निष्कामniṣkāma

निष्काम (niṣkāma) is a Sanskrit word meaning desireless, disinterested, or unselfish, desireless, free from desire, or unselfish, without wish or desire, or unwillingly, free from wish or desire, without wishing, involuntarily. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Adjective & Adverb: Desireless, and Acting Unwillingly/Without Desire, Adjective: Desireless, Unselfish, Disinterested.

Definitions: 6

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Adjective & Adverb: Desireless, and Acting Unwillingly/Without Desire

3 definitions

1. Free from wish or desire. 2. Unwillingly.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Without wishing. 2. Involuntarily.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Desireless, free from desire, or unselfish. 2. Without wish or desire, or unwillingly.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Adjective: Desireless, Unselfish, Disinterested

3 definitions

desireless, disinterested, or unselfish

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Desireless, unselfish. 2. Free from all worldly desires.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

desireless, disinterested

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.