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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry निश्चित

  1. निश्चितniścitaCertainty, decision.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तम्

      1. Certainty, decision.
      2. Design.
    • -तम् Indeclinable Decidedly, positively, certainly; यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् Bg.5.1.

    • -अर्थ Adjective

    • निश्चित niścita, Past passive participle

      1. Ascertained, determined, decided, settled, concluded (used actively also); राक्षसानां सहस्राणि राक्षसाधिपनिश्चिताः Rām.6.8.13; अरावणमरामं वा जगदद्येति निश्चितः R.12.83.
      2. Sentenced, pronounced (as a sentence).
      3. One who has formed a certain opinion about.
      4. judging rightly.

    In the Gita2·718·616·11

    यच्छ्रेयः स्यान्निश्चितं ब्रूहि तन्मे

    yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me — It is poorness of spirit that has smitten away from me my (true heroic) nature, my whole consciousness is bewildered in its view of right and wrong. I… 2·7
    • निश्चितम्niścitamnominative singular of the neuter form of the past passive participial adjective niścita (ascertained, decided, positive in belief) used adverbially.
    • निश्चिताःniścitāḥnominative plural of the masculine form of the past passive participial adjective niścita (ascertained, decided, positive in belief).

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Headwords under न

Part 9 of 12 निविष्ट – निष्क्काथAll parts
  1. न – नमस्यु
  2. नमित – नाडिका
  3. नाडिकेल – निंस्
  4. निःक्षत्र – निग्रह्
  5. निग्रह – निफेनम्
  6. निब – निरुध्
  7. निरूढ – निर्मोक्ष
  8. निर्मोचनम् – निविशेष
  9. निविष्ट – निष्क्काथ
  10. निष्क्रम् – नीवर
  11. नीवाक – नैर्मल्यम्
  12. नैर्लज्जम् – न्योजस्