Nirvrit, Nirvṛt: 4 definitions

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Nirvrit means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Nirvṛt can be transliterated into English as Nirvrt or Nirvrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirvṛt (निर्वृत्).—1 A.

1) To cease, come to an end; निरवर्त्स्यन् न चेद्वार्ता सीताया वितथैव नः (niravartsyan na cedvārtā sītāyā vitathaiva naḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.69.

2) To be got or accomplished; निर्वर्तेतास्य यावद्भिरितिकर्तव्यता नृभिः (nirvartetāsya yāvadbhiritikartavyatā nṛbhiḥ) Manusmṛti 7.61.

3) To be with-held, not to happen; निर्वर्त्स्यत्यृतुसंघातः (nirvartsyatyṛtusaṃghātaḥ) Bk. 16.6. -Caus.

1) To perform; accomplish, finish, complete; आहारं निर्वर्तयामास (āhāraṃ nirvartayāmāsa) K.16; R.2.45;3.33;11.3.

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

Nirvṛt (निर्वृत्).—roll out, come forth, develop, grow, become ([nominative]), be performed or finished, return. [Causative] bring forth, create, effect, perform, accomplish.

Nirvṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and vṛt (वृत्).

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

Nirvṛt (निर्वृत्):—[=nir-√vṛt] [Ātmanepada] -vartate ([Parasmaipada] only in [future] -vartsyāmi, to cause to roll out or cast (as dice), [Mahābhārata iv, 24 [B.]]; [future] -vartsyati and cond. -avartsyat, to take place, happen, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]),

—to come forth, originate, develop, become, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] etc.;

—to be accomplished or effected or finished, come off;—take place (cf. above), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;—often [wrong reading] for ni-vṛt q.v.:—[Causal] -vartayati ([indeclinable participle] -vartya; [Passive voice] -vartyate),

—to cause to come forth, bring out, turn out, do away with, remove, [Harivaṃśa; Rājataraṅgiṇī];

—to bring about, complete, finish, perform, make, produce, create, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to gladden, satisfy (a-nirvartya [varia lectio] for a-nirvṛtya), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Nirvṛt (निर्वृत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiaṭṭa.

context information

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.

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