निर्गुण nirguṇa
girl / boy / neuter 3 syllables SLP1 nirguRa

As a deity name

Name 380 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages

Name 503 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages

Name 841 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

Name 12 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages

As a Hindi name

निर्गुण · noun · masculine

सत्व, रज और तम इन तीन गुणों से परे । परमेश्वर — Śabdasāgara

निर्गुण · adj

जो सत्व, रज ओर तम तीन गुणों से परे हो · जिसमें कोई अच्छा गुण न हो । बुरा । खराब · प्रत्यंचरहित । (धनुष) जिसमें रौंदा न हो (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

निर्गुण · nir-guṇ · adj.

(f. -ā), Devoid of all qualities or properties; without attributes — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1132

Cited formation "निर्गुण" is निर्- + गुण: गुण means "quality, condition", and the prefix निर्- forms away, out, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(12) — cited from the extracted rule table

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

devoid of all qualities or properties, &c.

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)

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Gender counterpart

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · निर्गुण

nir—guṇa mf(ā)n. having no cord or string, Kāv.

Monier-Williams (1899) · निर्गुण

having no good qualities or virtues, bad, worthless, vicious, MBh.; R. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · निर्गुण

devoid of all qualities or properties, Up.; MBh. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · निर्गुण

having no epithet, KātyŚr., Sch.

Monier-Williams (1899) · निर्गुण

(said of the Supreme Being), W.

Alternative readings

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