# निर्बीज (nirbīja)

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निर्बीज (nirbīja) is a Sanskrit word meaning seedless, impotent, a seedless grape, causeless. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Adjective: Seedless and related meanings, Noun: A specific type of seedless grape.

- **SLP1:** `nirbIja`  **IAST:** nirbīja  **Devanagari:** निर्बीज
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirb%C4%ABja
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nirbija/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** निर्बीजा (nirbījā)

## Meanings by context

### Adjective: Seedless and related meanings (3 definitions)
- seedless, impotent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 541,2] निर् (nir) — बीज (—bīja) mfn. seedless, impotent ( - त्व (-tva) n., Tattvasamāsa (Title) ) [ ID=107100 ]
- 1. Seedless. 2. Causeless.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निर्बीज (nirbīja) [Printed book page 382-17 ] निर् - बीज (nir-bīja) a. 1. seedless; 2. causeless. [ ID=19788 ]
- seedless  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निर्बीज (nirbīja) [Printed book page 275 ] निर्बीज (nirbīja) a. seedless, empty; abstr. ° त्व (°tva) n. [ ID=16738 ]

### Noun: A specific type of seedless grape (1 definition)
- a seedless grape  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3B) [Printed book page 541,2] निर् (nir) — बीजा (—bījā) f. a sort of grape without seeds or stones, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=107101 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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