśaka (निराशक).—i. e. nis-āśa (see āśā) + ka, adj. Desponding of (abl.), Mahābhārata 8, 3761.

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

1) Nirāśaka (निराशक):—[=nir-āśa-ka] [from nir-āśa > nir > niḥ] mfn. despairing of ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata viii, 3761]

2) Nirāsaka (निरासक):—[=nir-āsaka] [from nir-as] mfn. refusing, turning off, [Naiṣadha-carita [Scholiast or Commentator]]

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Nirashaka 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nirashaka in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirāśaka (ನಿರಾಶಕ):—

1) [noun] a man having no desire; a desireless man.

2) [noun] the Supreme Being.

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Nirāsaka (ನಿರಾಸಕ):—

1) [adjective] = ನಿರಾಸ [nirasa]1.

2) [adjective] rejecting; refusing; not accepting.

3) [adjective] that can destroy, prevent.

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Nirāsaka (ನಿರಾಸಕ):—[noun] he who has renounced worldly attachments, possessions, etc.

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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.

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