Nirveda, Nir-veda: 22 definitions
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: N膩峁瓂a-艣膩straNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�, 鈥渄iscouragement鈥�).鈥擮ne of the thirty-three 鈥榯ransitory states鈥� (惫测补产丑颈肠腻谤颈产丑腻惫补), according to the N膩峁瓂a艣膩stra chapter 7. These 鈥榯ransitory states鈥� accompany the 鈥榩ermanent state鈥� in co-operation. The term is used throughout 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补 literature. (Also see the Da艣ar奴pa 4.8-9)
: archive.org: Natya ShastraNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�, 鈥渄espondency鈥�) is caused by determinants (惫颈产丑腻惫补) such as, being reduced to poverty, getting insulted, abusive language, anger, beating, loss of beloved persons, and the knowledge of the ultimate (lit. essential) truth and the like. It is to be represented on the stage by determinants such as weeping, sighing, deep breathing, deliberation and the like, on the part of women, and of persons of the inferior type.
: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)Nirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) is the 蝉迟丑腻测墨产丑腻惫补 (鈥渄urable psychological state鈥�) associated with 艢腻苍迟补 or the 鈥渜uiet sentiment鈥�, which represents one of the nine kinds of Rasa (鈥渟oul of Drama鈥�), according to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.鈥� 艢ama is the 蝉迟丑腻测颈产丑腻惫补 of 艣腻苍迟补-谤补蝉补. According to the Vi峁ａ箛udharmottarapur膩峁嘺, the colour of 艣腻苍迟补-谤补蝉补 is recognized as 蝉惫补产丑腻惫补惫补谤峁嘺 i.e., natural colour. Para岣� pur奴峁 is regarded as the god of this sentiment. [...] The S膩hityadarpa峁嘺 mentions the eight sentiments together and states the existence of the 艣腻苍迟补谤补蝉补 separately. The reason may be that drama is all about acting, performing and expressing. But in the delineation of 艣腻苍迟补谤补蝉补 it is impossible to express or perform something, because here nirveda is the 蝉迟丑腻测墨产丑腻惫补. The durable psychological state of 艣腻苍迟补谤补蝉补 happens to be nirveda or 惫补颈谤腻驳测补 which goes against motion, emotion, action etc. It is clearly perceived by Mamma峁璦 and he expresses this situation in his work clearly.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) refers to one of the different Bh膩vas employed in the Bh墨峁acarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a 尘补丑腻办腻惫测补 (鈥榚pic poem鈥�) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.鈥� The example of 苍颈谤惫别诲补-产丑腻惫补 is XII.4.鈥擧ere we can observe the sense of detachment arose in the mind of King 艢腻苍迟补nu from his beloved wife Satyavat墨, his sons and not even in the worldly objects. This is because of his old age and it indicates his time for death. Thus the sense of nirveda is depicted in the present example.
