Nishprabha, Niṣprabha, Nis-prabha, Nitprabha: 14 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣprabha can be transliterated into English as Nisprabha or Nishprabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nishprabh.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ):—Lack of complexion
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ) refers to “dimness”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.10 (“Boasting of Tāraka”).—Accordingly, as Tāraka-Asura fought with Kārttikeya: “[...] The wind did not blow. The sun became dim (niṣprabha). The earth quaked along with mountains and forests. In the meantime Himālaya and other mountains anxious to see Kumāra out of affection came there. On seeing the mountains extremely terrified, Kumāra the son of Śiva and Pārvatī spoke enlightening them thereby. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ).—a Wanting light or lustre or luminousness.
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
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ).—(niḥprabha or -niṣprabha a.
Niṣprabha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and prabha (प्रभ).
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ).—mfn.
(-bhaḥ-bhā-bhaṃ) Gloomy, dark, obscure. E. nira privative, and prabhā light.
Niṣprabhā (निष्प्रभा).—adj., f. bhā, deprived of light or radiance, Mahābhārata 1, 29. Mahātgama prabhā, i. e.
Niṣprabhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and prabhā (प्रभा).
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ).—[adjective] deprived of light, splendourless, dark, obscure; [abstract] tā [feminine], tva [neuter]
1) Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ):—[=niṣ-prabha] [from niṣ > niḥ] mf(ā)n. deprived of light or radiance, lustreless, gloomy, dark (-tā f., [Rāmāyaṇa]; -tva n., [Suśruta])
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa]
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ):—[ni-ṣprabha] (bhaḥ-bhā-bhaṃ) a. Gloomy.
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ):—(nis + prabhā)
1) adj. f. ā des Lichtes —, des Glanzes entbehrend (eig. und übertr.) [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 49.] [Mahābhārata 1, 29. 2, 2548. 3, 11397. 6, 734. 4521. 5371.] [Harivaṃśa 2396.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 65, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 68, 54. 3, 29, 10. 5, 21, 13.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 17, 11.] [Vedānta lecture No. 37.] ayodhyā [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 53, 30.] kauśalyā [65, 17.] vadana [3, 30, 9.] ripu [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 81.] śakti [Devīmāhātmya 3, 11.] niṣprabhākāra [Harivaṃśa 3908.] Hiervon nom abstr. tā f. [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 55, 9 (56, 9 Gorresio). 4, 14, 3.] [Harivaṃśa 10449.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 146, 22.] tva n. [Suśruta 1, 52, 1.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa 14285.]
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) des Lichtes — , des Glanzes entbehrend (eig. und übertr.). Nom.abstr. tā f. und tva n. —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Dānava.
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇippabha.
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
Niṣprabha (निष्प्रभ) [Also spelled nishprabh]:—(a) lustreless; devoid of glitter/shine; put out of countenance, disconcerted; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Niṣprabha (ನಿಷ್ಪ್ರಭ):—[noun] the quality of being not brilliant; dullness; dimness; lustrelessness.
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: Prabha, Mi, Nish, Ni, Nikaya.
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