Nirantara, Niramtara, Nir-antara, Ni-antara: 28 definitions
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Nirantara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, 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.
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramNirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “constantly�, according to the Manthnabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik.—Accordingly, �(Kubjik’s) iconic form is threefold (according to whether it is) in (the transmission) of the Child, Middle One or the Aged. [...] (She holds) a skull, a rosary, the five immortal substances, an ascetic’s staff, the Kdi scripture, conch, and the great nectar which is filled constantly [i.e., nirantara�pūrita� ca nirantaram] with (the recitation of her Trikhaṇḍ Vidy) consisting of 292 syllables. The garland of vowels on her head rains down a stream of nectar. The garland of letters that (hangs from) the neck of the goddess (reaches) the soles (of her) feet. The necklace around her neck, made of fifty scorpions, looks beautiful [...]�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) 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.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “continuously� (being bound by Prakṛti), according to the Śivapuṇa 2.3.13 (“Śiva-Prvatī dialogue�).—Accordingly, as Prvatī said to Śiva: “O Yogin, O lord Śiva, based on what you said how can that Prakṛti cease to exist and how can you be considered beyond that Prakṛti? You shall ponder over this and say with reference to the facts as they are. All these (the universe etc) are bound by Prakṛti continuously [i.e., nirantara]. Hence you shall not say anything, not do anything. Know that speaking, doing etc. is a Pkṛta activity�.
2) Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “incessant� (volleys of arrows), according to the Śivapuṇa 2.5.21 (“Description of the Special War�).—Accordingly, as Sanatkumra narrated to Vysa: “[...] In the meantime, O Vysa, Nandin and Guha regained their consciousness and got up. They roared in the battlefield again. Nandin and Krttikeya came hurriedly and struck the Daityas in the battle ground with incessant volleys of arrows (ԾԳٲ-śᲹ) . Then the army of the Daityas became agitated and dejected with many Daityas wounded, split, killed, felled to the ground and devoured. [...]�.

The Purana (पुरा�, puṇas) 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.
Kavya (poetry)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “gapless� (i.e., ‘filling the spaces between branches of trees�), according to Bṇa’s Kdambarī (p. 225).—Accordingly, “[Then through the main entrance (of Caṇḍik), the temple yard:] Her courtyard was adorned (ūṣiٲ-ṅgṇa) with thickets of red śǰ첹 trees, the spaces between the branches of which were made gapless (nirantara) by flocks of perching red cockerels, [trees] which appeared to reveal unseasonal clusters of blooms in their fear�

Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraNirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “uninterrupted� (without any breaks), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemaja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Prvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 22.17ab]—“Sa is that which is self-perceived, true, possesses the attribute of gratification, the receptacle of all ṛt, together with visarga, and the highest auspicious thing (i.e., Śiva), which is full and uninterrupted (nirantara), without any breaks�.

Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchNirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “continually� (remaining in absorption), according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vmadeva: “[...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] [Thus, [the Yogin] who has remained in absorption continually (nirantara) for twelve years, [gains] the Siddhi of the ether-element. Indeed, he becomes absorbed in the ether-element. [...]�.

Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita1) Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “everlasting� and is used to describe Brahman, according to the Aṣṭvakragīt (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vednta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. [...] Just as one and the same all-pervading space exists within and without a jar, so the eternal, everlasting (nirantara) God exists in the totality of things [nitya� nirantara� brahma sarvabhūtagaṇe tath]. [...] �.
2) Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “completely (being permeated)� (e.g., the universe�ś completely being permeated by the Self�ٳ), according to the Aṣṭvakragīt (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vednta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “[...] So now abandoning the body and everything else, by some good fortune or other my true self becomes apparent. [...] Just as the sugar produced from the juice of the sugarcane is permeated with the same taste, so all this, produced out of me, is completely (nirantara) permeated with me [tath ś� mayi kḷpta� may vypta� nirantaram]. [...]�.

Vedanta (वेदान्�, vednta) 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
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: eScholarship: Buddhajñnpda's Vision of a Tantric Buddhist WorldNirantara (निरन्त�) refers to one of the Saptṅga (“seven ṅg of 峾ܻ�), according to Vgīśvavarakīrti’s Saptṅga and Tattvaratnvaloka (and its auto-commentary).�(Cf. the seven yogas mentioned by Buddhajñnapda in the Muktitilaka).—The same seven factors are addressed in Vgīśvavarakīrti’s later Saptṅga and his Tattvaratnvaloka and its auto-commentary, where they are called the seven ṅg of 峾ܻ, with reference to which see Isaacson (2010b, 271, 271n27) and, with a bit more detail, Isaacson and Sferra (2014, 271), where they are mentioned with reference to a citation from the Saptṅga in Rmapla’s Sekanirdeśapañjik.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections1) Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “having no interspace�, according to Pūjyapda’s Sarvrthasiddhi.—Accordingly, “In one minute living being there are organisms infinite times the emancipated souls. Thus the entire universe is densely filled with one-sensed beings with no interspace (nirantara). To become a being with more than one sense is as difficult as finding out a very small piece of diamond buried in the sands of an ocean. Even among these most of them are endowed with imperfect senses (i.e. less than five senses). Hence birth as a five-sensed being is as rare as gratitude among the good qualities. [...]�.
2) Nirantara (निरन्त�) refers to “constantly�, according to the 11th century Jñnrṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Having abandoned the tree, as the birds go in the early morning, in like manner the embodied souls continually [com.�nirantara—‘constantly’] go somewhere depending on their own karma�.
Synonyms: Śaśvat, Ajasra, Saṃtata, Avirata, Satata.

