Nishcavana, Niścavana: 1 definition
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Nishcavana 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 Niścavana can be transliterated into English as Niscavana or Nishcavana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nishchavana.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNiścavana (निश्चवन).—
1) Name of a sage.
2) Name of a kind of Fire; अग्निर्निश्चवनो नाम पृथिवीं स्तौति केवलम् (agnirniścavano nāma pṛthivīṃ stauti kevalam) Mb.
Derivable forms: niścavanaḥ (निश्चवनः).
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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