As a deity name
Name 815 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
निरुक्ति · noun · feminine
निरुक्त की रीती से निर्वचन । किसी पद या वाक्य की ऐसी व्याख्या जिसमें व्युत्पत्ति आदि का पूरा कथन हो । व्युत्पत्ति । किस शब्द का व्याकरण संबंध और ऐतिहासिक विकास क्रम · एक काव्यालंकार जिसमें किसी शब्द का मनमाना अर्थ किया जाय परंतु वह अर्थ सयु— क्तिक हो । जैसे,—रूप आदि गुण सो भरी तजि कै ब्रज बनितान । उद्बव कुब्जा बस भए, निर्गुण वहै निदान । तात्पर्य यह कि गुणवती ब्रजवनिताओं को छोड़कर 'गुणरहित' कुब्जा के वश होने से कृष्ण सचमुच 'निर्गुण' हो गए है — Śabdasāgara
निरुक्ति · nir-ukti · s.f.
Explanation, etymological interpretation of words — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1132
As a Sanskrit word
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nir-ukti f. etymological interpretation of a word, MBh.; BhP.
(in rhet.) an artificial explanation or derivation of a word, Kuval.
(in dram.) communication of an event that has taken place, Sāh.
N. of Yāska's Comm. on the Nighaṇṭus
of a Comm. on the Tarka-saṃgraha &c.
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