Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nirnimitta निर्निमित्त – Causeless, without occasion

adjective · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

Causeless, without occasion

Derived from

  1. nis निस् previx — out; away; without
  2. nimitta निमित्त substantive neuter — external cause; cause; occasion; condition
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nirnimitta ·a. causeless, groundless, °-- & n. adv.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

nirnimitta nir-nimitta, as, ā, am, without reason or motive, causeless, groundless; (am), n. causelessly, without cause.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

nirnimitta (nis + ni˚) adj. keine Veranlassung habend HALĀY. 4,89. ˚tam adv. ohne Veranlassung VARĀH. BṚH. S. 4,9. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,10 (11). nirnimittakṛta ohne Veranlassung entstanden, wobei die Ursache nicht wahrzunehmen ist: ativṛṣṭi VARĀH. BṚH. S. 21,32.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

nirnimitta Adj. — 1〉 durch Nichts veranlasst Comm. zu ŚAṂK. zu BĀLAR. 2,1,36. ˚m und nirnimitta˚ Adv. ohne Veranlassung, ohne wahrnehmbare Ursache. — 2〉 ganz uneigennützig KĀD. 215,2.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nirnimitta durch nichts veranlasst o. begründet. °— u. n. adv. ohne Veranlassung o. Grund.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 93–100: Pain and Desire 1 occurrence

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