Nivas, Nivās: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNivas (निवस्).—I. 1 P.
1) To live, dwell, stay; आहो निवत्स्यति समं हरिणाङ्गनाभिः (āho nivatsyati samaṃ hariṇāṅganābhiḥ) Ś.1.26; निवसिष्यसि मय्येव (nivasiṣyasi mayyeva) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 12.8.
2) To be, exist, निवसन्नन्तर्दारुणि लङ्घ्यो वह्निर्न तु ज्वलितः (nivasannantardāruṇi laṅghyo vahnirna tu jvalitaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.31.
3) To occupy, settle in, take possession of.
4) To sojourn, pass the night.
6) To cohabit; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 9. -II. 2. Ā.
1) The dress, wear or put on clothes.
2) To change one's clothes.
3) To gird round (as a sword).
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Nivās (निवास्).—1 P. To clothe, to put on clothes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNivās (निवास्).— i. 10 (rather a [denominative.] derived from nivāsa), [Parasmaipada.] To put on.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNivas (निवस्).—put on (over another garment).
Nivas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and vas (वस्).
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Nivas (निवस्).—dwell (of men & beasts), live in ([locative]), inhabit, occupy, keep; incur, undergo; have sexual intercourse with ([accusative]). [Causative] cause to stay, receive in one’s house, lodge; make inhabitable, populate; inhabit.
Nivas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and vas (वस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nivas (निवस्):—[=ni-vas] a. ni-√4. vas [Ātmanepada] -vaste, to put on over another garment, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra];
—to gird round (as a sword), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] ([indeclinable participle] -vasya);
—to clothe or dress one’s self ([Aorist] -avasiṣṭa [imperative] -vaddhvam), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];
—to change one’s clothes, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] :
—[Causal] -vāsayati, to put on (a garment), dress, clothe, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
2) [=ni-vas] b. ni-√5. vas [Parasmaipada] -vasati, (rarely te; [future] -vatsyati),
2) —to sojourn, pass or spend time, dwell or live or be in ([locative case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.;
2) —to keep one’s ground, withstand (-vāsate for -vasate ?), [Ṛg-veda x, 37, 3];
2) —to inhabit ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
2) —to incur or undergo ([accusative]), [Mahābhārata];
2) —to cohabit, approach sexually (rohiṇīm), [Mahābhārata ix, 2023] :
2) —[Causal] -vāsayati ([perfect tense] sayām āsa), to cause to stay, receive as a guest, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
2) —to make inhabited, populate, [Mahābhārata];
2) —to choose as a dwelling-place, inhabit, [Rāmāyaṇa];
2) —to put or place upon ([locative case]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nivas (निवस्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇiaṃsa, Ṇivasa.
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNivas in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) residence, abode, habitation, lodging, dwelling; -[sthala] quarter, habitat; -[sthana] house, residence..—nivas (निवास) is alternatively transliterated as Nivāsa.
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Starts with (+23): Nivacam, Nivacati, Nivaci, Nivasa, Nivasa-m, Nivasabhavana, Nivasabhumi, Nivasabhuya, Nivasacarya, Nivasaka, Nivasana, Nivasani, Nivasanta, Nivasanti, Nivasanusmriti, Nivasaracana, Nivasarachana, Nivasarajan, Nivasasthana, Nivasat.
Ends with: Abhinivas, Adhinivas, Ajaghnivas, Jaghnivas, Jajnivas, Panya-nivas, Ranivas, Samnivas.
Full-text (+2): Nivasa, Nivasati, Nivasana, Nivasin, Sannivasati, Adhinivas, Nivaseti, Nivasabhavana, Nivasaracana, Nivasabhumi, Nivasabhuya, Nivaci, Niamsa, Nivasatha, Nivasita, Nivasarajan, Nivastavya, Panya-nivas, Nivasavriksha, Nivasika.
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