The Sanskrit terms Niśaraṇa and Niśāraṇa can be transliterated into English as Nisarana or Nisharana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nisaraṇa (निसरण).—f (nisaraṇēṃ) A slippery place. 2 Slipperiness.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nisaraṇa (निसरण).—f A slippery place. Slip- periness.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niśaraṇa (निशरण) or Niśāraṇa (निशारण).—Killing, slaughter.

Derivable forms: niśaraṇam (निशरणम्), niśāraṇam (निशारणम्).

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

Niśāraṇa (निशारण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Killing, slaying, slaughter. 2. Night-combat. E. ni before, śṛ to injure or kill, aff. svārthe lyuṭ; or niśā night, and raṇa war.

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

1) Niśaraṇa (निशरण):—[=ni-śaraṇa] a etc. See ni-śṝ.

2) Niśāraṇa (निशारण):—[=ni-śāraṇa] [from ni-śṝ] ni-°SaraRa n. killing, slaughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Niśaraṇa (निशरण):—[=ni-śaraṇa] [from ni-śṝ] b n. killing, slaughter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Niśāraṇa (निशारण):—[niśā-raṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Killing, slaughter; night combat or attack.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nisarana 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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) Ṇīsaraṇa (णीसरण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsaraṇa.

2) Ṇisaraṇa (णिसरण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsaraṇa.

3) Ṇīsāraṇa (णीसारण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Niḥsāraṇa.

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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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niśaraṇa (ನಿಶರಣ):—[noun] a killing or an instance of it; slaughter.

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Niśāraṇa (ನಿಶಾರಣ):—[noun] the act of killing; slaughter.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sharana, Rana, Nish, Nica, Ni.

Starts with: Nicaranan.

Ends with: Agnisharana.

Full-text: Nihsarana, Nicaranan, Visharana.

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