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• -कण्टक

  1. (निष्कण्टक) Adjective
  2. thornless.
  3. free from thorns or enemies, free from danger or nuisance. (-कः) Name of Śiva.

• -कन्द (निष्कन्द)Adjective without edible roots.

• -कपट (निष्कपट) Adjective guileless, sincere.

• -कम्प (निष्कम्प) Adjective motionless, steady, immovable; निष्कम्पचामरशिखाः Ś.1.8; Ku.3.48.

• -करुण (निष्करुण) Adjective merciless, pitiless, cruel.

• -करूष (निष्क रूष) Adjective free from dirt.

• -कर्मन् (निष्कर्मन्) Adjective inactive.

• -कल

  1. (निष्कल) Adjective
  2. without parts, undivided, whole.
  3. waned, decayed, diminished.
  4. impotent, barren.
  5. maimed.
  6. inarticulate (a musical term); Name21.16.
  7. Without attributes, or qualities; निष्कलं निष्क्रियं शान्तं निरवद्यं निरञ्जनम् Śvet. Up; Bhāg.1.9.44; तद् ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं (स्मरामि).
  8. (लः) a receptacle.
  9. the pudendum muliebre.
  10. Name of Brahmā. (-ला, -ली) an elderly woman, one who is past child-bearing, or one in whom menstruation has ceased.

• -कलङ्क (निष्कलङ्क) -कल्मषAdjective stainless, spotless.

• -कषाय (निष्कषाय) Adjective free from dirt or impure passions.

• -कान्त (निष्कान्त) Adjective not lovely, ugly.

• -काम

  1. (निष्काम) Adjective
  2. free from wish or desire, desireless, disinterested, unselfish.
  3. free from all worldly desires; विशिष्टफलदाः पुंसां निष्कामाणां विमुक्तिदाः Viṣṇu. Parasmaipada (-मम् Indeclinable)
  4. without wish or desire.
  5. unwillingly.

• -कारण

  1. (निष्कारण) Adjective
  2. causeless, unnecessary.
  3. disinterested, free from any motive; निष्कारणो बन्धुः.
  4. groundless, not proceeding from any cause. (-णम् Indeclinable) without any cause or reason, causelessly, needlessly.

• -कालकः (निष्कालकः) a penitent shaven and smeared with clarified butter.

• -कालिक

  1. (निष्कालिक)Adjective
  2. one whose term of life is over or elapsed, whose days are numbered.
  3. one who has no conqueror, invincible (अजय्य).

• -किञ्चन (निष्किञ्चन) Adjective penniless, poor, indigent; प्रज्ञानं शौचमेवात्र शरीरस्य विशेषतः । तथा निष्कि- ञ्चनत्वं च मनसश्च प्रसन्नता ॥ Mb.

• -किल्विष (निष्किल्विष) Adjective sinless, faultless.

• -कुल

  1. (निष्कुल) Adjective having no kindred, left alone in the world. (निष्कुलं कृ 'to cut off completely, exterminate'; निष्कुला कृ
  2. to exterminate one's family
  3. to shell, strip off the husk; निष्कुलाकरोति दाडिमम् Sk.; Name22.15.) -कुलीन (निष्कुलीन) Adjective of low family.

• -कूज (निष्कूज) Adjective still, silent; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.16.

• -कूट (निष्कूट)Adjective pitiless, merciless, cruel.

• -कैवल्य

  1. (निष्कैवल्य) Adjective
  2. mere, pure, absolute.
  3. deprived of final beatitude (मोक्षहीन).

• -कोश (निष्कोश) Adjective unsheathed.

• -कौशाम्बि (निष्कौशाम्बि) Adjective who has gone out of Kauśāmbī.

• -क्रिय

  1. (निष्क्रिय) Adjective
  2. inactive.
  3. not performing ceremonial rites; Ms.1.58.
  4. knowing higher knowledge as a sage, Saṁnyāsin; न्यासे कुटीचकः पूर्वं बह्वोदो हंस- निष्क्रियौ Bhāg.3.12.43.

• -यम् the Supreme Spirit (ब्रह्म).

• -क्षत्र (निःक्षत्र), -क्षत्रिय (निःक्षत्रिय) Adjective destitute of the military tribe.

• -क्षेपः (निःक्षेपः) Equivalent to निक्षेप quod vide, which see

• -चक्रम् (निश्चक्रम्) Indeclinable completely; निश्चक्रं हतराक्षसः पुनरगाद्ब्रह्मत्व- माद्यं स्थिराम् Atmanepada Rām.1.1.1.

