Nisara, Nisāra, Niḥsāra, Nihsara, Nishara, Nīśāra, Nissara, Nissāra: 41 definitions
Introduction:
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The Sanskrit term Nīśāra can be transliterated into English as Nisara or Nishara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nisar.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Niḥsāra (निःसार) refers to a “stem that is deficient in substance”; representing a type of the Patraprabhāva classification of the Kāṇḍa (“stem”) part of plants, representing a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The panicle, or “sub-aerial member” of the plant body i.e. the vistāra or tūla consists of stem i.e. kāṇḍa and the leaf i.e. parṇa. The stem (kāṇḍa) is formed above the root system and it supports the branches. The stem (kāṇḍa) is classified into two groups, viz. Patraprabhāva and Puṣpaprabhāva or Akṣakāṇḍa. The patraprabhāva-kāṇḍa develops from leaves. It is persistent. The patraprabhāva type of kāṇḍa (stem) is classified into six categories. A stem deficient in substance is called niḥsāra-kāṇḍa.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Niḥsāra (निःसार) is another name for Śākhoṭa, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Streblus asper (Siamese rough bush), from the Moraceae family. It is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine) and is used throughout literature such as the Suśrutasaṃhita and the Carakasaṃhitā. The synonym was identified in the Rājanighaṇṭu (verse 9.123), which is a 13th century medicinal thesaurus.
Nissāra (निस्सार):—Ill nourishment
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Gitashastra (science of music)
Niḥsāra (निःसार, “pithless”) refers to one of the seven defects (doṣa) of the voice (śabda), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 14.72-75, where they are commonly known as the śabdadoṣa. The Saṅgītaśiromaṇi (“crest-jewel of music”) is a 15th-century Sanskrit work on Indian musicology (gāndharvaśāstra).
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Nissāra (निस्सार) refers to “without value” (i.e., “that which is void of all valuable things”), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, after Tāraka requested boons from Brahmā: “[...] That great demon [i.e., Tāraka] was crowned the king of the three worlds with the permission of Śukra, the preceptor of the demons. [...] Wherever a fine article was espied by the demon, he seized it immediately. The three worlds became void of all valuable things [i.e., nissāra]. O sage, the oceans the offered him their gems on account of fear. The entire earth became exuberant in productivity without being tilled and yielded what his subjects desired. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Niḥsāra.—cf. nissāreṇa (LP), ‘in an excellent manner.’ Note: niḥsāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Nisara in India is the name of a plant defined with Coriandrum sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coriandrum majus Gouan (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2054)
· Fl. Libya (1985)
· Pakistan Journal of Botany (1974)
· Flora Taurico-Caucasica (1808)
· Fl. Cochinch. (1790)
· Deutschlands Flora, Abtheilung II, Cryptogamie (Sturm) (1904)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Nisara, for example chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
Nissara in India is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· FBI (1874)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Taxon (1979)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1928)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Nissara, for example pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nissāra : (adj.) worthless; sapless; unsubstantial.
Nisāra, (adj. -n.) (ni+sāra) full of sap, excellent, strong (of a tree) Vv 631 (=niratisaya sārassa nisiṭṭhasārassa rukkhassa VvA. 261). (Page 373)
Nissāra, (adj.) (nis+sāra) sapless, worthless, unsubstantial J. I, 393; Sdhp. 51, 608, 612. (Page 374)
1) nissāra (နိဿာရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+sāra．natthi etassa sāranti nissāraṃ．visuddhi,ṭī,2．456．(-sāra-saṃ,ṇissāra-prā,nissāra-addhamāgadhī]
[နိ+သာရ။ နတ္ထိ ဧတဿ သာရန္တိ နိဿာရံ။ ဝိသုဒ္ဓိ၊ ဋီ၊ ၂။ ၄၅၆။ (နိး-သာရ-သံ၊ ဏိဿာရ-ပြာ၊ နိဿာရ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ]
2) nisāra (နိသာရ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+sāra]
[နိ+သာရ]
[Pali to Burmese]
nissāra—
(Burmese text): အနှစ်-မရှိ-ကင်း-သော။ (များခြင်း,ပေါများခြင်း။ အနှစ်မှ ယုတ်သော၊ အနှစ်ကင်းသော၊ အကျိုးမရှိသော။ ပြာ၊ ဓာန်)။
(Auto-Translation): Lacking essence - void of meaning. (Abundance, excess. Detached from essence, devoid of benefit. Blue, poison.)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
niḥsāra (निःसार).—Better written nissāra &c.
Nissāra (निस्सार).—a (S) Sapless, pithless. See nissatva Sig. I.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Niḥsāra (निःसार).—Going forth or out, exit; निःसारं काङ्क्षमाणः सः (niḥsāraṃ kāṅkṣamāṇaḥ saḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.289.28. -a.
