nimitta निमित्त – external cause; cause; occasion; condition

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nimitta ·n. mark, aim, sign, token; presage, omen; reason, cause, esp. the efficient cause; in the obl. cases = because or on account of; adj. caused, produced, occasioned by (--°).

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nimitta ni-mitta, am, n. (probably con- nected with ni-mā above), a mark, an aim; an archer's butt, target; sign, token; prognostic, pre- sage, omen [cf. dur-n˚]; cause, motive, reason, instrumental or efficient cause, (opposed to upā-dāna, the material cause); nimitta is used at the end of a comp. in the sense ‘having as a motive or cause,’ ‘caused or produced by,’ ‘occasioned by,’ e. g. viṣa- nimittā pīḍā, pain caused by poison; (am acc., ena inst., āya dat., āt abl., asya gen., e loc.), because of, on account of, for the sake of, for the purpose of, through.

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nimitta n. 1〉 Ziel (nach dem geschossen wird) HALĀY. 2,313. calaṃ nimittaṃ viprarṣe sadā sūryasya gacchataḥ MBH. 13,4632. ˚vedhin das Ziel treffend MBH. 5,3480. MBH. 6,1658. — 2〉 Zeichen, Anzeichen, Vorzeichen, Omen AK. 3,4,14,79. TRIK. 3,3,163. H. an. 3,270. MED. t. 118. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 184,b,6. nimittaṃ yattvayā dṛṣṭaṃ bāhuke daivamānuṣam MBH. 3,2925. MBH. 3,2928. na cotpātanimittābhyām (bhikṣāṃ lipseta) M. 6,50. YĀJÑ. 1,203. YĀJÑ. 3,171. dadarśa viparītāni nimittāni MBH. 16,1. BHAG. 1,31. R. 3,51,38. SUŚR. 1,30,5. SUŚR. 1,104,17. ˚jña RAGH. 1,86. nimittaṃ sūcayan ŚĀK. 8,17. ŚĀK. 63,11. ŚĀK. 101,14. VIKR. 7,4. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,16. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 21,35. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 21,36. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 27,c,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42 (43),10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 42 (43),30. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 47,78. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 50,7. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,108. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 57,1. Z. d. d. m. G. 14,569,12. BHĀG. P. 1,14,2. BHĀG. P. 1,14,5. Vgl. durnimitta. — 3〉 Veranlassung, Grund, Ursache, das Bestimmende AK. 3,4,14,79. AK. 3,4,28,218 TRIK. H. 1513. H. an. MED. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,2,11. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,7,14. KĀTY. ŚR. 25,4,45. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,4. rephanimittasaṃśayāt ṚV. PRĀT. 11,5. akṣarāṇyeva sarvatra nimittaṃ balavattaram ṚV. PRĀT. 17,13. vairāgyeṇa nimittena prakṛtilayaḥ TATTVAS. 8. JAIM. 1,3. KAP. 3,67. KAP. 3,68. SĀṂKHYAK. 42. MBH. 1,2178. MBH. 5,1036. MBH. 13,1458. ŚĀK. 44. ŚĀK. 189. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 92,5. VID. 255. PAÑCAT. II, 35. HIT. I, 156. MĀRK. P. 30,25. RĀJA-TAR. 3,84. tasya tyāge nimittaṃ kim BHĀG. P. 8,20,6. ˚saptamī KĀŚ._zu_P. 1,1,57. dhātvaṃśalopanimitta ārdhadhātuke pare Schol. zu P. 1,1,4. nāmartyo vidyate martyo nimittāyurbhaviṣyati so v. a. sein Leben soll so lange dauern als dasjenige besteht, wonach es bestimmt wird, MBH. 3,10738. yatheme parvatāḥ śaśvattiṣṭhanti surasattamāḥ . akṣayāstannimittaṃ (so lange dauernd als die Berge) me sutasyāyurbhaviṣyati MBH. 3,10739. nimittamasya (d. i. die Berge) mahiṣairbhedayāmāsa MBH. 3,17043. fg. nimitta causa efficiens neben upādāna causa materialis VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 40. mayaiva te nihatāḥ pūrvameva nimittamātraṃ (blosses Werkzeug) bhava BHAG. 11,33. dravatvaṃ syandane heturnimittaṃ saṃgrahe tu tat BHĀṢĀP. 155. Alle obliquen Casus adverbialisch in der Bed. wegen gebraucht P. 2,3,23, Vārtt. kanyānimittaṃ viprarṣe tatrāsīdutsavo mahān MBH. 5,6069. R. 2,48,28. R. 2,58,24. SUŚR. 1,2,10. SĀṂKHYAK. 57. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 24,10. strīnimittena R. 2,90,12 (R. 2,99,15 GORR.). vanavāsanimittāya bhartāramidamabravīt R. 2,30,1. Am Ende eines adj. comp. dieses zur Veranlassung —, zum Grunde habend, veranlasst —, hervorgerufen durch ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 4,6,3. M. 10,111. M. 10,11. M. 10,80. viṣanimittā (pīḍā) N. 14,19. tannimittābhiḥ kathābhiḥ DAŚ. 2,5. SUŚR. 1,4,9. SUŚR. 1,45,1. SUŚR. 1,254,17. SUŚR. 2,1,5. ŚĀK. 95,14. ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 76. Schol. zu P. 1,1,5. animittanimittena dharmeṇa durch keine besondere Ursache hervorgerufen, uneigennützig BHĀG. P. 3,15,14. Vgl. a˚. — 4〉 falsche Lesart für nimiṣa LALIT. 384. — Nach TRIK. hat das Wort noch die Bedeutungen āgantu, deha, ādeśa und parvan, welche weder WILSON noch ŚKDR. kennen. — Vgl. naimitta, naimittika.

