Nirmatri, Nirmātṛ, Nirmāta, Nirmata, Nir-mata: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nirmātṛ can be transliterated into English as Nirmatr or Nirmatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Nirmātā (निर्माता) refers to the “creator (of all things)” (i.e., Īśvara), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “Unmoved and undistressed, realising that being, non-being and transformation are of the very nature of things, one easily finds peace. At peace, having shed all desires within, and realising that nothing exists here but the Lord, the Creator of all things (sarva-nirmātā) [īśvaraḥ sarvanirmātā nehānya iti niścayī], one is no longer attached to anything. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Nirmātṛ (निर्मातृ) refers to the “creator”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]—[...] (5). The Buddha has no non-concentrated mind.—[...] Furthermore, according to the Śrāvaka system, when the magically created beings (nirmita) preach the Dharma, their creator (nirmātṛ), [namely, the Śrāvaka, does not speak, and when the creator speaks, the magically created beings do not speak. It is not so with the Buddha: the magically created beings and their creator, [namely, the Buddha,] preach the Dharma together. [In the Śrāvakas, the mind in concentration is necessarily different [from the mind of creation] and when the śrāvaka enters into concentration, he does not speak.. [...]”.
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
Sanskrit dictionary
Nirmātṛ (निर्मातृ).—i. e. nis-mā + tṛ, m. f. trī. 1. Creator, Mahābhārata 5, 3493. 2. A builder, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 4, 315.
Nirmātṛ (निर्मातृ).—[masculine] maker, builder, creator, author.
Nirmāta (निर्मात):—[=nir-māta] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. well instructed, [Śīlāṅka]
Nirmātṛ (निर्मातृ):—[=nir-mātṛ] [from nir-mā] m. (f(trī). ) maker, builder, creator, author, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.
Nirmāta (निर्मात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇimmāya.
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
Nirmātā (निर्माता):—(nm) a constructor, producer (as of a film etc.); builder; creator.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Nirmāṭa (ನಿರ್ಮಾಟ):—[noun] the condition, stage or period of inaction.
Nirmātṛ (ನಿರ್ಮಾತೃ):—[noun] = ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕ [nirmapaka]2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Nirmātā (निर्माता):—n. 1. founder; 2. creator; 3. maker; (of film) producer;
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: Nir, Matri, Mada.
Starts with: Nirmatrita, Nirmatritva.
Full-text: Nirmatrita, Nirmatritva, Sarvanirmata, Vinirmatri, Nirmatam, Nimmatar, Nimmaya, Nirmita, Mada.
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