As a deity name
Name 338 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 517 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 406 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 566 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
निराकार · masculine
the ultimate being
निराकार
formless, shapeless
Śabdasāgara also records: जिसका कोई आकार न हो । जिसके आकार की भावना न हो · विरुप । भद्दा । बदशक्ल (को॰)
Platts (p. 1128) also records: Devoid of form
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi निराकार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit निराकार (nirākāra)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. nir—ākāra mfn. formless, shapeless, incorporeal (brahman), making no appearance or show, insignificant, unimportant, MBh.; R. &c.
having no object (cf. below)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
heaven
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Dictionary citations
1. nir—ākāra mfn. formless, shapeless, incorporeal (brahman), making no appearance or show, insignificant, unimportant, MBh.; R. &c.
having no object (cf. below)
nir—ākāra m. N. of Śiva, Śivag.
of Viṣṇu, L.
heaven, L.
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