Nibha, 狈颈产丑腻: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram狈颈产丑腻 (啶ㄠた啶ぞ) means 鈥渞esembling鈥� (i.e., that which is like), according to the Manth腻nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik腻.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥�(You are) the Doomsday Fire (蝉补峁僾补谤迟腻) within the primordial lord (腻诲颈苍腻迟丑补), the energy of supreme 艢iva, the famed Kaulin墨. You are Vakr腻, the Transmental the primordial (power) (腻诲测腻), who is like the rays of the radiance (of ultimate reality) [i.e., 诲测耻迟颈办颈谤补峁嘺-苍颈产丑腻]; (you are) 艢腻mbhav墨, the mother of liberation. (You are) the unfailing current of Kaula knowledge and, residing in the End of the Sixteen, (you) accomplish all things. O Sa峁僾art腻, (you are) the mother of mantra, blissful and innate (蝉补丑补箩腻) and called 鈥楳other鈥� (补尘产颈办腻) in (each) sacred seat and field鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣腻kta) or Shaktism (艣腻ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra TantraNibha (啶ㄠた啶�) refers to 鈥渞esembling鈥� (i.e., 鈥榯hat which resembles a drop of cow鈥檚 milk or jasmine鈥�), according to the Netratantra of K峁mar腻ja: a 艢aiva text from the 9th century in which 艢iva (Bhairava) teaches P腻rvat墨 topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.鈥擜ccordingly, [verse 3.17-23, while describing a meditation on Am峁泃e艣a in his form as M峁泃yujit]鈥斺�淎nd so now, having constructed the 补尘峁泃腻尘耻诲谤腻 or the 辫补诲尘补尘耻诲谤腻, [the mantrin] should meditate on the 膧tman. The deity is equal in splendor [to that] of ten million moons, as bright as pellucid pearls, and as magnificent as quartz stone, he resembles drop of cow鈥檚 milk or jasmine (办耻苍诲补-颈苍诲耻-驳辞办峁Ｄ玶补-苍颈产丑补), mountain snow, and is everywhere. [...]鈥�.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam鈥擯lant mutagenesis in ancient IndiaNibha (啶ㄠた啶�) refers to the 鈥渃olor鈥� or 鈥渁ppearance鈥� of fruits, which were commonly manipulated according to bio-organic principles described in the 痴峁沰峁Ｄ乱耻谤惫别诲补 by S奴rap腻la (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he white flowers of a tree turn into a golden colour (蝉惫补谤峁嘺-苍颈产丑补) if it is smeared at the roots with the mixture of Rubia cordifolia, red lead, milk, a kind of fragrant earth and flesh of pigeon鈥�.
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve ReflectionsNibha (啶ㄠた啶�) refers to 鈥渞esembling鈥�, according to the 11th century J帽腻n腻r峁嘺va, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by 艢ubhacandra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭hat [cosmos] is not at all produced by anyone, not at all sustained by anyone, so also not destroyed by anyone. Nevertheless, that exists by itself without support in the atmosphere. [...] It is the shape of a cane stool in the lower region, like a cymbal (箩丑补濒濒补谤墨-苍颈产丑补) in the middle and it is like a drum on the top. Thus, that consists of three parts鈥�.
Synonyms: Sa峁僴ibha, Tulya, Sad峁浥沘, 膧k腻ra.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynibha : (adj.) equal to; resembling. || ni产丑腻 (f.), lustre; light.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNibha, (adj.) (Sk. nibha, to 产丑腻ti) shining; like, equal to, resembling (-掳) J. V, 372; Vv 401; Pv IV. 312; VvA. 122 (va峁囜箛a掳=va峁囜箛a); Nd2 608. (Page 366)
鈥� or 鈥�
狈颈产丑腻, (f.) (to nibha) shine, lustre, splendour VvA. 179 (ni产丑腻ti dippat墨 ti ni产丑腻). (Page 366)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) nibha (醼斸���) [(ti) (醼愥��)]鈥�
[ni+产丑腻+a锛巒ipubba 产丑腻 dittiya峁� a,ni bho锛巗奴ci锛巇h腻tvattha锛�(nibha-sa峁�,addham腻gadh墨,峁噄bha莽 峁噄h腻-pr腻)]
[醼斸��+醼樶��+醼♂亱 醼斸��曖��椺�贯�� 醼樶�� 醼掅��愥�贯�愥��氠�� 醼♂亰 醼斸�� 醼樶�贬�亱 醼炨�搬�呩�亱 醼撫��愥�结�愥�贯�戓亱 (醼斸���-醼炨�夺亰 醼♂�掅�贯�撫�欋��傖�撫�亰 醼忈���,醼忈��熱��-醼曖�坚��)]
2) ni产丑腻 (醼斸��樶��) [(th墨) (醼戓��)]鈥�
摆苍颈+产丑腻+补+(办惫颈)锛峦墨迟颈,蝉耻迟迟补锛�1249,1266锛嶿
[醼斸��+醼樶��+醼�+(醼�醼结��)醽� 醼斸��愥�亰 醼炨��愥�贯�愥亱 醽佱亗醽勧亯醽� 醽佱亗醽嗎亞醽媇
