Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“destitute”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 341 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 505 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 160 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“destitute”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
निराधार · adj
अवलंब या आश्रयरहित । जिसे सहारा न हो या जो सहारे पर न हो । जैसे,— वह निराधार ठहरा रहा · जो प्रमाणों से पुष्ट न हो । बे जड़ बुनियाद का । अयुक्त । मिथ्या । झुठ । जैस, निराधार कल्पना · जिसे या जिसमें जीविका आदि का सहारा न हो — Śabdasāgara
निराधार · nir-ādhār · adj.
Without a receptacle; without a support or prop — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1128
निराधार
baseless, groundless, unfounded, unsupported; homeless, destitute
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi निराधार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit निराधार (nirādhāra). By surface analysis, निर् (nir) + आधार (ādhār).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nir—ādhāra mfn. without a receptacle or a support, MBh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
without a receptacle or a support
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
nir—ādhāra mfn. without a receptacle or a support, MBh.
Alternative readings
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