니미따 nimitta

===> nimitta [ nimitta ]1[ nimitta ] n. (possibly connected with [ ni-√ mA ] above) a butt, mark, target cf. MBh. (1) sign, omen cf. Mn. cf. Yājñ. cf. MBh. &c. (cf. [ dur-n° ]) (2) cause, motive, ground, reason 
cf. Up. cf. Kap. cf. Var. cf. Mn. cf. MBh. cf. Kāv. &c. (in all oblique cases = because of, on account of, cf. cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 23 cf. Pat. (3) mfn. ifc. caused or occasioned by (4) [ °ttaMroot yA ], to be the cause of anything cf. Kād.) (5) (in phil.) instrumental or efficient cause (opp. to [ up^adAna ], the operative or material cause) cf. Vedântas. cf. Bhāshāp (6) = [ Agantu ] (7) [ deha ] (8) [ Adeza ] (9) [ parvan ] cf. L.

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===> nimitta-bhūta [ nimittabhUta ]3[ nimitta-bhUta ] mfn. become or being a cause or reason or means cf. MW.

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===> nimitta-mātra [ nimittamAtra ]3[ nimitta-mAtra ] n. the mere efficient cause or instrument cf. Bhag. cf. Veṇis

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===> nimittatva [ nimittatva ]3[ nimitta-tva ] n. (in phil.) the state of being a cause, causality, instrumentality

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