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निर्हारक (nirhAraka)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
निर्-°हारक
mfn.
 carrying out (as a dead body
cf.
 प्रेत-निर्ह्°)
purifying,
L.
Monier Williams 1872
English
निर्-हारक, अस्, इका, अम्, carrying out (a dead
body to the funeral pile), one who carries out or
extracts or removes.
Benfey
English
निर्हारक निर्हारक, i. e. निस्-हृ +
अक,
adj.
 Carrying (a corpse) to the
funeral pyre, Man. 3, 166, ed. Calc.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
nirhāraka,
(1) m., some member of a shipʼs crew (see s.v. pauruṣeya 2), after āhāraka, q.v., Mvy 〔3852〕 = Tib. sel ba, remover
acc. to Chin. one who looks after boats (possibly unloader of freight?)
(2) adj. (see s.v. nirharati), bringing, producing: Bbh 〔209.22〕 (durbhikṣeṣu …) vṛṣṭi-nirhārakaṃ dhyānaṃ, bringing or producing rain (to relieve famine
an activity of Bodhisattvas). In Pali nīhāraka only recorded in piṇḍapāta-nī°, one who brings food (esp. to Buddha
= abhinir°
see s.v. nirharati)
the same, °ta-nirhārakaḥ piṇḍapātam ādāya bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntaḥ MSV 〔ii.130.2〕
°ta-nirhārakaṃ bhikṣum 〔180.15, 17〕.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
निर्हारक
त्रि०
 निर्हरति बहिर्गमयति निर् + हृ--ण्वुल् ।शवादेर्गृहात् बहिष्कारके “प्रेतनिर्हारकाश्चैव वर्ज्ज-नीयाः प्रयत्नतः” मनुः प्रेतनिर्हारकस्य अपाङ्क्तेयत्वोक्तिर्धनग्रहणेन तन्निर्हारकविषया । धर्म्मार्थं तन्नि-र्हारे तु न दोषः “एतद्वै परमं तपो यत् प्रेतमरण्यंहरन्तीवि” कुल्लूकभट्टधृतश्रुत्या तद्विधानात् ।