As a deity name
Name 966 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
निरीहा · noun · feminine
चेष्टा का अभाव · चाह का न होना । विरक्ति — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "निरीहा" is नि- + रीहा: रीहा means "एक झाड़ी । दे॰ 'रीसा'", and the prefix नि- forms lacking, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(4) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "निरीहा" is निरीह + -आ: निरीह means "चेष्टारहित । जो किसी बात के लिये प्रयत्न न करे", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "निरीहा" is निरीह + -आ: निरीह means "चेष्टारहित । जो किसी बात के लिये प्रयत्न न करे", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
motionless, inactive, desireless, indifferent, unanxious, &c. — feminine form of nirīha
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nirīhā" is the feminine form of "nirīha" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
nir—īhā f. (BhP.) = -tā f. (MBh.), -tva n. (MW.), ˚hāvasthā f. (Sāh.) absence of effort or desire, indifference.
nir—īha mfn. motionless, inactive, desireless, indifferent, unanxious, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
nirīha mfn. (-haḥ-hā-haṃ) Indifferent, unanxious. E. nir neg. īha who seeks.
Alternative readings
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