Nirishvara, Nirīśvara, Nir-ishvara: 5 definitions
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Nirishvara 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.
The Sanskrit term Nirīśvara can be transliterated into English as Nirisvara or Nirishvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNirīśvara (निरीश्वर).—a. godless, atheistic. -°वाद (vāda) atheistic doctrine.
Nirīśvara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and īśvara (ईश्वर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirīśvara (निरीश्वर):—[=nir-īśvara] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. godless, atheistic
[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 corpusNirīśvara (ನಿರೀಶ್ವರ):—
1) [noun] = ನಿರೀಶ್ವರವಾದಿ [nirishvaravadi].
2) [noun] he who does not have a master; he who is a master of himself; the Supreme Being.
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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Partial matches: Ishvara, Nir.
Starts with: Nirishvarasamkhya, Nirishvarasamkhyashastra, Nirishvaravada, Nirishvaravadi, Nirishvaravadin.
Full-text: Nirishvaravadin, Nirishvaravada, Nirishvarasamkhyashastra, Niriccuracankiyan, Nirisha, Samkhya.
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