• -चक्रिक (निश्चक्रिक) Adjective without tricks, honest.

• -चक्षुस् (निश्चक्षुस्) Adjective blind, eyeless.

• -चत्वारिंशः (निश्चत्वारिंश) Adjective past forty.

• -चिन्त

  1. (निश्चिन्त) Adjective
  2. free from anxiety, unconcerned, secure.
  3. thoughtless, unthinking.

• -चेतन (निश्चेतन) Adjective unconscious.

• -चेतस् (निश्चेतस्) Adjective not in one's right senses, mad.

• -चेष्ट (निश्चेष्ट) Adjective motionless, powerless.

• -चेष्टाकरण (निश्चेष्टाकरण) Adjective depriving (one) of motion, causing motionlessness (said of one the arrows of Cuhid).

• -छन्दस् (निश्छन्दस्) Adjective not studying the Vedas (छन्दस्) Ms.3,7.

• -छिद्र

  1. (निश्छिद्र) Adjective
  2. without holes.
  3. without defects or weak points.
  4. uninterrupted, unhurt.

• -तन्तु

  1. Adjective
  2. having no offspring, childless.
  3. a Brahmachārin; मुण्डा निस्तन्तवश्चापि वस- त्यर्थार्थिनः पृथक् Mb.12.167.16.

• -तन्द्र, -तन्द्रि Adjective not lazy, fresh, healthy.

• -तमस्क

  1. -तिमिर Adjective
  2. free from darkness, bright; तस्य द्वितीयहरिविक्रमनिस्तमस्कं वायोरिमं परि- वहस्य वदन्ति मार्गम् Ś.7.6.
  3. freed from sin or moral impurities.

• -तर्क्य Adjective unimaginable, inconceivable.

• -तल

  1. Adjective
  2. round, globular; मुक्ताकलापस्य च निस्तलस्य Ku.1.42. Kau. Atmanepada 2.9.
  3. moving, trembling, shaking.
  4. bottomless.
  5. down, below. (-ला) a pill, round ball.

• -तुल Adjective matchless, incomparable.

• -तुष

  1. Adjective
  2. freed from chaff.
  3. purified, cleansed.
  4. simplified. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedक्षीरः wheat. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरत्नम् a crystal.
  5. faultless, pure; शशंस गुणैररीणैरुदयास्तनिस्तुषम् Name15.8.

• -तुषत्वम् faultlessness; कवेः पुष्यति निस्तुषत्वम् Maṅkhaka.2.7.

• -तुषित

  1. Adjective
  2. husked.
  3. made thin.
  4. abandoned.

• -तेजस्

  1. Adjective destitute of fire, heat or energy, powerless, impotent; न भेतव्यं भृशं चैते मात्रा निस्ते- जसः कृताः Mārk. Parasmaipada
  2. spiritless, dull.
  3. obscure.

• -त्रप Adjective impudent, shameless.

• -त्रिंश

  1. Adjective
  2. more than thirty; निस्त्रिंशानि वर्षाणि चैत्रस्य ParasmaipadaV.4.73; Sk.
  3. pitiless, merciless, cruel; हे निस्त्रिंश विमुक्तकण्ठकरुणं तावत् सखी रोदितु Amaru.6. (-शः) a sword; निजध्नुः शरनिस्त्रिंशकुन्ततोमरशक्तिभिः Śiva B.3.19; शूरौर्निस्त्रिंशपाणिभिः Parnāl 1.5. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभृत् Masculine a sword-bearer.

• -त्रैगुण्य Adjective destitute of the three qualities (सत्त्व, रजस् and तमस्); निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन Bg.2.45.

• -पक्व (निष्पक्व) well cooked, boiled.

• -पङ्क (निष्पङ्क) Adjective free from mud, clear, pure.

• -पताक (निष्पताक) Adjective having no flag or banner.

• -पतिसुता (निष्पतिसुता) a woman having no husband and no sons.

• -पत्र

  1. (निष्पत्र)Adjective
  2. leafless.
  3. unfeathered, featherless. [निष्पत्राकृ 'to pierce with an arrow so that the feathers come through on the other side'; to cause excessive bodily pain (Figurative); निष्पत्राकरोति मृगं व्याधः (सपुङ्खस्य शरस्य अपर- पार्श्वे निर्गमनान्निष्पत्रं करोति Sk.); एकश्च मृगः सपत्राकृतोऽन्यश्च निष्पत्राकृतोऽपतत् Dk.165; so यान्ती गुरुजनैः साकं स्मयमानानना- म्बुजा । तिर्यग्ग्रीवं यदद्राक्षीत्तन्निष्पत्राकरोज्जगत् Bv.2.132.] -पथ्य (निष्पथ्य) Adjective unwell, ill -पद (निष्पद) Adjective having no foot. (-दम्) a vehicle moving without feet (as a ship).

