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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि) refers to “one devoid of intellect”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.19 (“Gaṇapati’s marriage”).—Accordingly, as Śiva and Pārvatī said to Gaṇeśa: “O son, you are a supreme soul and your thoughts are pure. What you have said is true and not otherwise. When misfortune comes, if a person is keenly intelligent, his misfortunes perish even as darkness perishes when the sun rises. He who has intelligence possesses strength as well. How can he who is devoid of intellect (nirbuddhi) have strength? The proud lion was drowned in a well with a trick by a little hare. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि).—a (S) pop. nirbuddha & nirbūja a Stupid, dull, of feeble understanding.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि).—a nirbuddha & nirbuja a Stupid, dull, of feeble understanding.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि).—a. stupid, ignorant, foolish.

Nirbuddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nir and buddhi (बुद्धि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि).—adj. deprived of reason, [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 133, M. M.

Nirbuddhi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and buddhi (बुद्धि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि).—[adjective] senseless, stupid, ignorant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि):—[=nir-buddhi] [from nir > niḥ] mfn. senseless, ignorant, stupid, [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Pañcatantra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nirbuddhi in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि):—(a) stupid, foolish; blockheaded.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nirbuddhi (ನಿರ್ಬುದ್ಧಿ):—[adjective] lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; stupid; slow-witted; shallow-brained.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Nirbuddhi (निर्बुद्धि):—adj. foolish; stupid; empty-headed; dim-witted;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Buddhi, Nir, Nish.

Starts with: Nirbuddhigol, Nirbuddhitana.

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Full-text: Nirbodha, Locaka, I, Buddhi.

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