Nishkriyatmata, Niṣkriyātmatā: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣkriyātmatā can be transliterated into English as Niskriyatmata or Nishkriyatmata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Niṣkriyātmatā (निष्क्रियात्मता).—i. e. nis-kriyā-ātman + tā, f. Habitual neglect of prescribed duties, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 58.
Niṣkriyātmatā (निष्क्रियात्मता):—[=niṣ-kriyātma-tā] [from niṣ-kriya > niṣ > niḥ] f. inactivity, non-performance of religious acs or prescribed duties, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata]
Niṣkriyātmatā (निष्क्रियात्मता):—[ni-ṣkriyā-tmatā] (tā) 1. f. Idleness.
Niṣkriyātmatā (निष्क्रियात्मता):—(von niṣkriya + ātman) f. Unthätigkeit, Faulheit [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 58] [?= Mahābhārata 13, 2603. Nach Kullūka] = vihitānanuṣṭhātṛtva Pflichtversäumniss.
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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Partial matches: Nishkriya, Luo, Da, Ta.
Full-text: Anaryata.
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