Niravadya, Nir-avadya: 13 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Niravadya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Niravadya (निरवद्य).—Like sāvadya is Yogaiśvara lying embedded in the five elements; it relates to indriyas and ahaṅkāras.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 13. 6.

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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.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics (Mahayana)

Niravadya (निरवद्य) refers to a “hundred duodecillion” (100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in a list of numeral denominations, according to the Lalitavistara-sūtra, a well-known Buddhist work of the first century B.C.—Accordingly, “The mathematician Arjuna asked the Bodhisattva, ‘O young man, do you know the counting which goes beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: I know. Arjuna: How does the counting proceed beyond the koṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: [hundred gaṇanāgati are called niravadya, hundred niravadyas are called mudrābala,...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niravadya (निरवद्य).—a.

1) blameless, faultless, unblameable, unobjectionable; हृद्य- निरवद्यरूपो भूपो बभूव (hṛdya- niravadyarūpo bhūpo babhūva) Daśakumāracarita 1.

2) an epithet of the Supreme Being (having no passions).

Niravadya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and avadya (अवद्य).

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

Niravadya (निरवद्य).—[, nt., a high number: Lalitavistara 148.7, 8 (prose); the only v.l. is nīra°; but Tibetan sgrib pa = nīvaraṇam, as read in Mahāvyutpatti 7971, which is cited from this Lalitavistara passage; we may assume nīvaraṇam as the true reading.]

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

Niravadya (निरवद्य).—mfn.

(-dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ) Unobjectionable, unexceptionable. E. nir neg. avadya not to be said.

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

Niravadya (निरवद्य).—I. adj. blameless, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 99, 51. Ii. f. blamelessness(?), [Indralokāgamana] 5, 11 (v. r.).

Niravadya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and avadya (अवद्य).

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

Niravadya (निरवद्य).—[adjective] blameless; [abstract] tva [neuter]

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

1) Niravadya (निरवद्य):—[=nir-avadya] [from nir > niḥ] a mf(ā)n. unblamable, unobjectionable, [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc. (-tva n., [Bhāgavata-purāṇa])

2) [v.s. ...] n. blamelessness, excellence (-vat mfn., [Mahābhārata])

3) [v.s. ...] n. or m. a [particular] high number, [Lalita-vistara]

4) [=nir-avadya] b -avayava etc. See nir, p. 539, col. 3.

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

Niravadya (निरवद्य):—[nira+vadya] (dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ) a. Unobjectionable, unexceptionable.

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

Niravadya (निरवद्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiravajja.

[Sanskrit to German]

Niravadya 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niravadya (ನಿರವದ್ಯ):—[adjective] unblamable; unobjectionalble; that is not culpable.

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Niravadya (ನಿರವದ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] that which is spotless, having no faults or defects.

2) [noun] he whose character is free from faults, defects; an irreproachable being; the Supreme Being.

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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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