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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

नैराश्यम्nairāśyam1 Hopelessness, despair, despondency; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् Bhāg.11.8.44; तटस्थं नैराश्यात्…
1. 1 Hopelessness, despair, despondency; आशा हि परमं दुःखं नैराश्यं परमं सुखम् Bhāg.11.8.44; तटस्थं नैराश्यात् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.13.
2. Absence of wish or expectation; येनाशाः पृष्ठतः कृत्वा नैराश्यमवलम्बितम् H.1.124; Bv.4.2.
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