nirṇaya

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] &c, see nir-ṇī. 070476 555,1 109576

Appears in 39 texts

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&c, see nir-ṇī. 070476 555,1 109576

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

82

Texts Appeared In

33

DCS: sprinkling; infusion; aspersion; dripping; distilling; seminal infusion; impregnation and the ceremony connected with it; water for washing; dirty water; wash (impurities caused by seminal effusion ?); [alchemy] = nirvāpa | Monier-Williams: nirRaya &c. See nir-RI .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Kātyāyanasmṛti 18 22.0%
2. Mahābhārata 16 19.5%
3. Vaiśeṣikasūtravṛtti 6 7.3%
4. Carakasaṃhitā 4 4.9%
5. Rāmāyaṇa 4 4.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: nirṇayam

  nānāvidhānāṃ dravyāṇāṃ śuddheḥ śṛṇuta nirṇayam

• Kāvyālaṃkāra surface: nirṇayaḥ

  pañcāśatā doṣadṛṣṭiḥ saptatyā nyāyanirṇayaḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: nirṇaye

  dhātrā vidhir ayaṃ dṛṣṭo bahudhā karmanirṇaye