Nishkampa, Niṣkampa, Nis-kampa, Nitkampa: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣkampa can be transliterated into English as Niskampa or Nishkampa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nishkamp.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkampa (निष्कम्प).—adj., f. pā, unmoved, unmovable.
Niṣkampa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and kampa (कम्प).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkampa (निष्कम्प).—[adjective] not trembling, unshaken, immovable; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣkampa (निष्कम्प):—[=niṣ-kampa] [from niṣ > niḥ] mfn. not shaking or tremulous, motionless, immovable, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Niṣkampa (निष्कम्प) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇikkaṃpa.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNiṣkaṃpa (निष्कंप) [Also spelled nishkamp]:—(a) unwavering, unquivering, untremulous, unflickering, steady; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNiṣkaṃpa (ನಿಷ್ಕಂಪ):—
1) [noun] the state or quality of not trembling.
2) [noun] the quality of being fearless; fearlessness.
3) [noun] a man who is not trembling from fear; an undaunted man.
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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Starts with: Nishkampata, Nishkampatva.
Ends with: Vinishkampa.
Full-text: Nishkampata, Vinishkampa, Nikkampa, Nishkamp, Samgrahaka, Kampa.
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