The Sanskrit term Niṣkāraṇa can be transliterated into English as Niskarana or Nishkarana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण).—ad (S) Causelessly, needlessly, without ground or reason. 2 as a That is without a cause, uncaused. 3 That is without a use, or fruit, or profit.

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

niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण).—ad Causelessly, needlessly. a That is without a cause. That is without a use, or fruit.

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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

Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण).—

1) Removing, taking away.

2) Killing; cf. निकारण (nikāraṇa).

Derivable forms: niṣkāraṇam (निष्कारणम्).

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

Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण).—mfn.

(-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) Causeless, groundless. E. nir neg. kāraṇa cause.

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

Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण).—adj. 1. not proceeding from any cause, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 3, 15. 2. disinterested, [Pañcatantra] ed. oru. 41, 19. 3. Acc. ṇam, and abl. ṇāt, adv. without a special motive, Mahābhārata 12, 4993; [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 10, 23. Yatkāraṇam, and ṇāt, i. e.

Niṣkāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and kāraṇa (कारण).

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

Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण).—[adjective] having no reason, cause, motive, or purpose; °—, [neuter], & [ablative] [adverb]

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

1) Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण):—[=niṣ-kāraṇa] [from niṣ > niḥ] a mf(ā)n. causeless, unnecessary, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] disinterested (as a friend), [Hitopadeśa]

3) [v.s. ...] groundless, not proceeding from any cause, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Purāṇa] etc.

4) [=niṣ-kāraṇa] [from niṣ-kṛ] b n. taking off, killing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण):—[ni-ṣkāraṇa] (ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇaṃ) a. Causeless.

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

Niṣkāraṇa (निष्कारण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇikkāraṇa, Ṇikkārima.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishkarana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niṣkāraṇa (ನಿಷ್ಕಾರಣ):—[adjective] without a reason or purpose.

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Niṣkāraṇa (ನಿಷ್ಕಾರಣ):—[adverb] without having a reason or purpose.

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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: Karana, Nish, Ni.

Starts with: Nitkaranam, Nitkaranat.

Full-text: Nitkaranam, Nikkarana, Nihkarana, Nitkaranat, Nikkarima, Nikarana, Karyakarana, Vairin.

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