Nishkriya, 狈颈峁谤颈测补, Nitkriya: 14 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Purana
2. Ayurveda
3. Vedanta
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Kannada
3. Nepali
See also

Introduction:

Nishkriya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term 狈颈峁谤颈测补 can be transliterated into English as Niskriya or Nishkriya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�).鈥擜 class of ascetics.^*

* Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 III. 12. 43.

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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.

Ayurveda (science of life)

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�):鈥擨nactive. A specific property of 膧tm膩.

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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 Gita

1) 狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�) refers to 鈥渁ctionless鈥� and is used to describe the 膧tman (one鈥檚 own self), according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨迟腻 (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]: 鈥淸...] 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. [...] You are really unbound and actionless (苍颈峁谤颈测补), self-illuminating and spotless already [ni岣a峁単o ni峁riyo'si tva峁� svaprak膩艣o nira帽jana岣�]. [...] 鈥�.

2) 狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�) refers to 鈥渙ne who is (forever) actionless鈥�.鈥擜ccordingly, [as Janaka says to A峁ａ弓avakra]: 鈥淚n my unblemished nature there are no elements, no body, no faculties, no mind. There is no void and no anguish. [...] For me who am forever actionless (苍颈峁谤颈测补), there is no distraction or one-pointedness of mind, no lack of understanding, no stupidity, no joy and no sorrow. [kva har峁岣� kva vi峁Ｄ乨o v膩 sarvad膩苍颈峁谤颈测补sya me] [...]鈥�.

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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 Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 5: The category of the non-living

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�, 鈥渋nactive鈥�) according to the 2nd-century Tattv膩rthas奴tra 5.7.鈥擨nability in not being able to move from one space-point to another is called inactive (苍颈峁谤颈测补). What is the meaning of inactive? It means primarily without motion. Here transformation is excluded as transformation is the inherent nature of all substances.

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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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�).鈥攎fn.

(-测补岣�-测腻-测补峁�) 1. Abstaining from ceremonial rites. 2. Idle, unoccupied. n.

(-测补峁�) Bramha or the Supreme Spirit. E. nira neg. 办谤颈测腻 act.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈峁谤颈测腻 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶ぞ).鈥攁dj. 1. inactive, Bh膩峁Ｄ乸. 85. 2. one who does not perform his religious duties, [惭腻苍补惫补诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤补] 11, 18. Niraha峁儼彀辈饽�, i. e.

狈颈峁谤颈测腻 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and 办谤颈测腻 (啶曕啶班た啶ぞ).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�).鈥擺adjective] inactive ([abstract] 迟腻 [feminine]); not performing or not performed with, ceremonious rites.

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

1) 狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�):鈥擺=苍颈峁�-办谤颈测补] [from ni峁� > ni岣�] mfn. = -karman, [Upani峁d; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] n. 鈥榯he actionless One鈥�, the Supreme Spirit, [Horace H. Wilson]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�):鈥擺苍颈-峁谤颈测补] (ya岣�-y膩-测补峁�) a. Idle; neglecting works. n. Supreme Being.

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

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁唅办办颈测补.

[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.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (嗖ㄠ部嗖粪硩嗖曕硩嗖班部嗖�):鈥�

1) [noun] a man who is exempt from performing any daily or ritual action or one who performs so disinterestedly, that he is not responsible for its fruits.

2) [noun] a man who shows a disposition to avoid exertion; an indolent, lazy man.

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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.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

狈颈峁谤颈测补 (啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶班た啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. 鈫� 啶ㄠた啶多啶氞啶粪啶� [苍颈艣肠别峁ａ弓补 ] ; 2. 鈫� 啶呧啶班啶ぃ啷嵿く [补办补谤尘补峁噛补 ] ; 3. 鈫� 啶ㄠた啶多啶氞げ [苍颈艣肠补濒补]

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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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