Nirjhara: 18 definitions
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Nirjhara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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 Nirjhar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: valmikiramayan.net: Srimad Valmiki RamayanaNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ) refers to 鈥渨aterfalls鈥� (in hills), according to the 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺 verse 2.28.7. Accordingly:鈥斺�淸...] soothening with kind words to S墨t腻, when eyes were blemished with tears, the virtuous R腻ma spoke again as follows, for the purpose of waking her turn back: 鈥榌...] the sounds created from waterfalls in hills (giri-nirjhara) and from lions residing in mountain caves are unpleasant to hear. That is why living in a forest in uncomfortable鈥欌��.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺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.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath腻sarits腻garaNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ) refers to a 鈥渢orrent鈥�, as mentioned in the Kath腻sarits腻gara, chapter 108. Accordingly, 鈥淸...] The next day [Narav腻hanadatta] deposited his wives in M腻ta峁単apura, and went with the Vidy腻dhara kings to Govindak奴峁璦. There Gau谤墨mu峁囜笉a and M腻nasavega came out to fight with them, and Ca峁囜笉asi峁僪a and his colleagues met them face to face. When the battle began, brave warriors fell like trees marked out for the axe, and torrents of blood flowed [i.e., sravadrudhira-nirjhara] on the mountain Govindak奴峁璦.鈥�.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, 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 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ) refers to 鈥渃aves鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 (chapter 12), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗ear now the effects of the heliacal rising of Canopus (Agastya), a star sacred to Agastya who suppressed the Vindhya mountains whose soaring heights obstructed the course of the Sun; to which the pictured robes of the Vidy腻dhara females leaning for support on their lord鈥檚 arms and flying aloft in the sky formed beautiful flowing flags; whose caves were the abodes of lions which, having drunk of the perfumed blood of elephants in rut had their mouths covered with bees that looked like so many black flowers, and from which caves issued rivers [i.e., 补苍迟补谤-诲补谤墨-苍颈谤箩丑补谤补]; [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ) refers to 鈥�(the water of) mountain torrents鈥� (representing a desirable habitat of wild elephants), according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 11, 鈥淥n the keeping of elephants and their daily and seasonal regimen鈥漖: 鈥�2. On mountain ridges, in the water of mountain torrents (nirjhara-jala), in lotus pools and rivers, ever remembering how he played freely with elephant cows in the midst of the jungle, an elephant, dejected and beset with manifold troubles, is unwilling to eat stalks of white sugar cane, etc., though repeatedly placed before him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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ).鈥攎 S A spring (of water). 2 A precipitous descent of water, a torrent.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ).鈥�m A spring. A torrent.
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 dictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ).鈥�1 A spring, waterfall, cataract, cascade, mountain-torrent; 啶多啶む 啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ啶掂ぞ啶班た 啶ぞ啶ㄠぎ啷� (艣墨ta峁� nirjharav腻ri p腻nam) N腻g.4; R.2.13; 艢腻nti.2.17,21;4.6.
-谤补岣� 1 Burning chaff.
2) An elephant.
3) A horse of the sun.
Derivable forms: 苍颈谤箩丑补谤补岣� (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ啶�), nirjharam (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ啶).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ).鈥攎f. (-谤补岣�-谤墨) A cascade or torrent, the precipitous descent of water from mountains, &c., f. (-谤墨) A river. m.
(-谤补岣�) 1. A horse of the sun. 2. A fire of chaff. 3. An elephant. E. nir before, 箩丑峁� to waste, and ap aff. (jhara峁嚹� .)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ).鈥攑robably a form of nis-k峁r + a, m. (also n. [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 4, 13, 6), A cascade or torrent, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 2, 28, 7; [Bh腻gavata-Pur腻峁嘺, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 4, 41.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ).鈥擺masculine] ([neuter]) 峁嘺 [neuter] waterfall, cataract.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ):鈥擺=nir-jhara] m. (cf. jhara, jharat) a waterfall, cataract, mountain torrent, cascade, [Mah腻bh腻rata; K腻vya literature] etc. (also n., [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺 iv, 13, 6]; f(墨). , [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]; ifc. f腻., [艢腻nti艣ataka], and 谤补峁嘺 n., [Pa帽cada峁囜笉acchattra-prabandha])
2) [v.s. ...] burning chaff, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the horses of the Sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. 苍颈谤峁嘺谤补)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ):鈥擺nir-jhara] (谤补岣�) 1. m. A cascade or torrent. m. Horse of the sun; fire of chaff. f. (谤墨) A river.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ujjhara, Ojjhara, 峁唅箩箩丑补谤补.
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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 dictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ) [Also spelled nirjhar]:鈥�(nm) a fall, cataract, spring, stream, torrent; ~[谤颈峁嚹�] a stream, rivutet; ~[谤墨] see [nirjha谤颈峁嚹�].
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNirjhara (嗖ㄠ部嗖班硩嗖澿舶):鈥擺noun] a stream flowing down from a hill or mountain.
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 DictionaryNirjhara (啶ㄠた啶班啶澿ぐ):鈥攏. waterfall; cascade;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Nirjharajala, Nirjharana, Nirjharani.
Full-text (+4): Nirjharini, Nirjharin, Nirjhar, Nirnara, Jhara, Nirjharana, Nirjhari, Nijhara, Ujjhara, Ojjhara, Nairjhara, Nijhura, Nijjhara, Himanirjharaviprushmat, Nirjara, Darinirjhara, Girinirjhara, Rudhira, Rudhiranirjhara, Sravadrudhira.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.4.24 < [Chapter 4 - Description of Questions About the Lord鈥檚 Appearance]
Verse 1.16.15 < [Chapter 16 - Description of 艢谤墨 R腻dhik腻鈥檚 Wedding]
Verse 3.2.16 < [Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of 艢谤墨 Girir腻ja]
Sanskrit Words In Southeast Asian Languages (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Page 148 < [Sanskrit words in the Southeast Asian Languages]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
2. The Sukasandesa by Mahakavi Lakshmidasa < [Chapter 4 - Traces of Historical Facts from Sandesha Kavyas and Short poems]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Chapter 2 - Sanskrit and modern Indian Languages < [Section 1 - Introduction]
Rama-caritabdhi-ratna of Nityananda Shastri (by Satya Vrat Shastri)