Nirharaka, Nirhāraka: 5 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNirhāraka (निर्हारक).—(1) m., some member of a ship's crew (see s.v. pauruṣeya 2), after āhāraka, q.v., Mahāvyutpatti 3852 = Tibetan sel ba, remover; according to Chin. one who looks after boats (possibly unloader of freight?); (2) adj. (see s.v. nirharati), bringing, producing: Bodhisattvabhūmi 209.22 (durbhik- ṣeṣu…) vṛṣṭi-nirhārakaṃ dhyānaṃ, bringing or pro- ducing rain (to relieve famine; an activity of Bodhisattvas). In Pali nīhāraka only recorded in piṇḍapāta-nī°, one who brings food (especially to Buddha; = abhinir°; see s.v. nirha- rati); the same, °ta-nirhārakaḥ piṇḍapātam ādāya bhaga- vatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.130.2; °ta-nirhārakaṃ bhikṣum 180.15, 17.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirhāraka (निर्हारक).—i. e. nis-hṛ + aka, adj. Carrying (a corpse) to the fureral pyre, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 166, ed. Calc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nirhāraka (निर्हारक):—[=nir-hāraka] [from nir-hṛ] mfn. carrying out (as a dead body; cf. preta-nirh)
2) [v.s. ...] purifying, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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Ends with: Abhinirharaka, Pindapatranirharaka, Pretanirharaka.
Full-text: Pretanirharaka, Pretaniryataka, Pindapatranirharaka, Niryataka, Paurusheya, Pinda.
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