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Niravadya, Nir-avadya: 13 definitions

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Niravadya in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Niravadya (निरवद्�).—Like 屹ⲹ is Yogaiśvara lying embedded in the five elements; it relates to indriyas and ṅk.*

  • * Vyu-purṇa 13. 6.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) 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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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Niravadya in Mahayana glossary
: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics (Mahayana)

Niravadya (निरवद्�) refers to a “hundred duodecillion� (100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) in a list of numeral denominations, according to the Lalitavistara-sūtra, a well-known Buddhist work of the first century B.C.—Accordingly, “The mathematician Arjuna asked the Bodhisattva, ‘O young man, do you know the counting which goes beyond the ṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: I know. Arjuna: How does the counting proceed beyond the ṭi on the centesimal scale? Bodhisattva: [hundred ṇa岵پ are called niravadya, hundred niravadyas are called ܻ,...�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahyna) 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 ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñpramit ūٰ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Niravadya (निरवद्�).�a.

1) blameless, faultless, unblameable, unobjectionable; हृद्�- निरवद्यरूप� भूपो बभूव (hṛdya- niravadyarūpo bhūpo babhūva) Daśakumracarita 1.

2) an epithet of the Supreme Being (having no passions).

Niravadya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and avadya (अवद्�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Niravadya (निरवद्�).—[, nt., a high number: Lalitavistara 148.7, 8 (prose); the only v.l. is nīra°; but Tibetan sgrib pa = nīvaraṇam, as read in Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7971, which is cited from this Lalitavistara passage; we may assume nīvaraṇam as the true reading.]

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

Niravadya (निरवद्�).—mfn.

(-ⲹ�--ⲹ�) Unobjectionable, unexceptionable. E. nir neg. avadya not to be said.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niravadya (निरवद्�).—I. adj. blameless, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 99, 51. Ii. f. blamelessness(?), [Իǰ岵Բ] 5, 11 (v. r.).

Niravadya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and avadya (अवद्�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niravadya (निरवद्�).—[adjective] blameless; [abstract] tva [neuter]

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

1) Niravadya (निरवद्�):—[=nir-avadya] [from nir > ni�] a mf()n. unblamable, unobjectionable, [Upaniṣad; Mahbhrata] etc. (-tva n., [Bhgavata-purṇa])

2) [v.s. ...] n. blamelessness, excellence (-vat mfn., [Mahbhrata])

3) [v.s. ...] n. or m. a [particular] high number, [Lalita-vistara]

4) [=nir-avadya] b -avayava etc. See nir, p. 539, col. 3.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niravadya (निरवद्�):—[nira+vadya] (dya�-dy-dya�) a. Unobjectionable, unexceptionable.

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

Niravadya (निरवद्�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ṆiᲹ.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

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

Niravadya (ನಿರವದ್�):—[adjective] unblamable; unobjectionalble; that is not culpable.

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Niravadya (ನಿರವದ್�):�

1) [noun] that which is spotless, having no faults or defects.

2) [noun] he whose character is free from faults, defects; an irreproachable being; the Supreme Being.

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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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