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Nisedhita, Ni-sidhu-ta, Nishedhita, Nishiddha, ṣi: 22 definitions

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Nisedhita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.

The Sanskrit term ṣi can be transliterated into English as Nisiddha or Nishiddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Purana glossary
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

ṣi (निषिद्�) (Cf. AԾṣi) means “forbidden�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.7.—Accordingly, after the Goddess (Umā/Śivā) incarnated as Pārvatī by becoming the daughter of Menā:—“[...] In an auspicious hour, in the company of the sages, Himavat named his daughter Kālī and assigned other pleasing names to her. [...] The child was fondly attached to every member of the family, Hence the kinsmen called her Pārvatī, a name befitting her family. The girl had all the qualities of good conduct and behaviour. Afterwards when Kālī wanted to perform a penance she was forbidden [i.e., Ծṣi] by her mother who said—“O, no (Umā). Hence O sage, the sweetfaced lady came to be called Umā in the world. [...]�.

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The Purana (पुरा�, 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.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Shaktism glossary
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

ṣi (निषिद्�) refers to “failure to achieve success� [?], according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra, the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, �(The disciple) should behave well for a period of eight, five or three years. Otherwise initiation should not be given to him (as) he (would not achieve) success (Ծṣi) in the Kula teachings. If the teacher imparts (initiation) by his power out of compassion for the disciple, even then (the disciple) should (continue to) behave as a servant in the teacher’s spiritual family. [...]�.

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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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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Arts glossary
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

ṣi (निषिद्�) refers to the “prohibition� (of hunting), according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] If women, with languishing eyes beaming with love, are to be altogether avoided, the birth of a son, who delivers his father from the hell named Put, becomes impossible. If hunting is to be altogether prohibited (Ծṣi), how can meat, skin, horn and other articles prescribed for sacrifices be obtained? [...]�.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Vedanta (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Vedanta glossary
: SOAS: Philosophy of Advaita Vedānta according to Madhusūdana Sarasvatī's Gūḍhārthadīpikā

ṣi (निषिद्�) or ṣikarma refers to “rituals that are forbidden in the Vedas�.—Each chapter of the Bhagavadgītā describes various aspects of the means to liberation (mukti/ǰṣa), which is considered the highest good in Vedānta. Śaṃkara also holds the purpose of the Bhagavadgītā to be the attainment of liberation, quickly declaring knowledge of the self, preceded by renunciation of all actions to be its means. The performance of disinterested actions, i.e. actions performed after renouncing its fruits (Ծṣk峾첹), is combined with the forsaking of both those Vedic rituals that are performed solely out of desire for some personal gain (峾ⲹ첹) and those that are forbidden in the Vedas (Ծṣi-karma).

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Vedanta (वेदान्�, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras)

Source: Wisdom Library: Mantrashastra

ṣi (निषिद्�) or Niṣiddhācāra refers to one of the topics discussed in the Ṛśyśṛṅṃh, an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with Mantraśāstra (instruction manuals for understanding and reciting mantras) which, being a Vaiṣṇava-oriented scripture, specifically deals with elaborate mantras of Viṣṇu and his incarnations, manifestations and consorts.—The term ṣi-ācāra is mentioned in Chapter 23 (ٰDZṃśe') of the Ṛśyaśṛṅga-Saṃhitā. The complete entry reads: ٰDZṃśe' sadācāraniṣiddhācāraprapañca�

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Mantrashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, Գٰśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian science of mantras—chants, incantations, spells, magical hymns, etc. Mantra Sastra literature includes many ancient books dealing with the methods reciting mantras, identifying and purifying its defects and the science behind uttering or chanting syllables.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Pali glossary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

nisedhita : (pp. of nisedheti) prevented; prohibited; kept off.

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

nisedhita (နိသေဓိ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[ni+sidhu+ta]
န�+သĭĸ�+တ]

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

nisiddha (နိသိဒ္�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
ڲԾ++ٲīپ,�18.dٱٳٳ�42�(Ծ辱-�,ṇi-)
[န�+သိဓ�+တ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၁ဝ၈� ဓာတွတ္ထ။ ၄ဝ၂� (နိပိဒ္�-သံ၊ ဏိသိဒ္�-ပြ�)]

[Pali to Burmese]

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

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(Burmese text): တားမြစ်အပ်သော။

(Auto-Translation): Prohibited.

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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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Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Ծṣi (निषिद्�).—p S Ծṣēd󾱳ٲ p S Prohibited or forbidden. 2 Denied, disallowed, negatived.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Ծṣi (निषिद्�).�p Ծṣēd󾱳ٲ p Prohibited or for- bidden. Denied, disallowed.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṣi (निषिद्�).�p. p. Forbidden, prohibited, warded off, prevented; निषिद्धैरप्येभिर्लुलितमकरन्द� मधुकरै� (Ծṣiirapyebhirlulitamakarando madhukarai�) Ve.1.1.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣi (निषिद्�).—mfn.

(-�--�) 1. Prohibited, forbidden. 2. Prevented. E. ni priv. sidh to complete, aff. ka.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣi (निषिद्�).—[adjective] kept off, prohibited, forbidden ([person and thing]).

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

ṣi (निषिद्�):—[=Ծ-ṣi] [from Ծ-ṣi] mfn. warded off, kept back, restrained, checked, prevented from, forbidden to ([infinitive mood]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣi (निषिद्�):—[Ծ-ṣi] (ddha�-ddhā-ddha�) a. Prohibited.

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

ṣi (निषिद्�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇi, Hakkia.

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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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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

ṣi (निषिद्�) [Also spelled nishiddh]:�(a) tabooed; prohibited, forbidden, banned; ~[ddhi] a taboo; prohibition, ban.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Prakrit glossary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Ṇi (णिसिद्�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: ṣi.

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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

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Nisedhita in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṣi (ನಿಷಿದ್�):—[adjective] prohibited or forbidden by tradition, convention, religion, society or government; taboo.

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ṣi (ನಿಷಿದ್�):—[noun] that which is prohibited or forbidden by tradition, convention, religion, society or government.

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Niṣēdhita (ನಿಷೇಧಿ�):—[adjective] prohibited; tabooed; forbidden.

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Niṣēdhita (ನಿಷೇಧಿ�):—[noun] that which is prohibited or tabooed.

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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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