Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

naimittika नैमित्तिक – as, ī, am, produced by any cause

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

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naimittika ·f. ī having a cause, as s. effect (cf. nimitta°); having some particular cause, occasional, accidental. --m. fortune-teller, soothsayer.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Naimittika, as, ī, am, produced by any cause; connected with any particular cause, dependent on an external cause; (opposed to nitya), produced by some cause or by particular and unusual circumstances, unusual, occasional, accidental; (as), m. an astro- loger, a prophet; (am), n. an effect; occasional or periodical act or rite.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

naimittiká (wie eben) gaṇa ukthādi zu P. 4,2,60. 1〉 adj. aus einer Ursache entstehend, subst. Wirkung: nimittanaimittikayorayaṃ kramaḥ ŚĀK. 189. SĀṂKHYAK. 42. — 2〉 adj. mit einem bestimmten Anlass verbunden, durch eine bestimmte Veranlassung hervorgerufen, eventuell, zufällig (Gegens. nitya, sāṃsiddhika, svābhāvika) Z. d. d. m. G. IX, LXXIII. KĀTY. ŚR. 15,4,22. KĀTY. ŚR. 16,7,2. Schol. S. 31,11. S. 41,22. ĀŚV. ŚR. 9,1. MBH. 3,1131. MBH. 7,2194. MĀRK. P. 30,1. fgg. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 180,21. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 121. KULL._zu_M. 2,25. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 7. Schol. zu KAP. 1,19. BHĀṢĀP. 27,153. BHĀṢĀP. 27,154. TARKAS. 18. laya, pralaya BHĀG. P. 8,24,7 (vgl. I, XLVIII). MĀRK. P. 46,38. brāhmaṇamṛtvijaṃ vṛṇīta ṛṣimārṣeyaṃ sudhātudakṣiṇamanaimittikam nicht bloss zu dieser bestimmten Veranlassung berufen oder der nächste beste KAUŚ. 67. f. ī MĀRK. P. 16,41. MĀRK. P. 30,25. BHĀG. P. 7,15,11. ā (von naimittaka?) MBH. 12,12719. MĀRK. P. 30,24. naimittikatva n. nom. abstr. Schol. zu KAP. 1,11. — 3〉 m. Zeichendeuter gaṇa ukthādi zu P. 4,2,60. H. 482, Sch. (wo fälschlich ne˚). VYUTP. 96. Spr. 430. ŚĀK. CH. 107,21. Davon nom. abstr. ˚tva VYUTP. 70.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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naimittika — 1〉 Adj. (f. ī) — a〉 aus einer Ursache entstehend, bewirkt; Subst. Wirkung. — b〉 mit einem bestimmten Anlass verbunden, durch eine bestimmte Veranlassung hervorgerufen, eventuell, zufällig. In Comp. mit kāmya˚ und nitya˚ f. ā. Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. — 2〉 m. Zeichendeuter, Wahrsager Chr. 223,23.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

naimittika III. 2〉 MAHĀVY. 186,23. Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. MAHĀVY. 127,54. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

naimittika a. (kī f.) 1 Produced by, connected with, or dependent on, any particular cause. 2 Unusual, occasional, accidental, produced by some cause (opp. nitya). — kaḥ An astrologer, prophet. — kaṃ 1 An effect (opp. nimitta ‘cause’); nimittanaimittikayorayaṃ kramaḥ Ś. 7. 30. 2 An oceasional rite, a periodical ceremony.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

naimittika f. ī eine Ursache habend, unter bestimmten Umständen eintretend, ebentuell, gelegentlich; m. Wahrsager.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 1.20-1.31: Karma und Erkenntnis 3 occurrences

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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