Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nivṛtti निवृत्ति – cessation

substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

cessation

Derived from

  1. ni नि previx — down; into
  2. vart वर्त् verbal root — turn; occur
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

nivṛtti ·f. return; cessation, vanishing, disappearance, desisting or escaping from (abl. or --°); abstaining, esp. from action, inactivity.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Ni-vṛtti, is, f. returning, return; disappearing, disappearance, ceasing, cessation, suspension, abstain- ing from action, inactivity, (opposed to pra-vṛtti); ceasing to be active, ceasing to be valid or binding (as a rule); leaving off, desisting from (with abl.); resigning, discontinuance of worldly acts, cessation of emotions, separation from the world, abstinence; repose, rest; felicity, bliss, beatitude, (wrongly for nir-vṛtti); denial, refusal; abolition, prevention; completion; (is), m., N. of a son of Vṛṣṇi; of a son of Dharma, king of Magadha; [cf. nir-vṛtti, ni-dhṛti.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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nivṛtti (von vart mit ni) 1〉 f. a〉 Rückkehr MBH. 5,7469. svapura˚ RAGH. 4,87. — b〉 das Verschwinden, Aufhören, Unterbleiben, Aufhören wirksam —, gültig zu sein H. 1522. śaśisūryayoḥ MBH. 6,5775. saṃdhyā˚ R. 3,11,20. viśvamāyā˚ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 1,10. aśvamedhasya HARIV. 11118. abhiṣeka˚ R. 2,22,5. R. 2,22,18 pitṛpiṇḍa˚ MĀRK. P. 26,28. śāpa˚ ŚĀK. 112,16. RAGH. 8,81. RAGH. 14,35. SĀṂKHYAK. 58. abodhasya PRAB. 69,16. BĀLAB. 9. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 17. sāvitra˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 8,1,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,7,23. KĀTY. ŚR. 14,2,27. KĀTY. ŚR. 15,5,16. LĀṬY. 10,3. LĀṬY. 10,21. LĀṬY. 4,3. ĀŚV. ŚR. 12,8. prakṛtasyādhikāranivṛttaye KAIYY._bei_GOLD. MĀN. 49,a. Schol. zu P. 1,2,19. P. 1,2,27. P. 8,3,65. a˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 22,2,14. KĀTY. ŚR. 22,3,51. die Bed. Aufhören ist auch AK. 3,4,15,88. H. an. 2,211. MED. th. 2 gemeint; vgl. AUFRECHT_im_Ind. zu UṆĀDIS. u. artha in der Note und BENFEY in den Göttinger gelehrten Anzeigen 1859, St. 172, S. 1712. — c〉 das Abstehen von, das Entsagen (Gegens. pravṛtti): prāṇāghātāt BHARTṚ. 2,60. madhumāṃsa˚ MBH. 13,5608. MBH. 13,5679. M. 5,56. M. 11,230. grāmyadharma˚ BHĀG. P. 3,28,3. viṣaya˚ SĀH. D. 80,1. — d〉 das Entrinnen, mit dem abl.: vyasanāt PAÑCAT. II, 87 (wo wohl nivṛttiḥ st. nivṛttaḥ zu lesen ist). — e〉 das Abstehen vom Handeln, Unthätigkeit (Gegens. pravṛtti) BHAG. 16,7. BHAG. 18,30. MBH. 13,54. BHĀG. P. 1,5,16. BHĀG. P. 1,7,8. BHĀG. P. 1,5,9. BHĀG. P. 3,7,12. BHĀG. P. 3,28,36. BHĀG. P. 4,8,52. BHĀG. P. 5,21,7. PRAB. 9,13. PRAB. 9,14. PRAB. 97,4. BHĀṢĀP. 148. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 49,b,24. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 105,a, N. 4. BURN. Intr. 441, wo fälschlich nirvṛtti geschrieben wird. pravṛttinivṛttimant BHĀG. P. 3,32,35. — f〉 fälschlich für nirvṛti Wonne DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 182,4. PRAB. 89,4 (wo die v. l. das Richtige giebt). — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Vṛṣṇi VĀYU-P._in_VP. 422, N. 21 (vgl. nirvṛti und nidhṛti). eines Sohnes des Dharma, Königs von Magadhā, MATSYA-P._in_VP. 465, N. 14.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nivṛtti 1〉b〉 Verderben WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 297. — c〉 samastaviṣayagrāme nivṛttiḥ parā Spr. 3740. — e〉 WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 303. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 325. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 327. — g〉 in der Dramatik Anführung eines Beispiels SĀH. D. 556.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

nivṛtti — 1〉 f. — a〉 Rückkehr. — b〉 das Verschwinden, Aufhören, Unterbleiben, Aufhören wirksam —, gültig zu sein. — c〉 Verderben. — d〉 das Abstehen von (Abl. oder im Comp. vorangehend) GAUT. 18,16. Entsagen, Sichenthalten Chr. 170,30. Chr. 224,29. — e〉 das Entrinnen, mit Abl. Chr. 171,8. — f〉 das Abstehen vom Handeln, Unthätigkeit. — g〉 in her Dramatik Anführung eines Beispiels. — h〉 N. pr. eines [Page3-222-b] Flusses VP. 2,4,23. — i〉 fehlerhaft für nirvṛti. — 2〉 m. N. pr. verschiedener Männer.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

nivṛttiḥ f. 1 Returning or coming back, return; Śi. 14. 64; R. 4. 87. 2 Disappearance, cessation, termination, suspension; śāpanivṛttau Ś. 7; R. 8. 82. 3 Abstaining from work, inactivity (opp. pravṛtti). 4 Abstaining from, aversion; prāṇāghātānnivṛttiḥ Bh. 3. 63. 5 Leaving off, desisting from. 6 Resignation, discontinuance of worldly acts or emotions, quietism, separation from the world. 7 Repose, rest. 8 Felicity, beatitude. 9 Denial, refusal. 10 Abolition, prevention. 11 Ceasing to be valid or binding (as a rule.). 12 Completion.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nivṛtti f. Rückkehr; das Aufhören, Schwinden; Nichtweitergeltung, opp. anuvṛtti (g.); das Abstehen, Sichenthalten, Entrinnen (Abl. o. —˚); Unthätigkeit, Verderben.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

nivṛtti f. fin, terminaison, terme; cessation. Abstention; refus.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

PYS 3 occurrences
PYS 3.29–34: Bodily Locations and Knowledge 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.25–26: Citta Flows toward Kaivalya 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.29–32: Dharmamegha-Samādhi 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 2.44-2.48: Erkenntnisweg 2 occurrences

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 1.7-1.12: Triad and Freedom 1 occurrence

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