Nisham, Niśam, Ni-sham: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niśam can be transliterated into English as Nisam or Nisham, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiśam (निशम्).—& pari [Causative] appease, allay.
Niśam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and śam (शम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Niśam (निशम्):—[from niśa > niś] a ind.
2) [=ni-√śam] b [Parasmaipada] -śāmyati, to be extinguished, [Dharmaśarmābhyudaya; Divyāvadāna] :—[Causal] -śamayati, to appease, make quiet, [Atharva-veda vi, 52, 3; 111, 2];
2) —to cool down, [Sāyaṇa on Ṛg-veda x, 39, 9];—-Samayati ([Epic] also -śāmyate; p. -śamyamāna with act. meaning, [Rāmāyaṇa [B.] ii, 66, 10]; [indeclinable participle] -Samya and -śamayya [Śiśupāla-vadha xvi, 38]; cf. [Vāmana’s Kāvyālaṃkāravṛtti v, 2, 76]),
2) —to observe, perceive, hear, learn, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
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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Starts with (+2): Nisamita, Nishama, Nishamam, Nishamana, Nishamani, Nishamaya, Nishamayat, Nishamayitavya, Nishamayitri, Nishamayya, Nishamdha, Nishamdhate, Nishamga, Nishamishra, Nishamriga, Nishamtavirakta, Nishamukha, Nishamya, Nishandha, Nishanga.
Ends with: Abhinisham, Adhinisham, Aharnisham, Anisham, Anunisham, Divanisham, Nishanisham, Pranisham, Pratinisha, Samanunisham, Samnisham, Upanisham, Vinisham.
Full-text (+17): Anunisham, Divanisham, Nishanisham, Upanisham, Nishamana, Nishama, Nishantiya, Abhinisham, Vinisham, Nisamita, Samanunisham, Nicastan, Samnisham, Nishamayitavya, Pratinisham, Nishantodyana, Anisham, Nishamaya, Nishantanari, Adhinisham.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.18.22 < [Chapter 18 - The Sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇacandra]
Verse 4.10.12 < [Chapter 10 - The Story of the Pulindā Women]
Verse 6.17.35 < [Chapter 17 - Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa Meet at Siddhāśrama and the Nature of Śrī Rādhā’s Love Is Revealed]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.174 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 7.135 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.13 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Madhva’s Ontology < [Chapter XXVII - A General Review of the Philosophy of Madhva]
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Panchadasi < [Discourse 6 - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Panchadasi]