• -पराक्रम (निष्पराक्रम) Adjective weak, powerless.

• -परामर्श (निष्परामर्श) Adjective without advice, helpless; M.4.2/3-परिकर (निष्परिकर) Adjective without preparations.

• -परिग्रह (निष्परिग्रह) Adjective having no property or possessions; Mu.2. (-हः) an ascetic without family, dependents, or other belongings.

• -परिच्छद (निष्परिच्छद) Adjective having no retinue or train.

• -परिदाह (निष्परिदाह) Adjective incombustible.

• -परिहार्य (निष्परिहार्य) Adjective To be applied by all means.

• -परीक्ष (निष्परीक्ष) Adjective not examining or testing accurately.

• -परीहार

  1. (निष्परीहार) Adjective
  2. not avoiding.
  3. not observing caution.

• -परुष (निष्परुष)Adjective (in music) soft.

• -पर्यन्त (निष्पर्यन्त), -पार (निष्पार) Adjective boundless, unbounded.

• -पर्याय (निष्पर्याय)Adjective out of order.

• -पाप (निष्पाप) sinless, guiltless, pure.

• -पुत्र (निष्पुत्र) Adjective sonless, childless.

• -पुराण (निष्पुराण) Adjective not existing before, unheard of, new.

• -पुरुष

  1. (निष्पुरुष) unpeopled, tenantless, desolate.
  2. without male issue; Ms.3.7.
  3. not male, feminine, neuter.

• -षः

  1. a eunuch.
  2. a coward.

• -पुलाक (निष्पुलाक) Adjective freed from chaff.

• -पौरुष (निष्पौरुष)Adjective unmanly.

• -प्रकम्प (निष्प्रकम्प) Adjective steady, immovable, motionless.

• -प्रकारक

  1. (निष्प्रकारक) Adjective without ditinction of species, without specification, absolute.
  2. without the relation of the qualifier and the qualified, see निर्विकल्प (7); निष्प्रकारकं ज्ञानं निर्विकल्पकम् T. S.

• -प्रकाश (निष्प्रकाश) Adjective not transparent, not clear, dark.

• -प्रचार

  1. (निष्प्रचार) Adjective
  2. not moving away, remaining in one place.
  3. concentrated, intently fixed; निष्प्रचारेण मनसा परं तदधिगच्छति Mb.12.215.17.

• -प्रज्ञ (निष्प्रज्ञ) Adjective ignorant, stupid.

• -प्रणय (निष्प्रणय) Adjective cold.

• -प्रताप (निष्प्रताप) Adjective destitute of glory, mean, base; शङ्क- नीया हि सर्वत्र निष्प्रतापा दरिद्रता Pt.2.94.

• -प्रति

  1. (ती)कार (निष्प्रति(ती)कार), -प्रतिक्रिय (निष्प्रतिक्रिय) Adjective
  2. incurable, irremediable; सर्वथा निष्प्रतीकारेयमापदुपस्थिता K. 151.
  3. unobstructed, uninterrupted. (-रम्) Indeclinable uninterruptedly.

• -प्रतिग्रह (निष्प्रतिग्रह) Adjective not accepting gifts.

• -प्रतिघ (निष्प्रतिघ) Adjective unhindered, unobstructed, unimpeded; स हि निष्प्रतिघेन चक्षुषा त्रितयं ज्ञानमयेन पश्यति R.8.78.

• -प्रतिद्वन्द्व

  1. (निष्प्रतिद्वन्द्व) Adjective without enemies, unopposed.
  2. matchless, unrivalled, unequalled.

• -प्रतिभ

  1. (निष्प्रतिभ) Adjective
  2. devoid of splendour.
  3. having no intelligence, not ready-witted, dull, stupid.
  4. apathetic.

• -प्रतिभान (निष्प्रतिभान) Adjective cowardly, timid.

• -प्रतीप

  1. (निष्प्रतीप) Adjective
  2. looking straightforward, not turned backwards.
  3. unconcerned (as a look).

• -प्रत्याश (निष्प्रत्याश) Adjective hopeless, despondent.