1) Worthless; जगत्सर्वं तु निःसारमनित्यं दुःखभाजनम् (jagatsarvaṃ tu niḥsāramanityaṃ duḥkhabhājanam) Kālikā P.; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.16.
2) Sapless.
3) Unsubstantial.
Derivable forms: niḥsāraḥ (निःसारः).
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Niḥsāra (निःसार).—A multitude (samūha).
Derivable forms: niḥsāraḥ (निःसारः).
Nīśāra (नीशार).—[ni-śṝ ghañ dīrghaḥ]
1) A warm cloth, a blanket.
2) A mosquito-curtain.
3) An outer tent or screen.
Derivable forms: nīśāraḥ (नीशारः).
Niḥsara (निःसर).—(°-) (evidently from Sanskrit niḥ-sṛ-), according to Tibetan phu chu, mountain torrent: -dhārāḥ Mahāvyutpatti 4186.
Niḥsāra (निःसार).—mfn.
(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) 1. Sapless, pithless. 2. Worthless, vain, insubstantial. m.
(-raḥ) 1. A plant, (Trophis aspera.) 2. Going forth. f.
(-rā) The plantain. E. nir privative, sāra essence, pith; or nir out, sṛ to go, ghañ aff.
Nīśāra (नीशार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A warm cloth, blanket. 2. Curtains, musquitocurtains. 3. An outer tent or screen. E. ni before, śṛ to hurt, &c. aff. ghañ, deriv. irr.
Niḥsāra (निःसार).—i. e. nis-sṛ + a, m. Coming out, Mahābhārata 12, 10686.
— Cf. sāra.
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Niḥsāra (निःसार).—adj., f. rā, 1. sapless, [Suśruta] 1, 20, 16; [Cāṇakya] 66 in Berl. Monatsb. 1864, 411. 2. powerless, insignificant, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 421. 3. insipid. 4. vain, perishable, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 71.
Niḥsāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and sāra (सार).
Niḥsāra (निःसार).—1. [masculine] going forth.
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Niḥsāra (निःसार).—2. [adjective] sapless, pithless, worthless, vain; [abstract] tva [neuter]
Nīśāra (नीशार).—[masculine] a blanket or shawl.
1) Niḥsāra (निःसार):—[=niḥ-sāra] [from niḥ] a mf(ā)n. sapless, pithless, worthless, vain, unsubstantial (-tā f. -tva n.), [Harivaṃśa; Varāha-mihira; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Trophis Aspera or a kind of Śyonāka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] (in music) a kind of time (also sāru and ruka)
4) Niḥsārā (निःसारा):—[=niḥ-sārā] [from niḥ-sāra > niḥ] f. Musa Sapientum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) Niḥsara (निःसर):—[=niḥ-sara] [from niḥ-sṛ] mfn. issuing out
6) Niḥsāra (निःसार):—[=niḥ-sāra] [from niḥ-sṛ] b m. going forth or out, [Mahābhārata]
1) Nisara (निसर):—[=ni-sara] (√sṛ), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xxx, 14.]
2) Nisāra (निसार):—[=ni-sāra] (√sṛ?) = saṃgha, sāra, or nyāya-dātavya-vitta, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([probably] [wrong reading] for ni-kara).
3) Nīśāra (नीशार):—[=nī-śāra] [from nī] a m. (√śṛ) a warm cloth or outer garment, [Patañjali]
4) [v.s. ...] curtains, ([especially]) mosquito curtains, an outer tent or screen, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [=nī-śāra] b nī-ṣah, nī-hāra etc. See 5. nī, p. 565, col. 2.
Niḥsāra (निःसार):—[niḥ-sāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A plant (Trophis aspera). (rā) f. A plantain. a. Sapless, pithless.
Nīśāra (नीशार):—[nī-śāra] (raḥ) 1. m. A blanket; curtains; screen, or outer tent.
Nisara (निसर):—m. [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 14.] Nach [Mahīdhara] nom. ag. von sar mit ni .
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Nisāra (निसार):—s. u. nikara am Ende.
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Nīśāra (नीशार):—(von śar mit ni) m. ein warmer Ueberwurf, eine warme Decke [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 675.] gaurivākatanīśāraḥ prāyeṇa śiśire kṛśaḥ [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.3,3,21.] = kāṇḍāra (bengal. Schirm, Vorhang) [NAYANĀNANDA im Śabdakalpadruma] = kāṇṭapaṭa Vorhang [Bharata] (nach einer ungenannten Autor.) im [Śabdakalpadruma] = masārī (bengal. Vorhang als Schutz gegen Mücken) [Bharata] (nach einer ungenannten Autor.) ebend.
