Nirmoka: 11 definitions

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Alternative spellings of this word include Nirmok.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Nirmoka (निर्मोक).—(Nirmoha)—a son of Manusāvarṇi; a sage of the epoch of the XIII Manu.*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 13. 11, 31; Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 21; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 2. 19; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 22.
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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirmoka (निर्मोक).—

1) Setting free, liberating.

2) A hide, skin; मृगनिर्मोकवसनाश्चीरवल्कलवाससः (mṛganirmokavasanāścīravalkalavāsasaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.141.1.

3) The slough of a serpent; स्तनोत्तरीयाणि भवन्ति सङ्गान्निर्मोकपट्टाः फणिभिर्विमुक्ताः (stanottarīyāṇi bhavanti saṅgānnirmokapaṭṭāḥ phaṇibhirvimuktāḥ) R.16.17; Śiśupālavadha 2.47; N.1; महोरगविनिर्मुक्तानेक निर्मोकभास्वराम् (mahoragavinirmuktāneka nirmokabhāsvarām) Śiva. B.31.62.

4) Armour, mail.

5) The sky, heaven.

6) Atmosphere; निर्मोको मोचने व्योम्नि सन्नाहे सूर्यकञ्चुके (nirmoko mocane vyomni sannāhe sūryakañcuke) Medinī.

Derivable forms: nirmokaḥ (निर्मोकः).

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

Nirmoka (निर्मोक).—i. e. nis-muc + a, m. 1. A hide. Mahābhārata 13, 6490. 2. The slough of a snake, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 91, 12 Gorr. 3. A proper name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 13, 11.

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

Nirmoka (निर्मोक).—[masculine] a hide or skin (taken or cast off).

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

1) Nirmoka (निर्मोक):—[=nir-moka] [from nir-muc] m. setting loose or free, liberating, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a cast-off skin ([especially] of a snake), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (-paṭṭa m. a piece of cast-off skin, [Raghuvaṃśa xvi, 17])

3) [v.s. ...] armour, mail, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] sky, atmosphere, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] Name of a son of the 8th Manu, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] of a Ṛṣi under the 13th Manu, [ib.] (cf. nir-moha, p. 541, col. 3).

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

Nirmoka (निर्मोक):—[nir-moka] (kaḥ) 1. m. The slough of a snake; liberating; armour; sky.

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

Nirmoka (निर्मोक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇimmoa.

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Nirmoka in German

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nirmoka (निर्मोक) [Also spelled nirmok]:—(nm) moult, slough (of a snake); the upper surface of the skin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirmōka (ನಿರ್ಮೋಕ):—

1) [noun] a leaving or casting off.

2) [noun] the thin of layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.

3) [noun] the skin.

4) [noun] a defensive cover for the body used by soldiers; an armour.

5) [noun] the sky.

6) [noun] ನಿರ್ಮೋಕಮುಕ್ತಭುಜಂಗ [nirmokamuktabhujamga] (fig.) a person, after overcoming his or her inhibitions, starts with a renewed vigour, accompanied revengeful wrath.

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