Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nidrā निद्रा – sleep; fall asleep

verbal root · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary verbal root · substantive feminine

verbal root

sleep; fall asleep

substantive feminine

sleep

Derived from

  1. ni नि previx — down; into
  2. drā द्रा verbal root — sleep
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

nidrā́ ·f. sleep, °karaÅ a. causing sleep.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive feminine

2. ni-drā, f. (said to be fr. rt. nind + affix ra), sleep, slumber, sleepiness, sloth; (in flowers the budding state is considered as sleep. hence nidrāṃ tyaj = to bloom); a mystical N. of the letter bh.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

nidrā 1 . ni-drā or ni-drai, cl. 1. 2. P. A. -drāyati, -te, -drāti, &c., to fall asleep, sleep.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nidrā́ (von 2. drā mit ni) f. UṆĀDIS. 2,17. 1〉 Schlaf AK. 1,1,7,36. H. 313. SUŚR. 1,4,11. YOGAS. 1,10. TATTVAS. 20. āhāranidrābhayamaithunaṃ ca sāmānyametatpaśubhirnarāṇām Spr. 409. ˚kṣaṇa BHĀG. P. 2,7,13. pravṛddhanidrāśayita R. 3,35,64. R. 3,23,39. nidrāntarita PAÑCAT. 117,5. ˚vaśa VET. in LA. 25,3. na viveśa ca nidrainaṃ niśāsu śayanaṃ gatam R. 4,26,9. nidrābhibhūta SUŚR. 1,45,16. nidrayāpahṛtā N. 10,7. R. 1,46,16. hṛtamajñānanidrayā R. 5,76,19. N. 24,12. nidrāṃ sumapasevate R. 1,35,23. nidrāmabhyehi 14. nidrāmupāgamat 22. śanairnidrāmadhvakhinnā jagāma sā SOM. NAL. 80. PAÑCAT. 124,1. MEGH. 110. yayau nidrāṃ śanaiśca saḥ VID. 123. ŚṚṄGĀRAT. 12. nidrāmupetasya SĀH. D. 67,15. na ca tena vinā nidrāṃ labhate R. 1,19,22. R. 2,51,9 (R. 2,94,11 GORR.). R. 3,60,34. pracchāyasulabhanidrā divasāḥ ŚĀK. 3. alabdhanidra BHĀG. P. 4,13,47. labdhanidrāsukhā MEGH. 95. prāpya nidrāṃ kathaṃcana KATHĀS. 26,146. nidrāmuvāha BHĀG. P. 3,9,20. tyaktanidre babhūvatuḥ R. 2,65,21. nidrāṃ vihāya RAGH. 5,73. vītanidra ad ŚĀK. 78. DHŪRTAS. 74,17. muktanidra KATHĀS. 10,72. naṣṭanidra PAÑCAT. 38,4. kṣaṇabhagnanidra BHĀG. P. 3,9,10. mahānidra R. 6,37,30. nidrāndha vor Schlaf (Schläfrigkeit; nidrā = tandrī AK. 3,4,25,178) blind HIḌ. 1,4. MBH. 7,8374. ˚kara HARIV. 3570. SUŚR. 1,176,3. DHŪRTAS. 90,10. ˚rata VARĀH. BṚH. S. 92,11. nidrālasa schläfrig VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5. BHARTṚ. 3,73. aṅgāni nidrālasavihvalāni ṚT. 6,11, v. l. nidrālasya Schläfrigkeit VARĀH. BṚH. 8,13. langes Schlafen, neben ālasya, tandrī, tandrā MBH. 2,260. MBH. 5,1048. SUŚR. 1,13,8. — HARIV. 6465. ajīrṇanidrāṇi ṢAḌV. BR. 5,4 soll nach SĀY. bedeuten ajīrṇamatinidrāśca; vgl. WEBER, Zwei vedische Texte über Omina und Portenta, S. 321. fg. Bei Blumen ist Schlaf so v. a. Knospenzustand: nidrāṃ tyaj aufblühen Spr. 433. Der Schlaf als Göttin personif. R. 3,63,8. R. 3,63,9 VP. 78, N. 8. Vgl. a˚, vinidra. — 2〉 myst. Bez. des Buchstabens bha Ind. St. 2,316.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nidrā 1〉 Schläfrigkeit: na svapnena jayennidrām Spr. 1501. nidrātura schläfrig so v. a. matt von Statten gehend, von Gebeten Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,a,5. — Vgl. mahā˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nidrā 1〉 ṚV. 8,48,14.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nidrā́ f. — 1〉 Schlaf. Auch personificirt. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — 2〉 Schläfrigkeit. — 3〉 Schlaf der Blumen ist der Knospenzustand.

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine

Original text · English · verbal root

nidrā 2 P. To fall asleep, sleep.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

nidrā 1 Sleep, sleepiness; pracchāyasulabhanidrā divasāḥ Ś. 1. 3; nidrāmudrā kṣipan Māl. 2. 12. 2 Sloth. 3 Shutting, budding state. Comp. — alasa a dull or languid with drowsiness, fast asleep; nidrālasā bahiṃṇaḥ V. 3. 2. — bhaṃgaḥ awaking. — vṛkṣaḥ darkness. — saṃjananaṃ phlegm, phlegmatic humour.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nidrā́ f. Schlaf, Schläfrigkeit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

nidrā nidrā f. (drai) sommeil; somnolence; au fig. paresse. nidrāṇa a. endormi, assoupi. Clos, fermé. nidrāmi 2 et nidrāyāmi 4. Dormir; s'endormir. nidrālu a. endormi; somnolent. — S. f. le parfum nommé nīlī. nidrāvṛkṣa m. obscurité [m à m. arbre du sommeil]. nidrāsañjanana n. (sam; jan au c.) phlegme, humeur somnolente, t. de méd.

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DYS 79–83: Power and Bhūcarasiddhi 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 67–73: Examining Obstacles 1 occurrence

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HP 2.54-2.56: Sītkārī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 1 occurrence

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HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 1 occurrence

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HP 4.11*5-4.11*14: Khecarī in Space 2 occurrences

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HP 4.20-4.27: Four Stages of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.9*2–11*1: Sītkā / Sītkārī and Śītalī 1 occurrence

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PYS 3 occurrences
PYS 1.5–11: The Five Vṛtti 2 occurrences

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PYS 1.34–39: Six Supports 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3 occurrences
SiSa 3.41-3.48: Atemkraft und Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.81-3.83: Freiheit von Wiederkehr 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.105-4.111: Śakticālana 1 occurrence

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VBT 75–85: Thresholds and Sky 1 occurrence

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