Kavyashastra (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 办腻惫测补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita鈥擳ext on Visha ChikitsaNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渘umbness鈥� (in te knees) and is a symptom caused by snake-bites (such as the Romama峁囜笉al墨-snakes), according to the K膩艣yapa Sa峁僪it膩: an ancient Sanskrit text from the P膩帽car膩tra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Vi峁cikits膩鈥攁n important topic from 膧yurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Vi峁vidy膩 or Sarpavidy膩).鈥擜ccordingly, the symptoms are described as follows: 鈥淚tching sensation. Diminishing vision, pungent taste in the tongue, numbness (nirveda) in te knees, severe cold, high temperature and red complexion, heat in the region of the heart (High BP or cardiac arrest?) and falling of hair鈥�.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra GitaNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渋ndifference鈥� (towards the duality of things done and undone), according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨t膩 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved膩nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淜nowing when the dualism of things done and undone has been put to rest, or the person for whom they occur has, then you can here and now go beyond renunciation and obligations by indifference (nirveda) to such things [eva峁� j帽膩tveha nirved膩dbhava ty膩gaparo'vrat墨]. Rare indeed, my son, is the lucky man whose observation of the world鈥檚 behaviour has led to the extinction of his thirst for living, thirst for pleasure and thirst for knowledge. [...]鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) 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).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) refers to the 鈥渄isgust鈥� which the Buddha experienced according to the 2nd century Mah膩praj帽膩p膩ramit膩艣膩stra (chapter VII).鈥斺�淭hen the Bodhisattva grew up gradually and, having seen an old man, a sick man, he experienced disgust (nirveda) for worldly things. At midnight, he left his home (补产丑颈苍颈峁谤补尘补峁嘺) and practiced asceticism (诲耻峁补谤补肠补谤测补) for six years鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah膩y膩na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Jaina YogaNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�, 鈥渄isgust鈥�) refers to an aspect of samyaktva (right belief) classified under the 濒颈峁単补 and 驳耻峁嘺 heading, according to various Jain authors (e.g., C膩mu峁囜笉ar膩ya, Amitagati and Vasunandin). Nirveda is the loathing induced in a man of right faith by contact with the world and its miseries: he will have known the world and found it evil. But, continues Hemacandra (Yoga艣膩stra verse 2.15), others hold 蝉补峁僾别驳补 to mean disgust with mundane existence and nirveda desire for final release. Amitagati, in his 艢r膩vak膩c膩ra verse 2.74, understands by nirveda the distaste for sensual pleasures.
: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渄isgust with the world鈥� and represents one of the five Lak峁峁嘺s (鈥渃haracteristics鈥�), according to chapter 1.1 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...闭 Vajran膩bha acquired strong Tirthak峁泃-body-making and family-karma by the twenty 蝉迟丑腻苍补办补蝉 as follows:鈥擺...] The ninth [蝉迟丑腻苍补办补] is right-belief, free from the faults of doubt, etc., adorned with the qualities of firmness, etc., characterized by tranquillity, etc. [viz., 苍颈谤惫别诲补-濒补办峁峁嘺] [...]鈥�.
Note: The characteristics (濒补办峁峁嘺) are: tranquillity (艣补尘补); desire for emancipation (蝉补峁僾别驳补); disgust with the world (nirveda); compassion (anukampa); faith in the principles of truth (腻蝉迟颈办测补).鈥�(cf. Yoga艣膩stra 2.15.)
Nirveda (鈥渄isgust with existence鈥�) as one of the five characteristics of Sa峁儁agdar艣ana (鈥渞ight-belief鈥�), is also mentioned in chapter 1.3 in 峁氠梗abha鈥檚 sermon:鈥�
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections鈥淸...闭 尘辞办峁 is attained by those who practice unceasingly the brilliant triad of knowledge, faith, and conduct. Attachment to the principles told by the scriptures is called 鈥榬ight-belief鈥� (蝉补峁儁补办艣谤补诲诲丑腻苍补 or 蝉补峁儁补驳诲补谤艣补苍补), and is produced by intuition or instruction of a Guru. [...] Right-belief is marked by five characteristics: equanimity, desire for emancipation, disgust with existence, compassion, belief in principles of truth. This thought of the one desiring emancipation, 鈥榙welling in 蝉补峁僺腻谤补 is like a prison; relatives are like bonds鈥�, is called disgust with existence (nirveda)鈥�.
Nirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) refers to the 鈥渘on-attachment鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽膩n膩r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淐apable soul, having found the supreme path to non-attachment (苍颈谤惫别诲补-辫补诲补惫墨鈥�par膩m 膩s膩dya nirvedapadav墨峁�), you must practise the twenty-five observances for the purpose of the removal of error [in observing] the great vows鈥�.
Synonyms: Vair膩gya.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynirv膿da (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�).鈥攎 S Disgust, loathing, nausea.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�).鈥�
1) Disgust, loathing.
2) Satiety, cloy.
3) Depression of spirits, despair, despondency; 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶︵ 啶ㄠぞ啶む啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啶掂啶 (nirvedo n膩tra kartavya岣�) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 3.32.5; 啶ぐ啶苦き啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶︵ぎ啶距お啶︵啶い啷� (辫补谤颈产丑补惫腻苍苍颈谤惫别诲补尘腻辫补诲测补迟别) M峁沜chaka峁璱ka 1.14.
