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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनीश्वरanīśvaraa.Having no superior, uncontrolled.
    1. Having no superior, uncontrolled.
    2. Unable; शयिता सविधेप्यनीश्वरा सफलीकर्तुमहो मनोरथान् Bv. 2.182.
    3. Not relating to God; ध्यानेनानीश्वरान् गुणान् (दहेत्) Ms.6.72.
    4. Not acknowledging God, atheistical.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -रम् The godless one (with Sāṅkhyas), epithet of the world; जगदाहुरनीश्वरम्.

    • -वादः atheism, not acknowledging God as the Supreme Ruler.

    • -वादिन् Masculine one who maintains the doctrine of no god or atheism, an atheist.

    In the Gita16·8

    असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् ।

    asatyamapratiṣṭhaṁ te jagadāhuranīśvaram, — “The world is without God”, they say, “not true, not founded in truth, brought about by a mutual union, with Desire for its sole cause, a world of… 16·8
    • अनीश्वरम्anīśvaramnominative singular of the neuter form of the compound adjective anīśvara (without God)

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अनीश्वरanīśvara[án-îsvara] a. lordless; not proper to the supreme being; not master of (g.); unable to (inf.).

    [án-îsvara] adjective lordless; not proper to the supreme being; not master of (genitive); unable to (infinitive).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अनीश्वरanīśvaramf(आ)n. without a superior AV.
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender without a superior AV.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender unchecked, paramount
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender without power, unable
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender not belonging to the Deity
    5. mf(आ)neuter gender atheistical.
  2. अनीश्वरताanīśvaratāf. absence of a supreme ruler.

    feminine absence of a supreme ruler.

  3. अनीश्वरत्वanīśvaratvan. absence of a supreme ruler.

    neuter gender absence of a supreme ruler.

  4. अनीश्वरवादिन्anīśvaravādinm. "one who denies a supreme ruler of the universe", an atheist.

    masculine gender "one who denies a supreme ruler of the universe", an atheist.