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nimitta n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Ziel (nach dem geschossen wird). — 2〉 Zeichen, Anzeichen, Wahrzeichen, Vorzeichen, Omen. — 3〉 Veranlassung, Grund, Ursache, das Bestimmende, causa efficiens, Werkzeug. ˚ttaṃ yā die Veranlassung sein, die Schuld tragen KĀD. 214,3. Alle obliquen Casus (Abl., Gen. und Loc. nicht zu belegen) werden adverbialisch in der Bed. wegen gebraucht. Am Ende eines Comp. dieses zur Veranlassung, zum Grunde habend, veranlasst —, hervorgerufen —, bewirkt durch. — 4〉 *= āgantu, deha, ādeśa und parvan.

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nimittaṃ [ni-mid-kta Tv.] 1 A cause, motive, ground, reason; nimittanaimittikayorayaṃ kramaḥ Ś. 7. 30. 2 The instrumental or efficient cause (opp. upādāna). 3 Any apparent cause, pretext; nimittamātraṃ bhava savyasācin Bg. 11. 33; nimittamātreṇa pāṃḍavakrodhena bhavitavyaṃ Ve. 1. 4 A mark, sign, token. 5 A butt, mark, target -nimittādaparāddheṣordhānuṣkasyeva valgitaṃ Śi. 2. 27. 6 An omen, prognostic (good or bad); nimittaṃ sūcayitvā Ś. 1; nimittāni ca paśyāmi viparītāni keśava Bg. 1. 31; R. 1. 86; Ms. 6. 50; Y. 1. 203, Y. 3. 171. (nimitta is used at the end of comp. in the sense of ‘caused or occasioned by’; kinnimittoyamātaṃkaḥ Ś. 3. nimittaṃ, nimittena, ninittān ‘because of’, ‘on account of.). Comp. — arthaḥ the infinitive mood (in gram.). — āvṛttiḥ f. dependence on a special cause. — kāraṇaṃ, -hetuḥ an instrumental or efficient cause. — kālaḥ a specific time. — kṛt m. a crow. — dharmaḥ 1 expiation. 2 an occasional rite. — vid a. knowing good or bad omens. ( — m.) an astrologer.

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nimitta n. Ziel, Zeichen, Vorzeichen, Veranlassung, Grund, Ursache; bewirkende Ursache (ph.); adj. —˚ veranlasst, bewirkt durch. Acc., Instr. u. Dat. adv. wegen.

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nimitta nimitta n. (mi; red. du t) marque, trace; signe. Cause efficiente. — Ac. nimittam à cause de; eu égard à; en vue de. nimittaka n. cause. Baiser. nimittakāraṇa n. cause; cause active; acte de la cause efficiente. nimittamātra n. instrument de la cause. nimittavid m. qui connaît les signes du temps, astrologue.