Niratishaya, Niratiśaya, Nir-atishaya, Ni-atisaya: 13 definitions

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Niratishaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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 Niratiśaya can be transliterated into English as Niratisaya or Niratishaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaiva philosophy

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Niratiśaya (निरतिशय) refers to “unsurpassed (pleasure)”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.132.—Accordingly, “[The passage] ‘inasmuch as they are [somehow] manifest in the concept [representing them’ means the following]. [...] [As well as] ‘heaven,’ [apprehended] as the object of unsurpassed pleasure (niratiśaya-sukha) and as [the means of] realizing it [...]—[all these] must belong to the realm of phenomena; otherwise such [things] as the fact that [they] can be desired, the search for the realization of this [desire], their determination [as having] this [particular] form and place, the practice in accordance with [this determination], etc., would [all] be impossible”.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

niratiśaya (निरतिशय).—a S Superlative, transcendent, exceeding, extreme.

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

niratiśaya (निरतिशय).—a Superlative, transcendent.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niratiśaya (निरतिशय).—a. unsurpassed, matchless, unrivalled; निरतिशयं गरिमाणं तेन जनन्याः स्मरन्ति विद्वांसः (niratiśayaṃ garimāṇaṃ tena jananyāḥ smaranti vidvāṃsaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.3.

-yaḥ the Supreme Being.

Niratiśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and atiśaya (अतिशय).

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

Niratiśaya (निरतिशय).—adj. not to be surpassed, greatest, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 36.

Niratiśaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and atiśaya (अतिशय).

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

Niratiśaya (निरतिशय).—[adjective] unsurpassed, highest.

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

Niratiśaya (निरतिशय):—[=nir-atiśaya] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. unsurpassed (-tva n.), [Harivaṃśa; Pañcatantra etc.]

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

Niratiśaya (निरतिशय) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiraisaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Niratishaya 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

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niratiśaya (ನಿರತಿಶಯ):—[adjective] of outstanding merit, virtue, etc.; excellent; surpassing; superior.

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Niratiśaya (ನಿರತಿಶಯ):—

1) [noun] a thing that is excellent in quality; a superior thing.

2) [noun] the quality or condition of being superior; superiority; excellence.

3) [noun] an excellent, superior man.

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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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Pali-English dictionary

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Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

niratisaya (နိရတိသယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+atisaya.īnitea ni-saddā bhusatta .]
[နိ+အတိသယ။ ဤ၌ နိ-သဒ္ဒါ ဘုသတ္တ သင့်သည်။]

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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.

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