nimitta

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[mw] n. (possibly connected with ni-mā above) a butt, mark, target MBh. 551,1 108956 n. sign, omen Mn.; Ya1jn5.; MBh. &c (cf. dur-n) 551,1 108957 n. cause, motive, ground, reason Up.; Kap.; Var.; Mn.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c (in all oblique cases = because of, on account of cf. Pa1n2. 2-3, 23 Pat.; mfn. ifc. caused or occasioned by; ttaṃyā, to be the cause of anything Ka1d.) 551,1 108958 n. (in phil.) instrumental or efficient...

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n. (possibly connected with ni-mā above) a butt, mark, target MBh. 551,1 108956 n. sign, omen Mn.; Ya1jn5.; MBh. &c (cf. dur-n) 551,1 108957 n. cause, motive, ground, reason Up.;...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 682
Texts Appeared In: 80

DCS: not too much beset; little frequented; not disarranged; unconfused; clear; calm; steady | Monier-Williams: parvan , L.

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Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: nimitta

na cāsya prajāpativat taponimittatvād bhāvottarā pravṛttiḥ
Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: nimittaṃ

viśvasya jagato nimittaṃ pravartanaheturātmā tadbhogasādhanāya tanukaraṇabhuvanā
Mṛgendraṭīkā surface: nimittam

yadi hy aṇur anādyavidyoparuddhacicchaktir na bhavet tadānīṃ nityavyāpakacicchak