Nishadvara, Niṣadvara: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Niṣadvara can be transliterated into English as Nisadvara or Nishadvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niṣadvara (निषद्वर).—

1) Mud, mire; सक्थिदध्ननिषद्वरम् (sakthidadhnaniṣadvaram) (adhvānam) Śiva B.26.74.

2) The god of love.

-rā, -rī Night.

Derivable forms: niṣadvaraḥ (निषद्वरः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niṣadvara (निषद्वर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. Mud, mire. 2. The god of love. f. (-rī) Night. E. ni before, sad to go Unadi, aff. kvip.

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

Niṣadvara (निषद्वर).—[adjective] sitting (inactive or near the altar).

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

1) Niṣadvara (निषद्वर):—[=ni-ṣadvara] [from ni-ṣad] mfn. sitting (near the altar), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] sitting lazily, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) [v.s. ...] m. mud, mire (in which one sinks), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] f(ā or ī). night, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Niṣadvara (निषद्वर):—[ni-ṣadvara] (raḥ) 1. m. Mud. f. Night.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishadvara in German

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niṣadvara (ನಿಷದ್ವರ):—[noun] wet, soft earth, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond or along the banks of a river; mire; mud.

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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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