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P腻岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)1) nibha鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼愥�搬�炨�贬�亱 (醼♂�愥�搬亰 醼愥�搬�炨�贬�亰 醼♂�炨�结�勧�� 醼炨�忈�贯�屷��斸�横�曖��夺�曖�斸�横�羔�愥�搬�炨�贬�亱 醼炨�涐��醼横�曖�勧�横亱 醼炨��熱���犪�横亰 醼撫��斸��)醽�
(Auto-Translation): Similar. (Together, alike, having the same appearance and characteristics. Coconut tree. Taurus, element)
2) ni产丑腻鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼♂�涐�贬��勧�横亰 醼♂�嗎�勧�横�羔亱
(Auto-Translation): Color, style.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNibha (啶ㄠた啶�).鈥擺苍颈-产丑腻-办补]
1) (At the end of comp. only) Like, similar, resembling; 啶夃う啷嵿が啷佮う啷嵿ぇ啶啶椸啶о啶ㄠ啶距が啷嵿啶ㄠた啶 啶掂す啶ㄠ啶む (udbuddhamugdhakanak腻bjanibha峁� vahant墨) M腻l. 1.4; Meghad奴ta 83; so 啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠた啶ぞ啶ㄠえ啶� (肠补苍诲谤补苍颈产丑腻苍补苍腻) &c.
-bha岣�, -bham 1 appearance, light, manifestation.
2) Pretence, disguise, pretext.
3) A trick, fraud.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary狈颈产丑腻 (啶ㄠた啶ぞ).鈥�(= Pali id.), appearance, sheen: Lalitavistara 255.6; 256.5, 10 (all prose). In Sanskrit recorded only as -nibha in [产补丑耻惫谤墨丑颈] adjectives; but the existence of the noun in Pali makes Weller's note, 30 f., quite valueless.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNibha (啶ㄠた啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-产丑补岣�-产丑腻-产丑补峁�) Like, resembling, similar. mn.
(-产丑补岣�-产丑补峁�) 1. fraud, trick, disguise, pretence. 2. Light, manifestation, appearance. E. ni before, 产丑腻 to shine, affix ka.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNibha (啶ㄠた啶�).鈥擺-ni-bha] (vb. 产丑腻), latter part of comp. adj., f. 产丑腻. 1. Like, resembling, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 3, 49, 34. 2. Pleonastically in 肠腻谤耻-苍颈产丑补-腻苍补苍补, adj. Handsome-faced, [Hariva峁兣沘, (ed. Calc.)] 11789.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNibha (啶ㄠた啶�).鈥擺adjective] like, equal to (鈥斅�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nibha (啶ㄠた啶�):鈥擺=ni-bha] mf(腻)n. (鈭�产丑腻) resembling, like, similar (ifc.), [Mah腻产丑腻rata; 搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] etc. (sometimes pleonast. after [adjective (cf. [masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective])] e.g. c腻ru-ni产丑腻nana, 鈥榟andsome-faced鈥� [Hariva峁兣沘, or] [compound] with a synonym e.g. naga-nibhopama, 鈥榤ountain-like鈥� [Mah腻产丑腻rata]; padma-pattr腻bha-nibha, 鈥榣ike a lotus-leaf鈥� [ib.])
2) [v.s. ...] m. or n. appearance, pretext (only ifc. [instrumental case] [Da艣akum腻ra-carita]; [ablative] [Kath腻sarits腻gara]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNibha (啶ㄠた啶�):鈥擺ni-bha] (bha岣�-产丑腻-bha峁�) a. Like, similar. m. Fraud; disguise; light.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nibha (啶ㄠた啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 峁唅丑补, 峁唀尘尘补.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNibha (嗖ㄠ部嗖�):鈥擺adjective] having almost or excactly the same qualities, characteristics, from, etc.; similar; equal; like.
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Nibha (嗖ㄠ部嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a false or deceiving appearance; preense; guise.
2) [noun] a false reason or motive putforth to hide the real one; a pretext.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with (+12): Nibhaganem, Nibhal, Nibhala, Nibhalana, Nibhalita, Nibhaliya, Nibhamga, Nibhamnem, Nibhana, Nibhanakti, Nibhanem, Nibhanj, Nibhanjana, Nibhara, Nibharatana, Nibhartsana, Nibhartsayat, Nibhasad, Nibhasarupa, Nibhasi.
Full-text (+64): Upanibha, Nibhati, Kharagandhanibha, Arunanibha, Candranibha, Nibhasarupa, Umapupphasarinnibha, Nibhata, Yavanalanibha, Sannibha, Svarnanibha, Meghavannasirinibha, Nilavalahakanibha, Pabhassaravaravannanibha, Bhasmanibha, Nirbhasa, Tailanibha, Pishitanibha, Ratinibha, Payahphenanibha.
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