Nirihara, Niṛhāra, Nirhāra: 12 definitions
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Nirihara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Niṛhāra can be transliterated into English as Nirhara or Nirihara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāNirhāra (निर्हार) refers to “accomplishing (the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to Brahmā Prabhāvyūha: “[...] (6) Further, ‘the root of good’ is seeking the dharma, ‘merit’ is teaching the dharma without a view to profit, and ‘knowledge’ is without secrecy of teachers concerning the dharma. (7) Further, ‘the root of good’ is listening to the dharma, ‘merit’ is thorough reflection, and ‘knowledge’ is accomplishing the dharma (dharma-nirhāra). [...]”.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryniṛhāra (निऱ्हार).—& niṛhārī Properly nirāhāra & nirāhārī.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNirhāra (निर्हार).—1 Taking away, removing, removal.
2) Drawing out, extracting.
3) Rooting up, destruction; कर्मणा कर्मनिर्हारो न ह्यात्यन्तिक इष्यते (karmaṇā karmanirhāro na hyātyantika iṣyate) Bhāgavata 6.1.11.
4) Carrying out a dead body to be burnt; एवं विलपतीनां वै परिगृह्य मृतं पतिम् । अनिच्छतीनां निर्हारमर्कोऽस्तं संन्यवर्तत (evaṃ vilapatīnāṃ vai parigṛhya mṛtaṃ patim | anicchatīnāṃ nirhāramarko'staṃ saṃnyavartata) || Bhāgavata 7.2.35.
5) Accumulation of a private store of wealth, private hoard; न निर्हारं स्त्रियः कुर्युः कुटुम्बाद्बहुमध्यगात् (na nirhāraṃ striyaḥ kuryuḥ kuṭumbādbahumadhyagāt) Manusmṛti 9.199.
6) Evacuation of the natural excrements of the body (opp. āhāra).
7) Putting forth or out.
8) Setting aside, excluding, leaving.
9) Deduction.
1) Diffusive fragrance.
Derivable forms: nirhāraḥ (निर्हारः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNirhāra (निर्हार).—(m.; = Pali nīhāra, which certainly some- [Page305-b+ 71] times has this meaning, e.g. in nīhāra-bhatto Vin. i.13.3; see s.v. nirharati; this entire group of words in Pali needs serious study), Tibetan (b)sgrub pa, production, accom- plishment, bringing to pass: Mahāvyutpatti 6865, see āṇī-praty- āṇī-; samādhi-vikrīḍita-śatasahasra-nirhāra-kuśalaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 863; (catuḥ-)saṃgrahavastu-prayoga-nirhāra-viśuddhiṃ ca nāma dharmamukham Lalitavistara 182.7; samādher…guṇānu- śaṃsanirhārapadāni śrutvā Samādhirājasūtra 19.1; citta-carita- caryānupraveśa-nirhāra-ceṣṭitaṃ jñātuṃ (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 6.2; tathā- gata-nirhāra- 6.3; tena raśmi-dhātu-maṇḍalī-samuddyo- tita-nirhāreṇa 7.8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirhāra (निर्हार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Extracting, drawing out, rooting up, &c. 2. Putting forth or out. 3. Evacuation of any of the natural excrements of the fæces, urine, sweat, &c. 4. Burning, combustion. 5. Giving away, selling, exchanging, &c. 6. Diffusive fragrance. 7. Accumulation of wealth, a hoard, a private purse. E. nir out, hṛ to take, affix ghañ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirhāra (निर्हार).—i. e. nis-hṛ + a, m. 1. Carrying a corpse to the funeral pyre, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 7, 2, 35. 2. A hoard, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 199. 3. Rooting up, destruction, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 29, 10. 4. Evacuation of excrements, Mahābhārata 13, 1796.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirhāra (निर्हार).—[masculine] nirhṛti [feminine] = nirharaṇa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nirhāra (निर्हार):—[=nir-hāra] [from nir-hṛ] m. = haraṇa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] setting aside or accumulation of a private store, a hoard, [Manu-smṛti ix, 199]
3) [v.s. ...] evacuation or voiding of excrement (opp. to ā-hāra), [Mahābhārata xiii, 1796]
4) [v.s. ...] deduction, [Śulba-sūtra]
5) [v.s. ...] completion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] diffusive fragrance, [Horace H. Wilson] (cf. hārin).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirhāra (निर्हार):—[nir-hāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Extracting; evacuation; burning, giving away; fragrance; accumulation of wealth.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusNirhāra (ನಿರ್ಹಾರ):—[noun] = ನಿರ್ಹರಣ [nirharana].
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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