Nisarga, Nisharga: 18 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Nisarga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Nisarg.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿) refers to 鈥渘atural state鈥� (i.e., the natural characteristic one is born with), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.22 (鈥淒escription of P膩rvat墨鈥檚 penance鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淥 sage, listen to another surprising influence of the penance of P膩rvat墨, the mother of the universe. [...] Lions and cows prone to the passions of love, hatred etc. ceased to harass one another, thanks to her greatness. O excellent sage, creatures like cats, mice etc. who are born enemies [i.e., nisarga鈥�苍颈蝉补谤驳腻诲惫补颈谤颈峁噊] to one another did not exhibit any bad characteristics there. O excellent sage, trees bore fruits, grasses grew in plenty and flowers of variegated nature and colour blossomed there. The entire forest became comparable to Kail膩sa as it were the achievement of her penance鈥�

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

1) Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿) refers to 鈥渁pproval of de-meritorious鈥� and is one of the twenty-four activities (办谤颈测腻) of 蝉腻尘辫补谤腻测颈办补 (transmigression-extending influx). S膩mpar膩yika is one two types of 腻蝉谤补惫补 (influx) which represents the flow of karma particles towards the soul, which is due to the three activities: manoyoga ( activities of mind), 办腻测补测辞驳补 ( activities of body) and vacanayoga (activities of speech).

Kriy膩 (鈥榓ctivities鈥�, such as nisarga) is a Sanskrit technical term defined in the Tattv膩rthas奴tra (ancient authorative Jain scripture) from the 2nd century, which contains aphorisms dealing with philosophy and the nature of reality.

2) Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿) refers to 鈥渦rging鈥� and it is one of the factors making up the 108 kinds of 补诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 (鈥榮ubstratum鈥�) of the non-living beings (补箩墨惫补). This substratum (instruments of inflow) represents the foundation or the basis of an entity.

Nisarga is a Sanskrit technical term defined in the Tattv膩rthas奴tra (ancient authorative Jain scripture) from the 2nd century, which contains aphorisms dealing with philosophy and the nature of reality.

: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 6: Influx of karmas

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥� What is meant by 鈥榰rging鈥� (nisarga)? Inclination, to act is called 鈥榰rging鈥� (nisarga). It is of three types, namely:

intention of mind,
intention of speech,
intention of body.

Wicked behaviour of the mental faculty is called 鈥榤ental urge鈥�. Wicked behaviour of the speech faculty is called 鈥榮peech urge鈥�. Wicked behaviour of the body is called 鈥榖ody urge鈥�.

: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿, 鈥渋ntuition鈥�).鈥擶hat is right faith (蝉补尘测补驳诲补谤艣补苍补) attained by intuition (nisarga)? The right faith developed by one without the guidance or sermons of others i.e. self originated is called nisarga. What is the difference between nisarga and adhigama? Nisarga is self-originated, while the origin of adhigama is dependent on some direct cause (nimitta).

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿) refers to 鈥渙ne鈥檚 nature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, 鈥淭his body is filthy in nature (nisarga-malina), reprehensible, filled with much that is impure, produced from semen and other seeds, [and] is the abode of contempt. Where is the body, which is filled with blood, flesh and fat, has a skeleton of slender bones, is bound with tendons and is of bad odour, praised?鈥�.

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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 Dictionary

nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥攎 S The natural state; the peculiar character or condition; nature.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥�m The natural state. Nature.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥�

1) Bestowing, granting, presenting, giving away; 啶� 啶氞ぞ啶о啶� 啶曕ぞ啶侧じ啶傕ぐ啷嬥ぇ啶距え啷嵿え啶苦じ啶班啶椸啶洁じ啷嵿い啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶曕啶班く啶� (na c膩dhe岣� k膩lasa峁價odh膩nnisargo'sti na vikraya岣�) Manusm峁泃i 8.143.

2) A grant.

3) Evacuation, voiding excrement.

4) Abandoning, relinquishing.

5) Creation; 啶啶班啶� 啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶距う啷� 啶掂た啶啶班ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂 啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距 啶啶溹く啶ㄠ啶むた啶� (praj膩 nisarg膩d vipr膩n vai k峁triy膩岣� p奴jayanti ha) Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 14.58.5.

6) Nature, natural character, natural state or condition; 啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿 啶︵啶班啶啶оぎ啷� (nisarga durbodham) Kir膩t膩rjun墨ya 1.6;18.31; R.3.35; Kum膩rasambhava 4.16; 啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶む, 啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿啷囙ぃ (nisargata岣�, nisar驳别峁嘺) 'by nature', or 'naturally'.

7) Exchange, barter.

Derivable forms: 苍颈蝉补谤驳补岣� (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶�).

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

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥攎.

(-谤驳补岣�) 1. The natural state, nature, peculiar character or condition. 2. Form. 3. Creation. 4. Relinquishment, abandoning. 5. Transfer, barter. 6. Voiding excrement. E. ni before, 蝉峁沯 to create, or to abandon, aff. gha帽 .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥攊. e. ni-蝉峁沯 + a, m. 1. Evacuation of excrements, Mah膩bh膩rata 12, 7951. 2. Giving away, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 8, 143. 3. Grant, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 10033. 4. Creation, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 543. 5. The natural state, peculiar character, [Kath膩sarits膩gara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 20, 31.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿).鈥擺masculine] evacuation, discharging ([especially] of the body); giving forth, ceding, granting, bestowing; dismission, creation; natural state or character, nature; 掳鈥�, [instrumental], & [ablative] by nature, originally.

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

1) 狈颈峁谤驳补 (啶ㄠた啶粪ぐ啷嵿):鈥擺=苍颈-峁谤驳补] [wrong reading] for ni-sarga.

2) Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿):鈥擺=ni-sarga] m. (鈭�蝉峁沯) evacuation, voiding excrement, [Mah膩bh膩rata]

3) [v.s. ...] giving away, granting, bestowing, a favour or grant, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] relinquishing, abandoning, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) [v.s. ...] creation, [Mah膩bh膩rata; Hariva峁兣沘]

6) [v.s. ...] natural state or condition or form or character, nature (nisarga [in the beginning of a compound], 驳别峁嘺 ind., 驳腻迟 ind., or ga-tas ind. by nature, naturally, spontaneously), [Mah膩bh膩rata; K膩vya literature etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿):鈥擺ni-sarga] (谤驳补岣�) 1. m. Natural state or condition, nature; form; creation; leaving; barter.

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

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁唅蝉补驳驳补.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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 dictionary

Nisarga (啶ㄠた啶膏ぐ啷嵿) [Also spelled nisarg]:鈥�(nm) nature; ~[ja] natural; innate, inborn; spontaneous; ~[ta]: spontaneously, naturally; ~[siddha] natural; spontaneous; innate, inborn.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nisarga (嗖ㄠ部嗖膏舶喑嵿矖):鈥�

1) [noun] the act or an instance of giving, donating, presenting.

2) [noun] that which is given as a gift; a present.

3) [noun] the act fact or an instance of leaving, abandoning.

4) [noun] a creating or being created; creation.

5) [noun] quality or qualities that make something what it is; nature.

6) [noun] what is regarded as normal or acceptable behaviour; nature.

7) [noun] the sum total of all things in time and space; the entire physical universe; the nature.

8) [noun] (jain.) the tendency or inclination to commit wrongdoings or to affirmatively support such deeds.

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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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