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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirmathana (निर्मथन).—

1) Rubbing, churning, stirring.

2) The wood used for producing fire by friction.

3) Rubbing two pieces of wood together to produce fire.

4) Destruction; havoc; ब्रह्मच्छद्मा निखिलभुवनस्तोमनिर्माथयोग्यः (brahmacchadmā nikhilabhuvanastomanirmāthayogyaḥ) Mv.2.25; विनिवर्तित एष धीरपोतः पृतनानिर्मथनात्त्वयोपहूतः (vinivartita eṣa dhīrapotaḥ pṛtanānirmathanāttvayopahūtaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 5.8.

Derivable forms: nirmathanam (निर्मथनम्).

See also (synonyms): nirmatha, nirmantha, nirmanthana.

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

Nirmathana (निर्मथन).—i. e. nis-math + ana, n. 1. Rubbing together, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 75, 50. 2. Churning, Kām. Nītis. 13, 3.

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

Nirmathana (निर्मथन).—[neuter] stirring, churning, rubbing ([especially] kindle fire by rubbing).

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

Nirmathana (निर्मथन):—[=nir-mathana] [from nir-manth] n. rubbing, churning, making butter, lighting a fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together or by churning, [Upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]

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

Nirmathana (निर्मथन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇimmaṃthaṇa, Ṇimmahaṇa.

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Nirmathana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirmathana (ನಿರ್ಮಥನ):—[noun] = ನಿರ್ಮಂಥ - [nirmamtha -]1, 2 & 4.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mathana, Nir.

Starts with: Nirmathanadaru.

Ends with: Atinirmathana, Samantanirmathana.

Full-text: Nirmanthana, Nimmamthana, Nimmahana, Nirmathanadaru, Nirmantha, Nirmatha.

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