4) Humiliation.
5) Grief.
6) Complete indifference to wordly objects; 啶むう啶� 啶椸え啷嵿い啶距じ啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶︵ 啶多啶班啶むさ啷嵿く啶膏啶� 啶多啶班啶むじ啷嵿く 啶� (tad膩 gant膩si nirveda峁� 艣rotavyasya 艣rutasya ca) Bhagavadg墨t膩 (Bombay) 2.52 (regarded as the feeling which gives rise to the sentiment called 艣腻苍迟补 (quietude); 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶︵じ啷嵿ぅ啶距く啶苦き啶距さ啷嬥そ啶膏啶むた 啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶洁お啶� 啶ㄠさ啶 啶班じ啶� (nirvedasth膩yibh膩vo'sti 艣膩nto'pi navamo rasa岣�) K. P.4; (see R. G. under nirveda).
7) Self-disparagement or humiliation (regarded as one of the 33 subordinate feelings); cf. the definition in R. G. under 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶� (nirveda); (the following is there given as an instance; yadi lak峁a峁嘺 s膩 m峁沢ek峁峁嚹� na mad墨k峁Ｄ乻ara峁噄峁� same峁ati | amun膩 ja岣峚j墨vitena me jagat膩 v膩 viphalena ki峁� phalam ||).
8) Shame.
Derivable forms: 苍颈谤惫别诲补岣� (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶︵).
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Nirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�).鈥�a. not acknowledging the Vedas, an atheist, infidel.
Nirveda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and veda (啶掂啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-诲补岣�-诲腻-诲补峁�) Not having the Vedas, infidel, unscriptural. m.
(-诲补岣�) 1. Humility, self-Humiliation. 2. Being neglected or disregarded by others. 3. Indifference, disregard of worldly objects. E. nir depreciative particle, vid to know, affix bh膩ve gha帽, or nir neg. veda the Vedas.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�).鈥攊. e. nis-vid + a, m. 1. Disgust, Mah膩bh膩rata 11, 144. 2. Loathsomeness, [笔补帽肠补迟补苍迟谤补] ed. orn. 63, 21. 3. Self-disparagement, humility, S膩h. D. 64, 8. 4. Indifference, [Bh膩gavata-Pur膩峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 13, 25. 5. Desperation, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 1, 55, 10.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�).鈥擺masculine] despondency, despair, indifference; disgust for, aversion to ([locative], [genetive], or 鈥斅�); poss. vant.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�):鈥擺=nir-veda] [from nir > ni岣�] 1. nir-veda mfn. not having the Vedas, infidel, unscriptural, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [=nir-veda] [from nir-vid] 2. nir-veda m. (for 1. See p. 542, col. 3) idem, complete indifference, disregard of worldly objects, [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺; Upani峁d; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] loathing, disgust for ([locative case] [genitive case] or [compound]), [Mah膩bh膩rata; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] etc.
4) [=nir-veda] a 1. and 2. nir-veda. See p. 542, col. 2, and nir-vid.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�):鈥擺nir-veda] (诲补岣�) 1. m. Humility; experience of neglect; indifference.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁唅惫惫别补.
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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNirveda (啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶�) [Also spelled nirved]:鈥�(nm) disregard of worldly objects, resignation.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNirv膿da (嗖ㄠ部嗖班硩嗖掂硣嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] = 嗖ㄠ部嗖班硩嗖掂硣嗖� - [nirvega -] 2 & 3.
2) [noun] keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
3) [noun] (poet.) the sentiment of dejection in oneself caused by deep study of philosophy, jealousy, inescapable danger or misfortune;, etc.
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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Partial matches: Nir, Vedavedanga, Veda.
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Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by 艢r墨la R奴pa Gosv膩m墨)
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by 艢r墨 艢r墨mad Bhaktived膩nta N膩r膩yana Gosv膩m墨 Mah膩r膩ja)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)