Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nirjana निर्जन – solitary

adjective · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nirjana ·a. unpeopled, lonely, s. solitude, desert; abstr. °tā f., °tva n.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nirjana nir-jana, as, ā, am, unpeopled, de- populated, uninhabited, unfrequented, lonely, de- serted, desolate; (am), n. a solitude, desert.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

nirjana (nis + jana) adj. f. ā menschenleer: vana N. 9,27. DRAUP. 1,8. MBH. 5,6032. MBH. 5,7475. R. 2,36,7. R. 2,60,9. R. 3,55,42. R. 6,103,7. HIT. 10,2. deśa VET. in LA. 3,13. vasumatī MBH. 11,7. purī R. GORR. 2,57,6. sabhāṃ sa cakre nirjanām RĀJA-TAR. 4,223. subst. Einsamkeit, Einöde R. 2,100,14. RĀJA-TAR. 5,373. Davon nom. abstr. ˚tā f.: harmyasya RĀJA-TAR. 4,19. ˚tva n.: sthāna˚ SĀH. D. 20,15.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

nirjana Adj. (f. ā) menschenleer; Subst. Einsamkeit, Einöde. Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. und ˚tva n.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nirjana menschenleer, unbewohnt; Menschenleere, Einöde. Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

nirjana nirjana a. non peuplé, désert.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 20–26: Practising Laya 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 29–33: Four Forms of Breath Retention 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 4.64-4.68: Mūlabandha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.72-4.77: Uḍḍyānabandha 1 occurrence

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