n. cause, motive, ground, reason etc. (in all oblique cases = because of, on account of see; mfn.in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' caused or occasioned by; ttaṃyā-,to be the cause of anything )
निमित्तम् [नि-मिद्-क्त Tv.] 1 A cause, motive, ground reason; निमित्तनैमित्तिकयोरयं क्रमः Ś.7.3. -2 The instrumental or efficient cause (opp. उपादान); धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां निमित्तान्यविरोधतः Bhāg.3.7.32. -3 Any apparent cause, pretext; निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन् Bg.11.33; निमित्तमात्रेण पाण्डवक्रोधेन भवितव्यम् Ve.1. -4 A mark, sign, token. -5 A butt, mark, target; निमित्ते दूरपातित्वे लघुत्वे दृढवेधने Mb.7.74.23; निमित्तादपराद्धेषोर्धानुष्कस्येव वल्गितम् Śi.2.27. -6 An omen, prognostic (good or bad); निमित्तं सूचयित्वा Ś.1; निमित्तानि च पश्यामि विपरीतानि केशव Bg.1.31; R.1.86; Ms.6.5; Y.1.23;3.171. -7 Means of knowledge; तस्य निमित्तपरीष्टिः MS.1.1.3. -8 Function, ceremony; एतान्येव निमित्तानि मुनीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् (कर्तव्यानि); Mb.12.61.6. (निमित्त is used at the end of comp. in the sense of 'caused or occasioned by'; किन्निमित्तो$यमातङ्कः Ś.3. निमित्तम्, निमित्तेन, निमित्तान् 'because of', 'on occount of'.) -Comp. -अर्थः the infinitive mood (in gram). -आवृत्तिः f. dependence on a special cause. -कारणम्, हेतुः an instrumental or efficient cause. -कालः a specific time. -कृत् m. a crow -ज्ञ a. acquainted with omens (as an astrologar). -धर्मः 1 expiation. -2 an occasional rite. -नैमित्तिकम् (du.) cause and effect; निमित्तनैमित्तिकयोरयं क्रमः Ś.7.3. -परीष्टि f. scrutiny of the means (of knowing); तस्य निमित्तपरीष्टिः MS.1.1.3. -मात्रम् the mere efficient cause or instrument; Bg.11.33. -विद् a. knowing good or bad omens. (-m.) an astrologer.
n. aim, mark; sign, token; omen; cause, occasion; motive; instrument, efficient cause; --°ree; a. having -as a cause, caused by: -m yâ, be the occasion, bear the blame; ac., in., d. on account of; -tas, ad. by a special cause; -tva, n. causality; -hetu, m. efficient cause: -tva, n. abst. n.
a. having another cause; -pushta, m., â, f. Indian cuckoo (nour ished by others); -pûrvâ, f. promised or mar ried to another man before; -bîga-ga, a. begot ten of another's seed; -bhritâ, (pp.) f. cuckoo (reared by others); -manas, a. thinking of or meaning something else; -mâtri-ka, a. having another mother; -mâtri-ga, m. son of another mother; -mânasa, a.=anya-manas.
noun (neuter) (in phil.) instrumental or efficient cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a butt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ground (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mark (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
motive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
omen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reason (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sign (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
target (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) (in phil.) the state of being a cause (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
causality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
instrumentality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective causeless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
groundless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having no adequate occasion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective disinterested (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having no egoistic motive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without reason or motive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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