Alternative spellings of this word include Nirlobh.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nirlōbha (निर्लोभ).—a (S) pop. nirlōbhī a Unavaricious, uncupidinous, uncovetous. 2 Disinterested or unselfish.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nirlōbha (निर्लोभ).—a nirlōbhī a Uncovetous or unselfish.

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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 dictionary

Nirlobha (निर्लोभ).—a. free from desire or avarice, unavaricious.

Nirlobha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and lobha (लोभ).

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

Nirlobha (निर्लोभ).—[adjective] free from avarice.

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

Nirlobha (निर्लोभ):—[=nir-lobha] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. free from desire, unavaricious, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

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

Nirlobha (निर्लोभ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇillobha, Ṇilloha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nirlobha 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nirlobha (निर्लोभ) [Also spelled nirlobh]:—(a) not greedy, unavaricious; (nm) loss of greediness.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirlōbha (ನಿರ್ಲೋಭ):—

1) [noun] the quality of not being covetous, greedy; absence of desires.

2) [noun] a generous, unselfish man.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Nirlobha (निर्लोभ):—adj. free from desire or greed; content; satisfied; gratified;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Lobha, Nir.

Starts with: Nirlobhatva.

Full-text: Nirlobhatva, Nirlobhi, Nillobha, Nilloha, Nirlobh, Lobha.

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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)

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