Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

niḥśvāsa निःश्वास – exhalation

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

niḥśvāsa ·m. breathing out, breath i.g.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Niḥ-śvāsa, as, m. breathing out, expiration; breath, sighing, a sigh; (often read ni-śvāsa.)

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

niḥśvāsa (von śvas mit nis) m. 1〉 das Ausathmen, der ausströmende Athem M. 3,19. MBH. 3,13537. fg. (= HARIV. 681. fg.). kṣaṇena sa punarnaṣṭo niśvāsa iva darpaṇe MBH. 3,16545. HARIV. 4260. HARIV. 4748. R. 2,61,8. R. 3,22,13. R. 3,22,18. R. 3,62,31. MṚCCH. 48,22. BHARTṚ. 1,96. RAGH. 1,43. RAGH. 16,43. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,50. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 34,2. BHĀG. P. 4,10,26. BHĀG. P. 7,12,25. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 198,22. — 2〉 Seufzer: niḥśvāsamuṣṇamasakṛddīrgham — mumoca MBH. 1,2005. ˚paramā N. 2,2. R. 2,24,7. RAGH. 1,67. vyalīkaniḥśvāsamivotsasarja KUMĀRAS. 3,25. MEGH. 82. MEGH. 88. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 3,14. PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 50,4. AMAR. 87. MĀRK. P. 20,47. SĀH. D. 64,9. saniśvāsam MṚCCH. 150,3. ŚĀK. CH. 65,5. — Statt niḥśvāsa tindet man häufig niśvāsa geschrieben, für welche Form wir aber eine andere Bedeutung angenommen haben. Es ist übrigens zu bemerken, dass die Verwechselung von ni und nis nicht lediglich den Abschreibern zuzuschreiben ist, da auch Formen wie nyaśvasat seufzte auf (vgl. übrigens u. niśvāsa) MBH. 8,4833. nyaśvasīt BHAṬṬ. 6,34. BHAṬṬ. 15,24. nyaśvasiṣuḥ BHAṬṬ. 3,17 vorkommen.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

niḥśvāsa 1〉 Athem, das Athmen: atiharṣabharastabdhaniḥśvāsā adj. KATHĀS. 95,74.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

niḥśvāsa m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) = niḥśvasita 1〉 2〉 und Athem, das Athmen.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

niḥśvāsaḥ, niśvāsaḥ 1 Breathing out, expiration. 2 Sighing, a sigh, breath.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

niḥśvāsa m. dass., der Atem. ˚parama unaufhörlich seufzend.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

niḥśvāsa m. respiration; soupir.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.35*1-4.36: Signs of Samādhi 1 occurrence

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