As a deity name
Name 535 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 502 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 260 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 79 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
निर्मल · nir-mal · adj.
(f. -ā), = H نرملا निरमला nir-malā [S. निर्मल+कः], adj. (f. -ī), Free from dirt or impurities, spotless, stainless, unsullied; clear, clean, pure, limpid; transparent — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1133
निर्मल · feminine
a female given name, Nirmal, from Sanskrit
निर्मल
pure, clean
Śabdasāgara also records: मलरहित । साफ । स्वच्छ · पापरहित । शुद्ध । पवित्र
Cited formation "निर्मल" is निर्- + मल: मल means "faeces, excreta", and the prefix निर्- forms away, out, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(12) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi निर्मल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्मल (nirmala). By surface analysis, निस्- (nis-) + मल (mal).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nir—mala mf(ā)n. spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent, bright, Up.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
sinless, virtuous, Mn. viii, 318
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent, bright, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
nir—mala mf(ā)n. spotless, unsullied, clean, pure, shining, resplendent, bright, Up.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
sinless, virtuous, Mn. viii, 318
nir—mala m. N. of Skanda, AV.Pariś.
nir—mala m. pl. N. of a sect, W.
nir—mala n. talc, L.
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