Nimna: 22 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Nimn.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥擜 Y腻dava. (Bh腻gavata, 9th Skandha).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥擳he son of Anamitra and father of two sons, Satr腻jita and Prasena.*
- * Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺 IX. 24. 13.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur腻峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢ilpa-艣腻straNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) refers to members of the moulding of a pedestal (辫墨峁环补), used in the construction of 濒颈峁単补蝉. The word 濒颈峁単补 refers to a symbol used in the worship of 艢iva and is used thoughout 艢aiva literature, such as the sacred 膧gamas.
Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣腻stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) refers to 鈥渄eep-set鈥� (e.g., one who has a deep-set navel), according to the Kularatnoddyota, one of the earliest Kubjik腻 Tantras.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] (The gross form has) five faces, ten arms and, pure, it has a smiling face. [...] Her stomach is thin, navel, deep set [i.e., 苍颈尘苍补-苍腻产丑颈] and thighs large. (Her) hips and knees are very soft. She has beautiful thighs and red finger (nails) that are very beautiful. She (wears) beautiful cloths, a divine garland and an excellent shawl. (She wears) a necklace made of large gems, bangles on her limbs, anklets and a blazing diadem of rubies (尘腻峁噄办测补). O supreme mistress, adorned with divine rings (on her fingers), she sits on a svastika (as her) seat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.
Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)
: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (Math)Nimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) or Nimna惫峁泃迟补 refers to a 鈥渃oncave surface鈥� representing one of the eight divisions of a circle (惫峁泃迟补), as described in the K峁traga峁噄ta艣腻stra, as mentioned in A. Rahman鈥檚 Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.鈥擜ncient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.鈥擳he K峁traga峁噄ta-艣腻stra is a Sanskrit mathematical treatise dealing with the art of measuring lands, containing well-defined and established technical terms [e.g., Nimna-惫峁泃迟补] wanted for practical use in the Tamil language.
Ganita (啶椸ぃ啶苦い) or Ganitashastra refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) refers to 鈥渟unk (into the ground)鈥� (referring to certain elephant-traps), according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 10, 鈥渙n the catching of elephants鈥漖: 鈥�12. Separate ropes with multiple ends, the ends of which are tied into nooses, are covered with 办别谤墨-bark and twigs, etc., (the ropes) as large as the girth of a betel nut tree, and approximately sixty karas (30 yards) long, and are well buried and covered on all sides with dust in a very broad hole in the ground sunk (苍颈尘苍补-诲丑补谤补峁嚹�) [苍颈尘苍补诲丑补谤补峁嚹玤补谤迟别'迟颈惫颈蝉迟腻谤颈迟别] to the depth of a kara (a foot and a half)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 Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻Nimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) [=Nimnat腻?] refers to 鈥渋nclination (towards the dharma)鈥�, according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch腻: the eighth chapter of the Mah腻sa峁僴ip腻ta (a collection of Mah腻y腻na Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗ow then, son of good family, does the Bodhisattva who has attained memory never forget? Son of good family, the Bodhisattva attains memory (诲丑腻谤补峁嚹�) by purifying his memory. What then is the purification of memory? Son of good family, there are thirty-two purifications of memory. What are the thirty-two? To wit, (1) seeking the dharma; (2) delight in the dharma; (3) taking pleasure in the delights of the dharma; (4) inclination towards the dharma (诲丑补谤尘补-苍颈尘苍补迟腻); [...]鈥�
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥攁 S Deep.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥�a Deep.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥�a.
1) Deep (lit. and fig.); 啶氞啶苦い啶灌ぐ啶苦ぃ啷�啶啶班啶曕啶粪ぃ啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠえ啶距き啶苦 (cakitahari峁嚹玴rek峁峁嚹� nimna苍腻bhi岣�) Meghad奴ta 84; 峁歵耻蝉补峁僪腻谤补 5.12; 艢i艣up腻lavadha 1.58.
2) Low, depressed.
-mna 1 Depth, low ground, low land; (办补岣�) 啶く啶多啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠぞ啶た啶啶栢 啶啶班い啷�啶く啷囙い啷� (paya艣ca ni尘苍腻bhimukha峁� prat墨payet) Kum腻rasambhava 5.5; 啶� 啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠぞ啶︵た啶� 啶膏げ啶苦げ啶� 啶ㄠた啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶む 啶 啶むい啷� 啶灌啶︵く啶 (na ca ni尘苍腻diva salila峁� nivartate me tato h峁沝ayam) 艢.3.2. (v. l.); Y.2.151; 峁歵耻蝉补峁僪腻谤补 2.13.