• -प्रत्यूह (निष्प्रत्यूह) Adjective unobstructed, unimpeded; निष्प्रत्यूहाः प्रियसखि यदा दुःसहाः संबभूवुः Māl.9.45; निष्प्र- त्यूहमुपास्महे भगवतः कौमोदकीलक्ष्मणः Murārināṭakam.

• -प्रपञ्च

  1. (निष्प्रपञ्च) Adjective
  2. without extension.
  3. without deceit, honest.

• -प्रभ

  1. (निःप्रभ or -निष्प्रभ) Adjective
  2. lustreless, pale-looking; निष्प्रभश्च रिपुरास भूभृताम् R.11.81.
  3. powerless.
  4. gloomy, obscure, dim, dark.

• -प्रमाणक (निष्प्रमाणक) Adjective without authority.

• -प्रयत्न (निष्प्र- यत्न) Adjective inactive, dull.

• -प्रयोजन

  1. (निष्प्रयोजन) Adjective
  2. without motive, not influenced by any motive.
  3. causeless, groundless,
  4. useless.
  5. needless, unnecessary. (-नम्) Indeclinable causelessly, without reason, without any object; Mu.3.

• -प्रवणि

  1. प्रवाण, प्रवाणि (निष्प्रवणि, -ष्प्रवाण, -ष्प्रवाणि) Adjective fresh from loom, quite new (cloth, etc.) -प्राण (निष्पाण) Adjective
  2. lifeless, dead.
  3. Weak (निर्बल); निष्प्राणो नामिहन्तव्यः Mb.12.95.12.

• -फल

  1. (निष्फल)Adjective
  2. bearing no fruit, fruitless (Figurative also), unsuccessful, futile; निष्फलारम्भयत्नाः Me.56.
  3. useless, profitless, vain; Ku.4.13.
  4. barren (as a tree).
  5. meaningless (as a word).
  6. seedless, impotent. (-ला, -ली) a woman past child-bearing.

• -फेन (निष्फेन) Adjective foamless.Neuter opium.

• -शङ्क (निःशङ्क) Adjective free from fear or risk, secure, fearless. (-निःशङ्कः) (in music) a kind of dance. -Feminine (निःशङ्का) absence of fear. -Indeclinable fearlessly, securely, easily.

• -शब्द (निःशब्द) Adjective not expressed in words, inaudible; निःशब्दं रोदितुमारेभे K.135. (-ब्दः, ब्दम्) silence, a calm.

• -शमः (निःशमः) uneasiness, anxiety.

• -शरण Adjective (-निःशरण) helpless, forlorn.

• -शर्कर (-निःशर्कर) Adjective free from pebbles (as a bathing place).

• -शलाक (निःशलाक) Adjective lonely, solitary, retired. (-कम्) a retired place, solitude; अरण्ये निःशलाके वा मन्त्रयेदविभावितः Ms.7.147.

• -शल्य

  1. Adjective
  2. free from arrows.
  3. free from thorns or darts.

• -शूक (निःशूक) Adjective merciless, cruel. (-कः) beardless rice.

• -शेष (निःशेष) Adjective without remainder (either finished or passed away).

• -शोध्य (निःशोध्य) Adjective washed, pure, clean.

• -श्रीकः

  1. Adjective
  2. deprived of lustre, beauty.
  3. unhappy.

• -श्रेयस

  1. Adjective the best, most excellent. (-सः) an epithet of Śiva. (-सम्) final beatitude, absolution; यः करोति वधोदर्का निःश्रेयसकरीः क्रियाः Ki.11.19; see निःश्रेयस also.
  2. devotion, faith, belief.
  3. apprehension, conception.
  4. happiness (in general), welfare; इदं निःश्रेयसं परम् Ms. 1.16.

• -संशय

  1. (निःसंशय) Adjective
  2. undoubted, certain.
  3. not doubtful, not suspecting or doubting; कुरु निः- संशयं वत्से स्ववृत्ते लोकमित्यशात् R.15.79. (-यम्) Indeclinable doubtlessly, undoubtedly, surely, certainly.

• -संस्कार (निःसंस्कार) Adjective uneducated, ill-mannered.

• -संख्य (निःसंख्य) Adjective innumerable.

• -संग

  1. (निःसंग) Adjective
  2. not attached or devoted to, regardless of, indifferent to; यन्निःसंगस्त्वं फलस्यानतेभ्यः Ki.18.24.
  3. one who has renounced all worldly attachments; भर्तुर्ये प्रलयेऽपि पूर्वसुकृता- सङ्गेन निःसङ्गया भक्त्या कार्यधुरं वहन्ति कृतिनस्ते दुर्लभास्त्वादृशाः Mu.1.14.
  4. unconnected, separated, detatched.
  5. unobstructed; निःसङ्गं प्रतिभिरुपाददे विवृत्तिः Ki.7.12. (-गम्)Indeclinable unselfishly.

