Nirmukti: 8 definitions
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Nirmukti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति).—f. Freedom, liberation; स्वमूर्त्या लोकलावण्य निर्मुक्त्या लोचनं नृणाम् (svamūrtyā lokalāvaṇya nirmuktyā locanaṃ nṛṇām) Bhāgavata 11.1.6.
Derivable forms: nirmuktiḥ (निर्मुक्तिः).
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति).—i. e. nis-muc + ti, f. Deliverance, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 5, 131.
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति).—[feminine] liberation, deliverance from ([ablative] or —°).
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति):—[=nir-mukti] [from nir-muc] (nir-) f. liberation, deliverance from ([ablative] or [compound]), Av, [Kathāsaritsāgara] or dāna [Scholiast or Commentator] on [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x, 17, 18.]
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति):—(von muc mit nis) f. Erlösung, Befreiung: śāpa [Kathāsaritsāgara 5, 131. 6, 18.]
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Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति):—[Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 17, 18.] lokalāvaṇya (= tyāga oder dāna [Scholiast][) 11, 1, 6.]
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति):—f. —
1) Erlösung — , Befreiung von (Abl. oder im Comp. vorangehend) [Atharvaveda 12,3,5.] —
2) Einbusse oder Verleihung.
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
Nirmukti (निर्मुक्ति):—(nf) absolution; freedom, acquittal.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Nirmukti (ನಿರ್ಮುಕ್ತಿ):—
1) [noun] the state of being free; exemption or liberation from the control of some other person or some arbitrary power; liberty; independence.
2) [noun] freedom from the worldly attachments.
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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