Niḥsāra (निःसार):—1. (von sar mit nis) m. das Herauskommen [Mahābhārata 12, 10686.]
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Niḥsāra (निःसार):—2. (nis + sāra)
1) adj. f. ā saftlos, kraftlos, gehaltlos, nichtig, eitel: oṣadhi [Suśruta 1, 20, 16.] āhāra [247, 20.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 94, 40.] mṛgatṛṣṇikārṇavajala [Prabodhacandrodaja 69, 13.] niḥsārālpaphala [Pañcatantra I, 421.] ambuda, śatru [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 94.] nara [Harivaṃśa 11199.] loka [11194.] mānuṣye kadalīstambaniḥsāre [ŚUDDHIT. im Śabdakalpadruma][?; vgl. Hitopadeśa IV. 71.] jagat [Kalikāpurāṇa 27 im Śabdakalpadruma] mantra [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 84, 7.] Hiervon nom. abstr. tā f.: (kālakanyayā) abhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ sadyo niḥsāratāmiyāt [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 28, 3.] jaganniḥ [KĀYAKĀ-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher a. a. O.] niḥsāratva n. [Pañcatantra I, 119.] —
2) m. a) Trophis aspera (śākhoṭa) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] eine Art Śyonāka [Rājanirghaṇṭa] ebend. — b) eine Art Tact [Gītagovinda S. 16] und [S. VIII, Nalopākhyāna] —
3) f. ā Pisang, Musa sapientum (kadalī) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Niḥsāra (निःसार):—2.
1) badarīphala saftlos [Spr. 4125.] padārtha werthlos [1624.]
Nisara (निसर):—m. nach [Mahīdhara] Nom.ag. von sar mit ni.
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Nisāra (निसार):—m. —
1) = saṃgha. —
2) = sāra. —
3) = nyāyadātavyavitta. — Wohl fehlerhaft für nikara.
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Nīśāra (नीशार):—m. —
1) ein warmer Ueberwurf , eine warme Decke [Mahābhāṣya 3,90,b.] —
2) *Schirm , Vorhang (auch als Schutz gegen Mücken).
Niḥsāra (निःसार):—1. m. das Herauskommen.
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Niḥsāra (निःसार):—2. —
1) Adj. (f. ā) saftlos , kraftlos , gehaltlos , werthlos , nichtig , eitel. Nom.abstr. tā f. und tva n. —
2) m. — a) *Trophis aspera. — b) *eine Art Śyonāka [Rājan 9,28.] — c) ein best. Tact [GĪT.S.4] ; vgl. niḥsāru und ka. —
3) *f. ā Musa sapientum [Rājan 11,37.]
Niḥsāra (निःसार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇissāra, Ṇissāraga, Ṇīsāra, Ṇīhara, Dhāḍa.
Nihsara (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 離 [lí]: “separate”.
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
Nisāra (निसार) [Also spelled nisar]:—(a) sacrificed; —[karanā] to sacrifice.
Nissāra (निस्सार) [Also spelled nissar]:—(a) unsubstantial, illusory; worthless; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Ṇissara (णिस्सर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nirasṛ.
2) Ṇissāra (णिस्सार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsāra.
3) Ṇissāra (णिस्सार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsāra.
Ṇissāra has the following synonyms: Ṇissāraga.
1) Ṇisara (णिसर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ram.
2) Ṇīsara (णीसर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsṛ.
3) Ṇīsāra (णीसार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsāra.
4) Ṇīsāra (णीसार) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsāra.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Niḥsāra (ನಿಃಸಾರ):—[adjective] = ನಿಃಸತ್ವ [nihsatva]1.
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Niḥsāra (ನಿಃಸಾರ):—[noun] = ನಿಃಸತ್ವ [nihsatva]2 - 1.
Niśāra (ನಿಶಾರ):—[noun] a sufficiently large and rectangular piece of cloth, often having two layers, used to cover the body for warmth.
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Nīśāra (ನೀಶಾರ):—
1) [noun] a warm cloth or outer garment.
2) [noun] a very fine cloth mesh or a curtain made of this, for keeping out mosquitoes.
3) [noun] a cloth partition of or a wall-like vertical cover in, a tent.
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Nīsara (ನೀಸರ):—[noun] the main entrance into a fortified place.
Nissāra (ನಿಸ್ಸಾರ):—
1) [adjective] lacking vitality or spirit; insipid; sapless.
2) [adjective] not interesting; boring.
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Nissāra (ನಿಸ್ಸಾರ):—[noun] = ನಿಸ್ಸಾರತೆ [nissarate].
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: Nih, Sara, Mi, Ni, Cara, Nish, Nikaya.
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