निर्विकल्प nirvikalp

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Resolute, unwavering, concentrated, having no alternative.
(Bābā) Without any bad or negative thoughts. When the soul has the necessary knowledge for each situation that arises, it does not hesitate and always makes the necessary decision instantly. So there is no alternative and his thoughts are always good and positive. It is maximally effective.

Usual translation

free from all sinful thoughts
free from other thoughts

Origin of the definition

निर्विकल्प nirvikalpa nirvikalp (a) resolute, unwavering, concentrated, having no alternative.

S نروکلپ निर्विकल्प nir-vikalp, vulg. nir-bikalp, adj. Not admitting an alternative; recognizing no such distinction as that of subject and object; — not admitting of difference or otherness (between one's own spirit and the divine essence); — of unchanging purpose; being 'without variableness or shadow of turning' (the Deity; — syn. bhed-rahit).

निर्विकल्प. Without any bad or negative thoughts.

S نس निस् nis, prep. or prefix, Out, forth, out of, away from, &c.; — no, not; without; dis-; -less (nis is changed euphonically to nir, nih̥ (in Urdū نِه ni), niś, nish, or ni, according to the letter which follows).

विकल्प vikalp (sanskrit)

Option, alternative.
Uncertainty.
(Bābā) Impure thought, false idea (aśuddha khyāl).