Nippurisa, Ni-purisa: 4 definitions
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Nippurisa means something in Buddhism, Pali. 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.
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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynippurisa : (adj.) composed entirely of women.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNippurisa, (adj.) (nis+purisa) 1. without men PvA. 177. 鈥�-鈥� 2. without men, executed by females (female devas) only (of turiy膩=a female orchestra) Vin. I, 15; D. II, 21; J. V, 506. Cp. M Vastu III, 165 (ni峁uru峁na n膩峁璦kena) & Av艢 I. 321 (ni峁uru峁na t奴rye峁嘺; see also note in Index p. 229), whereas Divy 3 (see Index) has ni峁aru峁 (soft), with v. l. ni峁uru峁. (Page 361)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionarynippurisa (醼斸��曖�贯�曖��涐���) [(ti) (醼愥��)]鈥�
[ni+purisa]
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Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Partial matches: Purisha.
Full-text: Nishpurusha.
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