निलिम्पनिर्झरी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিলিম্পনিৰ্ঝৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬮᬶᬫ᭄ᬧᬦᬶᬃᬛᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• নিলিম্পনির্ঝরী (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰩𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰢𑰡𑰰𑰨𑰿𑰖𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀮𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀧𑀦𑀺𑀭𑁆𑀛𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• နိလိမ္ပနိရ်္ဈရီ (Burmese script)
• નિલિમ્પનિર્ઝરી (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਲਿਮ੍ਪਨਿਰ੍ਝਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌲𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌝𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥꦤꦶꦂꦙꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂪𑂱𑂧𑂹𑂣𑂢𑂱𑂩𑂹𑂕𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಲಿಮ್ಪನಿರ್ಝರೀ (Kannada script)
• និលិម្បនិឈ៌រី (Khmer script)
• ນິລິມ຺ປນິຣ຺ຌຣີ (Lao script)
• നിലിമ്പനിര്ഝരീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᠯᡳᠮᢒᠠᠨᡳᡵᢝᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘩𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘢𑘡𑘱𑘨𑘿𑘖𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠯᠢᠮᢒᠠᠨᠢᠷᠽᠾᠠᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧉𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧂𑧁𑧒𑧈𑧠𑦶𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐮𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐥𑐣𑐶𑐬𑑂𑐗𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ନିଲିମ୍ପନିର୍ଝରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢭꢶꢪ꣄ꢦꢥꢶꢬ꣄ꢚꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆬𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆥𑆤𑆴𑆫𑇀𑆙𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖩𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖢𑖡𑖰𑖨𑖿𑖖𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• නිලිම‍්පනිර්‍ඣරී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩽𑩑𑩴 𑪙𑩰𑩯𑩑𑩼 𑪙𑩤𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚥𑚮𑚢𑚶𑚞𑚝𑚮𑚤𑚶𑚒𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• நிலிம்பநிர்ஜ²ரீ (Tamil script)
• నిలిమ్పనిర్ఝరీ (Telugu script)
• นิลิมฺปนิรฺฌรี (Thai script)
• ནི་ལི་མྤ་ནི་རྫྷ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒪𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒣𑒢𑒱𑒩𑓂𑒗𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨬𑨁𑨢𑩇𑨞𑨝𑨁𑨫𑩇𑨦𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of निलिम्प (nilimpa, “god”) +‎ निर्झरी (nirjharī, “waterfall; river”), literally “river of the gods”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ni.lim.pɐ.niɾ.d͡ʑʱɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪i.l̪im.pɐˈn̪iɾ.d͡ʑʱɐ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

निलिम्पनिर्झरी • (nilimpanirjharī) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. an epithet of Ganga (a river in India), considered celestial and holy

   निलिम्पनिर्झरीधर ― nilimpanirjharīdhara ― Śiva (literally, “bearing the Ganga”)

   • Śivatāṇḍavastotra 13:

     कदा निलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे वसन्
     विमुक्तदुर्मतिः सदा शिरःस्थम् अञ्जलिं वहन् ।
     विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः
     शिवेति मन्त्रम् उच्चरन् कदा सुखी भवाम्य् अहम् ॥

     kadā nilimpanirjharīnikuñjakoṭare vasan
     vimuktadurmatiḥ sadā śiraḥstham añjaliṃ vahan.
     vimuktalolalocano lalāmabhālalagnakaḥ
     śiveti mantram uccaran kadā sukhī bhavāmy aham.

     When will I be living in a dwelling cave near Ganga;
     Carrying the Añjali Mudrā on my head;
     Free from greedy eyes and with forehead marked [with the auspicious Tripuṇḍra];
     Uttering the mantra ‘Śiva’, when will I be happy.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of निलिम्पनिर्झरी (nilimpanirjharī)
	Singular
Nominative	निलिम्पनिर्झरी nilimpanirjharī
Vocative	निलिम्पनिर्झरि nilimpanirjhari
Accusative	निलिम्पनिर्झरीम् nilimpanirjharīm
Instrumental	निलिम्पनिर्झर्या nilimpanirjharyā
Dative	निलिम्पनिर्झर्यै nilimpanirjharyai
Ablative	निलिम्पनिर्झर्याः nilimpanirjharyāḥ
Genitive	निलिम्पनिर्झर्याः nilimpanirjharyāḥ
Locative	निलिम्पनिर्झर्याम् nilimpanirjharyām

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निलिम्पनिर्झरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 558, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “निलिम्प”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 921