निष्काम niṣhkām

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 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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

Without attachment, disinterested, free from desires, free from wishes, desireless, unselfish.

Usual translation

  1. altruistic

Origin of the definition

काम kām (sanskrit)

Passion, lust.
Desire.

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).

निष्काम niṣkāma nishkā:m (a) without attachment, disinterested, free from desires/wishes, desireless, unselfish; ~ता state of being without attachment, disinterestedness, unselfishness.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

150 occurrences

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Mamma

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Created
Friday 4 June 2021
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