Nisita, Nishita, Nisi-ta: 17 definitions
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Nisita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Niśita (निशित) refers to a “sharp weapon”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.8 (“The battle between the gods and Asuras”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Regaining consciousness quickly Tāraka the excellent Asura got up and forcefully hit Vīrabhadra with his spear. In the same manner, the heroic Vīrabhadra of great brilliance hit Tāraka with his sharp (niśita) terrible trident. The powerful king of the Asuras, the heroic Tāraka, hit Vīrabhadra again with spear. [...]”
Nisita (निसित).—A son of Balarāma.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 164.
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
Pali-English dictionary
nisita : (adj.) sharp; whetted; sharpened.
Nisita, (adj.) (Sk. niśita, ni+pp. of śā to whet) sharp M. I, 281 (āvudhajāta pīta°?); J. IV, 118 (su°); VvA. 233; PvA. 155, 192, 213. (Page 373)
nisita (နိသိတ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[nisi+ta．nisi nisāne．tija nisāne,nisānaṃ tikkhakaraṇaṃ,ubhayatrāpi kammani to．,ṭī．744．sūci．ni+si+ta．ni si nisāne．nisitasatthaṃ．nīti,dhā．246．dhātvattha．399．(nigiti-saṃ,ṇisia-prā,nisita-sī)]
[နိသိ+တ။ နိသိ နိသာနေ။ တိဇ နိသာနေ၊ နိသာနံ တိက္ခကရဏံ၊ ဥဘယတြာပိ ကမ္မနိ တော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၇၄၄။ သူစိ။ နိ+သိ+တ။ နိ သိ နိသာနေ။ နိသိတသတ္ထံ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၂၄၆။ ဓာတွတ္ထ။ ၃၉၉။ (နိဂိတိ-သံ၊ ဏိသိအ-ပြာ၊ နိသိတ-သီဟိုဠ်)]
[Pali to Burmese]
nisita—
(Burmese text): သွေးအပ်သော၊ ထက်အောင်ပြုအပ်သော၊ ထက်သည်၏ အဖြစ်ကို ပြုကြောင်းဖြစ်သော။ ထက်သည်၏အဖြစ်ကို ပြုကြောင်းဖြစ်သော၊ ထက်သော (သံလျက်ဓားစသည်)။ (မြမြထက်သော၊ သုတ်လိမ်းအပ်သော၊ သာယာသော၊ နုသော။
(Auto-Translation): Bloodied, glorified, and resulting from the state of being; resulting from the state of being, glorified (like a sword, etc.). (More illustrious, adorned, beautiful, and delicate.)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
niśita (निशित).—p S Sharpened or whetted (upon a stone &c.)
niśita (निशित).—p Sharpened or whetted.
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
Niśita (निशित).—a.
1) Sharpened, whetted, sharp; धनुर्गृहीत्वौप निषदं महास्त्रं शरं ह्युपासा निशितं संधयीत (dhanurgṛhītvaupa niṣadaṃ mahāstraṃ śaraṃ hyupāsā niśitaṃ saṃdhayīta) Muṇd.2.2.3; निशित- निपाताः शराः (niśita- nipātāḥ śarāḥ) Ś.1.1; नागेन्द्रो निशिताङ्कुशेन (nāgendro niśitāṅkuśena) Bh.
2) Stimulated.
-tam Iron.
-tā Night.
Niśita (निशित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Sharpened, whetted. 2. Stimulated. n.
(-taṃ) Iron. E. ni before, śo to pare, affix kta.
Niśita (निशित).—[adjective] sharpened, whetted; eager for ([locative]).
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Niśitā (निशिता).—[feminine] night.
1) Niśita (निशित):—[=ni-śita] [from ni-śi] mfn. (ni-) sharpened, sharp ([literally] and [figuratively]), [Kaṭha-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] stimulated, excited, eager for ([locative case])
3) [v.s. ...] strengthened
4) [v.s. ...] prepared, presented, [Ṛg-veda]
5) [v.s. ...] n. iron, steel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Niśitā (निशिता):—f. night, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] (cf. niś, a-niśita, and next).
7) Niṣita (निषित):—[=ni-ṣita] [from ni-ṣo] mfn., [Pāṇini 8-3, 70.]
Niśita (निशित):—[ni-śita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Sharpened, whetted. n. Iron.
Niśita (निशित):—
1) adj. geschärft, scharf; s. u. śā mit ni . —
2) n. Eisen [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Niśitā (निशिता):—
Niśita (निशित):——
1) Adj. s.u. 2. śā mit ni. —
2) *n. Stahl [Rājan 13,46.]
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Niśitā (निशिता):—f. Nacht.
Niśita (निशित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇisia.
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
Niśita (ನಿಶಿತ):—[noun] the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night; the mid-night.
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Niśita (ನಿಶಿತ):—
1) [adjective] finely sharpened; sharp; keen.
2) [adjective] having or showing great mental penetration or acumen; keen; sharp.
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Niśita (ನಿಶಿತ):—
1) [noun] an instrument or weapon that has a finely sharpened edge.
2) [noun] great mental penetration or acumen; keenness; sharpness.
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Nisita (ನಿಸಿತ):—
1) [adjective] having a very thin edge or fine point; keen; sharp.
2) [adjective] harsh, biting or severe; bitter.
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: Sita, Mi, Luo, Nici, Nishi, Da, Ni, Ta.
Starts with: Nishitadhare, Nishitagolisu, Nishitamati, Nishitanipata, Nishitankusha, Nisitaasi, Nisitabhava, Nisitadhara, Nisitakarana, Nisitakhagga, Nisitakhura, Nisitakhuramayanemi, Nisitapitaphala, Nisitasattha, Nisitasatti, Nisitatarabhavakarana.
Full-text (+15): Anishita, Sunisita, Anishitam, Nishitanipata, Nishitadhare, Nishitamati, Nisitakarana, Vitakkanisita, Nisitadhara, Nisitakhura, Nisitakhagga, Nisitasatti, Nisitaasi, Nicitam, Nisitabhava, Anishitasarga, Nishitankusha, Nisitasattha, Nishrana, Nisia.
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