Nishtya, Niṣṭya: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣṭya can be transliterated into English as Nistya or Nishtya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNiṣṭya (निष्ट्य).—a. Ved. Foreign, exotic.
-ṣṭyaḥ An outcast, a Chānḍāla or Mlechchha.
-ṣṭyā Name of a lunar mansion (svāti).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣṭya (निष्ट्य).—m.
(-ṣṭyaḥ) A man of one of the outcast or barbarous tribes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣṭya (निष्ट्य).—[adjective] external, foreign.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Niṣṭya (निष्ट्य):—mfn. ([from] nis+tya; cf. [Pāṇini 4-2, 104; viii, 3, 101]) external, foreign, strange, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) m. a Caṇḍāla or Mleccha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Niṣṭyā (निष्ट्या):—[from niṣṭya] f. Name of a lunar mansion (= svāti), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Āpastamba-gṛhya-sūtra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣṭyā (निष्ट्या):—(ṣṭyaḥ) 1. m. One from the outcast or barbarous tribes.
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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 corpusNiṣṭya (ನಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ):—[noun] an outcast or barbarian.
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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