Nirvidya, Nirvidyā, Nis-vidya: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvidyā (निर्विद्या).—adj. unlearned, Kām. Nītis. 5, 56.
Nirvidyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and vidyā (विद्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvidya (निर्विद्य).—[adjective] unlearned.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirvidya (निर्विद्य):—[=nir-vidya] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. unlearned, uneducated, [Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nirvidya (निर्विद्य) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇivvijja.
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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 corpusNirvidya (ನಿರ್ವಿದ್ಯ):—[adjective] not educated; uneducated.
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Nirvidya (ನಿರ್ವಿದ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] an uneducated man.
2) [noun] he who has lost the knowledge; a man who has become foolish.
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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Partial matches: Vidya, Nir, Nish.
Full-text: Nivvijja, Parashraya, Vidya, Balya.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.45 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.2.45 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Mimamsa interpretation of Vedic Injunctions (Vidhi) (by Shreebas Debnath)
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 3.3.120 < [Part 3 - Fraternal Devotion (sakhya-rasa)]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
III, 4, 47 < [Third Adhyāya, Fourth Pāda]
Formal Education System in Ancient India (by Sushmita Nath)
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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (by Swāmī Mādhavānanda)