1. niścaya
niścaya m. inquiry, ascertainment, fixed opinion, conviction, certainty, positiveness (itiniścayaḥ, ‘this is a fixed opinion’; yaṃjñā, ‘to ascertain the certainty about anything’; yena ind. or yāt ind. certainly), Mn. ; MBh. ; R. &c.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
niścaya
niścaya m. inquiry, ascertainment, fixed opinion, conviction, certainty, positiveness (itiniścayaḥ, ‘this is a fixed opinion’; yaṃjñā, ‘to ascertain the certainty about anything’; yena ind. or yāt ind. certainly), Mn. ; MBh. ; R. &c.
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Where it lives
- Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. niścaya
resolution, resolve, fixed intention, design, purpose, aim (yaṃkṛ, to resolve upon, determine to [ dat. loc. or inf. ]), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
3. niścaya
(in rhet. ) N. of a partic. figure, Sāh.
In the wild
- niścaya Chandogya Upanisad chup_3,14.1
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