nirvā

Dictionary meanings for nirvā from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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nirvā

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

2 P. 1 To blow.

2 To be cooled, be cool or assuaged (fig. also); vapurjalārdrāpavanairna nirvavau Śi. 1. 65; tvayi dṛṣṭa eva tasyā nirvāti mano [Page0635-b+ 56] manobhavajvalitaṃ Subhāsh.

3 To blow out, be extinguished, be extinct; nirvāṇadīpe kimu tailadātaṃ Subhāsh.; ni- rvāṇabhūyiṣṭhamathāsya vīryaṃ saṃdhukṣayaṃtīva vapurgu- ṇena Ku. 3. 52; Śi. 14. 85; Mu. 3. 28. Caus. (vāpayati) 1 To blow or put out,...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

P. -vāti (pf. -vavau), to blow (as wind) R.; to cease to blow, to be blown out or extinguished; to be allayed or refreshed or exhilarated MBh.; Ka1v. &c: Caus. -vāpayati, to put out, extinguish, allay, cool, refresh, delight RV.; &c &c Page557,3 070722 109971 mfn. blown or put out, extinguished (as a lamp or fire), set (as the sun), calmed, quieted, tamed (cf. a-nirv), dead, deceased (lit. having the fire of life...

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