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, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Ṇiṃt (णिरंतर) refers to one of the various shops or “market places� (Sanskrit: Ჹṭṭ, Prakrit: 䲹ܳṭṭ) for a medieval town in ancient India, which were vividly depicted in Kaths (narrative poems), for example, by Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayaml.—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] In the Kuvalayaml, some names of shops according to articles displayed in them is given, [i.e., ṇiṃt] [...] Thus Uddyotana has in his view a complete form of a medieval market place with the number of lines full of different commodities.

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynirantara : (adj.) continuous; uninterrupted.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNirantara, (adj.) (nis+antara) having no interval, continuous, uninterrupted PvA. 135. Usually in nt. as adv. nirantara� always, incessantly, constantly; immediately, at once DhsA. 168; PvA. 52, 80, 107, 110 (=satata�), 120; DhA. I, 13. (Page 369)

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynirantara (निरंतर).—ad (S) Constantly, incessantly, unpausingly: also continuously or contiguously, without intervening space.
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nirantara (निरंतर).—a (S) Having contact with; being without space intervening. 2 Constant or incessant: also continuous or contiguous.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnirantara (निरंतर).�ad Constantly, incessantly. Con- tinuously. a Having contact with.
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 dictionaryNirantara (निरन्त�).�a.
1) constant, perpetual, uninterrupted, incessant; निरन्त- राधिपटलै� (niranta- dhipaṭalai�) Bv.1.16; निरन्तरास्वन्तरवातवृष्टिषु (ԾԳٲԳٲٲṛṣṭiṣu) Kumrasambhava 5.25.
2) having no intervening or intermediate space, having no interval, close, closely contiguous, in close contact; मूढे निरन्तरपयोधरया मयैव (mūḍhe nirantarapayodharay mayaiva) Mṛcchakaṭika 5.15; हृदय� निरन्तरबृहत्कठिनस्तन- मण्डलावरणमप्यभिदन् (hṛdaya� nirantarabṛhatkaṭhinastana- maṇḍalvaraṇamapyabhidan) Śśܱ 9.66.
3) compact, dense; परित� रुद्धनिरन्तराम्बरा� (parito ruddhanirantamba�) Śśܱ 16.76.
4) coarse, gross.
5) faithful, true (as a friend).
6) not hidden from view.
7) not different, similar, identical.
8) sincere, sympathetic; सुहृदि निरन्तरचित्त� (suhṛdi nirantaracitte) (nivedya duḥkha� sukhībhavati) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.341.
9) abounding in, full of; निपात्यमानैर्ददृशे निरन्तरम� (niptyamnairdadṛśe nirantaram) Rm.7.7. 54; गुणैश्� निरन्तराणि (guṇaiśca nirantaṇi) Mv.4.12.
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Nirantara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and antara (अन्त�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirantara (निरन्त�).—mfn.
(-�--�) 1. Coarse, gross, without interstices. 2. Continuous. 3. Uninterrupted, continual. 4. Unbounded. 5. Indentical, not different. 6. Unconcealed, not hidden or vanished. 7. Not external, &c. E. nir not, antara interval, difference, &c.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirantara (निरन्त�).—i. e. nis-antara, adj., f. . 1. Without any interstice, [Śśܱ] 9, 66. 2. Completely filled, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 112, 42. 3. Continual, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 58, 8. 4. Faithful, Pañc ii. [distich] 190. º, adv. 1. Tightly, [Ṛtܲṃh] 2, 11. 2. Constantly, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 2, 11.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirantara (निरन्त�).—[adjective] having no interval, continuous, uninterrupted, constant, dense, compact; abounding in, full of ([instrumental] or —�); not different, equal, identical. [neuter] [adverb] tight, fast; constantly, regularly; immediately, forthwith.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nirantara (निरन्त�):—[=nir-antara] [from nir > ni�] mf()n. having no interval (in space or time), close, compact, dense, uninterrupted, perpetual, constant (-t f.), [Mahbhrata; Kvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] faithful true, [Pañcatantra]
3) [v.s. ...] abounding in, full of ([compound]), [峾ⲹṇa; Shitya-darpaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] not other or different, identical, [Mahbhrata; 峾ⲹṇa] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] not hidden from view, [Horace H. Wilson]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirantara (निरन्त�):—[nira+ntara] (ra�--ra�) a. Coarse; continued; identical; unbounded; unconcealed.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nirantara (निरन्त�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiṃt.
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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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNiraṃtara (निरंतर) [Also spelled nirantar]:�(a) continuous; uninterrupted, incessant, non-stop; perpetual; (adv) continuously; uninterruptedly, incessantly; ~[t] continuity; non-interruption.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryṆiṃt (णिरंतर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nirantara.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNiraṃtara (ನಿರಂತರ):�
1) [adjective] continuing, running or being for ever; continuous; permanent.
2) [adjective] lasting for a relatively longer time.
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Niraṃtara (ನಿರಂತರ):�
1) [noun] the one who lasts for ever; that which remains for every (without change).
2) [noun] the God, who does not have an end.
3) [noun] the condition, fact or quality of being dense, thickly populated or filled with.
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Niraṃtara (ನಿರಂತರ):�
1) [adverb] always; for ever.
2) [adverb] coninuously for a long time.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNirantara (निरन्त�):—adj. 1. ceaseless; endless; 2. regular; perpetual; without any stoppage; adv. continuously; without any interruption; constantly; perpetually;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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