Nirharin, Nirhārin: 8 definitions

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Nirharin means something in 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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्).—a.

1) Carrying out.

2) Diffusive, spreading wide (as fragrance).

3) Fragrant.

4) A kind of fragrance surpassing all others (sarvagandhābhibhāvako hiṅgvādau com. on Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.184.28).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्).—mfn. (-rī-riṇī-ri) 1. Taking forth or out. 2. Diffusively fragrant, having a wide spreading odour. 3. Having wealth. E. nir, hṛ to take, ghiṇun aff. or nirhāra, affix ṇini.

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

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्).—i. e. nis-hṛ + in, adj. Diffusively fragrant, Mahābhārata 12, 6848.

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

1) Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्):—[=nir-hārin] [from nir-hṛ] mfn. diffusively fragrant, [Mahābhārata xii, 6848]

2) [v.s. ...] taking forth or out, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] having wealth, [ib.]

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

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्):—[nir-hārin] (rī-riṇī-ri) a. Taking out; diffusively fragrant; wealthy.

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

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्):—(von har mit nis) adj. sich weit verbreitend (von einem Geruch) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 4, 19. 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1390.] [Mahābhārata 12, 6848.] nihārin [14, 1409.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्):—Adj. sich weit verbreitend (von einem Geruch) [Mahābhārata 14,50,42.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Nirhārin (निर्हारिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇīhāri.

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

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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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