Nishpritika, Niṣprītika: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣprītika can be transliterated into English as Nispritika or Nishpritika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNiṣprītika (निष्प्रीतिक).—adj. (= Pali nippītika), free from (disturb-ing) joys; here and in Pali as epithet of the third dhyāna: Lalitavistara 129.8; 344.1; Mahāvastu i.228.8; Mahāvyutpatti 1480 (all substantially the same prose passage).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣprītika (निष्प्रीतिक):—[=niṣ-prītika] [from niṣ > niḥ] mfn. not connected with joy or delight, [Lalita-vistara]
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: Pritika, Nish.
Full-text: Nippitika.
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