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Niraga, Nīrāgā, 岵: 11 definitions

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Niraga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. 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

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Nīrāgā (नीरागा) refers to “she who is devoid of passion�, according to the Lalisahasranāma.—Lali’s thousand names are eulogized in the Lalisahasranāma, describing the goddess’s spiritual beauty on the analogy of physical, sensuous beauty. [...] In short, the Kula rites—sexual yet chaste—share in the same ambiguity as the goddess who presides over them. One way that the apparent contradiction is resolved is to accommodate the two conditions into the two aspects of deity. Tripurā in her immanent, manifest form ‘with qualities� (ṇa) is passionate, while her unmanifest form `devoid of qualities� (Ծṇa) is passionless. To indicate this ambiguity in her nature she is called ‘Devoid of Qualities� (Ծṇ�) (130), which is thus the same as calling her ‘Devoid of Desire� (Ծṣk峾) (142) and ‘Devoid of Passion� (ī岵) (156). So even though from one point of view she is highly passionate, she remains free of desire. Although, she gives passion () and arouses attachment (岵-ٳ󲹲ī) (157), she also frees from it.

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Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

岵 (निरा�).�a. Passionless, dispassionate.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

岵 (निरा�).—[adjective] passionless, calm.

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ī岵 (नीरा�).—[adjective] colourless, passionless; [abstract] [feminine]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ī岵 (नीरा�):—[=ī-岵] [from nī > ni�] mfn. colourless, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] free from passion, [Bhartṛhari]

3) 岵 (निरा�):—[=Ծ-岵] mfn. passionless, dispassionate, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa] (cf. ī-).

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ī岵 (नीरा�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇīr岵, Ṇīrⲹ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Ṇīr岵 (णीरा�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ī岵.

Ṇīr岵 has the following synonyms: Ṇīrⲹ.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

岵 (ನಿರಾ�):—[noun] free from passion, desire or emotion; passionless.

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ī岵 (ನೀರಾ�):—[adjective] free from passion, emotion; placid; passionless; impassive.

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ī岵 (ನೀರಾ�):�

1) [noun] the quality of being passionless, placid.

2) [noun] a man who is passionless.

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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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Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Niraga in Pali glossary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) nirāga (နိရာ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
ڲԾ+岵
န�+ရĬĂ]

2) nīrāga (နီရာ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
ڲԾ+岵
န�+ရĬĂ]

[Pali to Burmese]

: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)

1) nirāga�

(Burmese text): ကင်းသေ� ရာဂရှိသော၊ ရာဂမရှ�-ကင်�-သော၊ သူ။

(Auto-Translation): Free of rage, without rage - free - him.

2) nīrāga�

(Burmese text): တပ်မက်မှ�-ရာ�-မရှ�-ကင်�-သော။

(Auto-Translation): Freedom from oppression.

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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.

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