Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nirjhara निर्झर – waterfall

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nirjhara ·m. (n.) °ṇa n. waterfall, cataract.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nirjhara nir-jhara, as, ī, am, m. f. n. (perhaps fr. jhar for rt. kṣar with nis), a waterfall, cataract, cascade, mountain-torrent, the precipitous descent of water from mountains, &c. [cf. jhara]; (as), m. burning chaff; an elephant; a horse of the Sun [cf. nir-ṇara]; (ī), f. a river [cf. nir-jhariṇī; cf. also nilimpa-n˚.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective

nirjhara 1〉 KATHĀS. 90,38. sadhātunirjharodgāramañjanādrim KATHĀS. 51,169. prasaratkāntinirjharā adj. KATHĀS. 51,7. lāvaṇyarasanirbharanirjharā adj. KATHĀS. 84,7. Spr. 2506 und 3153 fehlerhaft für nairjhara. Zu KATHĀS. 18,88 vgl. oben u. udghaṭṭana.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

nirjhara 1〉 m. Wasserfall, Wassersturz, Wasserschnelle AK. 2,3,5. H. 1096. HALĀY. 2,11. N. 12,4. MBH. 8,4527. giri˚ R. 2,28,7. R. 2,48,13. R. 3,68,18. R. 3,72,6. R. 4,44,34. R. 4,49,3. R. 6,1,15. RAGH. 2,13. BHARTṚ. 3,26. ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,20. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 12,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 55,8. BHĀG. P. 4,6,13. hima˚ BHĀG. P. 25,18. MĀRK. P. 25,4. vana˚ MBH. 1,2253. MBH. 14,1679. nadīnāṃ nirjhareṣu MBH. 5,3998. hradinya iva nirjharaiḥ BHĀG. P. 6,4,41. varāśvaṃ ca darpodghaṭṭananirjharam KATHĀS. 18,88. nāgendraiḥ sravadbhirmadanirjharān KATHĀS. 14,11. viśvasya nayanāmṛtanirjharaiḥ KATHĀS. 22,90. Als n. R. 4,13,6. ŚĀNTIŚ. 4,6. nach ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. auch nirjharī f. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā ŚĀNTIŚ. 2,16. Vgl. jhara. — 2〉 m. brennende Hülsen (die erst in die Höhe gehoben werden und dann noch brennend wie ein Wasserfall herunterstürzen) H. an. 3,568. MED. r. 174. — 3〉 m. Elephant TRIK. 2,8,33; vgl. die Stelle aus KATHĀS. 14,11 oben u. 1. — 4〉 m. ein Pferd des Sonnengottes (vgl. nirṇara) H. an. MED. — 5〉 f. ī Fluss (vgl. nirjhariṇī) RĀVAṆA_im_ŚIVASTOTRA nach ŚKDR.; vgl. nilimpa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nirjhara — 1〉 m. (*f. ī) und n. (selten; adj. Comp. f. ā) Wasserfall, -schnelle. — 2〉 *m. — a〉 brennende Hülsen. — b〉 Elephant. — c〉 N. pr. eines der Rosse des Sonnengottes. — 3〉 f. ī Fluss.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nirjharaḥ -raṃ A spring, waterfall, cataract, cascade, mountain-torrent; śītaṃ nirjharavāri pānaṃ Nāg. 4; R. 2. 13; Śānti. 2. 17, Śānti. 2. 21; Śānti. 4. 6. — raḥ 1 Burning chaff. 2 An elephant. 3 A horse of the sun.

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nirjharaḥ -raṃ A spring, waterfall, cataract, cascade, mountain-torrent; śītaṃ nirjharavāri pānaṃ Nāg. 4; R. 2. 13; Śānti. 2. 17, Śānti. 2. 21; Śānti. 4. 6. — raḥ 1 Burning chaff. 2 An elephant. 3 A horse of the sun.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nirjhara m. (n.), ˚ṇa n. Wasserfall.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

nirjhara nirjhara m. (jhṛ) feu de paille. Coursier du Soleil. — F. nirjharī rivière. — M. et f. cascade, cataracte. nirjharin m. montagne. — F. nirjhariṇī rivière.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.37-4.46: Listening to Nāda 1 occurrence

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