• -संचारः (निःसंचारः) not taking a walk; Māl.

• -संज्ञ (निःसंज्ञ) Adjective unconscious.

• -सत्त्व

  1. (निःसत्त्व) Adjective
  2. unenergetic, weak, impotent.
  3. mean, insignificant, low.
  4. non-existent, unsubstantial.
  5. deprived of living beings.
  6. (त्त्वम्) absence of power or energy.
  7. non-existence.
  8. insignificance.

• -संतति (निःसंतति), -संतान (निःसंतान) Adjective childless.

• -संदिग्ध (निःसंदिग्ध), -संदेह (निःसंदेह) Adjective see निःसंशय.

• -संधि

  1. (निस्संधि), निःसंधि) Adjective having no joints perceptible, compact, firm, close, -सपत्न (निःसपत्न) Adjective
  2. having no rival or enemy; घनरुचिरकलापो निःसपत्नोऽद्य जातः V.4.1.
  3. not claimed by another, belonging exclusively to one possessor.
  4. having no foes.

• -समम्

  1. (निःसमम्)Indeclinable
  2. unseasonably, at a wrong time.
  3. wickedly.

• -संपात (निःसंपात) Adjective affording no passage, blocked up. (-तः) the darkness of midnight, thick darkness.

• -संबाध (निःसंबाध) Adjective not contracted, spacious, large.

• -संभ्रम (निःसंभ्रम) Adjective not perplexed, unembarrassed.

• -सरणि (निःसरणि) Adjective pathless.

• -सह

  1. (निःसह) Adjective
  2. Exhausted, powerless; कुसुमावचयपरिश्रमनिःसहं मे शरीरम् Nāg.2.
  3. intolerable, irresistible.

• -सार

  1. (निःसार) Adjective
  2. sapless, pithless.
  3. worthless, vain, unsubstantial. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedता
  4. sapless, pithlessness; निःसारत्वाल्लघीयसः (तृणस्य च समा गतिः) Pt.1.16.
  5. worthlessness.
  6. vanity, unsubstantial or transitory nature.

• -सीम (निःसीम), -सीमन् (निःसीमन्) Adjective immeasurable, boundless; अहह महतां निःसीमानश्चरित्रविभूतयः Bh.2.35; निःसीमशर्मप्रदम् 3.97.

• -स्तम्भ

  1. (निःस्तम्भ) Adjective having no pillars.
  2. having no support.
  3. not proud; निःस्तम्भो भ्रष्टसंकल्पः स्वान् मेघान् स न्यवारयत् Bhāg.1.25.24.

• -सूत्र Adjective helpless; निःसूत्रमास्ते घनपङ्कमृत्सु Name7.69.

• -स्नेह

  1. (निःस्नेह) Adjective
  2. not unctuous or greasy, without unction or oil, dry.
  3. not showing affection, unfeeling, unkind, indifferent.
  4. not loved, not cared for; केशा अपि विरज्यन्तो निःस्नेहाः किं न सेवकाः Pt.1. 82.
  5. not longing for, indifferent to. (-हा) lin-seed.

• -स्पन्द (निःस्पन्द or निस्स्पन्द) Adjective motionless, steady; ज्याबन्धनिस्स्पन्दभुजेन यस्य R.6.4.

• -स्पर्श (निःस्पर्श) Adjective hard, rough.

• -स्पृह

  1. (निःस्पृह) Adjective free from desire; निःस्पृहस्य तृणं जगत्.
  2. regardless of, indifferent to; ननु वक्तृविशेषनिःस्पृहाः Ki.2.5; R.8.1; भोगेभ्यः स्पृहयालवो न हि वयं का निःस्पृहाणामसि Bh.
  3. content, unenvious.
  4. free from any worldly ties.

• -स्व (निःस्व) Adjective poor, indigent; निस्वो वष्टि शतम् Śānti.2.6; त्यक्त्वा जनयितारं स्वं निःस्वं गच्छति दूरतः Pt.1.9.

• -स्वन (निःस्वन) Adjective soundless.

• -स्वभावः (निःस्वभावः) poverty. -Adjective void of peculiarities.

• -स्वादु (निःस्वादु) Adjective tasteless, insipid.