2) A slope, declivity.
3) A gap, chasm in the ground; 啶 啶ㄠ啶た啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠ啶班啶班啶氞啶涏ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶樴啶ㄠえ啷� 啶膏お啷嵿い 啶掂ぞ啶班た啶о啶ㄠ (yo neminimnairakarocch腻y腻峁� ghnan sapta v腻ridh墨n) Bh腻gavata 5.1.39.
4) A depression, low part; 啶溹げ啶ㄠた啶た啶∴た啶むさ啶膏啶む啶班さ啷嵿く啶曕啶むえ啶苦ぎ啷嵿え啷嬥え啷嵿え啶むぞ啶た啶� (箩补濒补苍颈产颈岣峣迟补惫补蝉迟谤补惫测补办迟补苍颈尘苍辞苍苍补迟腻产丑颈岣�) M腻lat墨m腻dhava (Bombay) 4.1.
5) A mean act (丑墨苍补办补谤尘补); 啶ㄠた啶啶ㄠ啶粪啶掂啶灌ぞ啶� 啶曕ぐ啶苦し啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶むた 啶灌啶む啶掂ぞ啶︵さ啶苦ぎ啷嬥す啶苦い啶距 (nimne峁墨h腻峁� kari峁anti hetuv腻davimohit腻岣�) Mah腻bh腻rata (Bombay) 3.19.26.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥�adj. (= Pali ninna; compare abhi-nimna; in this sense once in Sanskrit, [Boehtlingk] 7 App.), inclined to, bent upon, headed for; often parallel with prava峁嘺 and pr腻gbh腻ra, as final in cpds.: Lalitavistara 180.16 viveka-ni掳, -prava峁嘺, -pr腻g- bh腻ra; 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 iii.62.13 nirv腻峁嘺-ni掳, pra掳, pr腻g掳; iii.61.8, same without 掳nimna; 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 808 (read sarvaj帽at腻-ni掳); 5163 (separate word, but associated with the other two); 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 50.12 buddha-ni掳 dharma-prava峁嚹� samgha-pr腻g- bh腻r腻; same 80.4; 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 i.65.3鈥�4 etc. (clich茅); ap腻ya-ni掳, prav掳, -pr腻g掳 headed for鈥�, 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 95.28; 础惫补诲腻苍补-艣补迟补办补 i.16.17; 诲丑补谤尘补-苍颈尘苍补迟腻 掳prava峁嘺t腻 掳pr腻gbh腻rat腻 艢颈办峁Ｄ錽补尘耻肠肠补测补 191.8.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-尘苍补岣�-尘苍腻-尘苍补峁�) 1. Deep, profound, (literally or figuratively.) 2. Low. 3. Low land 4. A slope. 5. A gap, a chasm in the ground. 6. A depression. E. ni before, 尘苍腻 to mind, affix ka.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥擺ni + mna] (i. e. ni + man + a), I. adj., f. 苍腻. 1. Deep, [峁歵耻蝉补峁僪腻谤补] 5, 12; with na, high, grand, [Bhart峁沨ari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 36. Ii. n. Low ground, Mah腻bh腻rata 2, 784.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�).鈥擺neuter] depth, lowland; [adjective] deep, depressed, sunk, [instrumental] [plural] downwards.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�):鈥�n. ([from] ni, or 鈭�nam ?) depth, low ground, cavity, depression, [峁歡-veda] etc. etc. (nais ind. downwards, [x, 78, 5; 148, 5])
2) mf(腻)n. deep ([literally] and [figuratively]), low, depressed, sunk, [Var腻ha-mihira; K腻vya literature] etc.
3) (ifc.) inclined towards, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal腻yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) m. Name of a prince, [Bh腻gavata-pur腻峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�):鈥擺ni-mna] (mna岣�-尘苍腻-mna峁�) a. Deep.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁唅峁囜箛补.
[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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�) [Also spelled nimn]:鈥�(a) low; mean; depressed; sunken; following, given below; ~[tama] lowest, lowermost; minimum; ~[tara] lower; ~[t腻] lowness; ~[likhita] undermentioned, the following, mentioned below; ~[stha] low-lying, situated/located below.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNimna (嗖ㄠ部嗖硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [adjective] hollow and curved like the inside of a bowl; concave.
2) [adjective] of inferior quality, status, rank, etc.
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Nimna (嗖ㄠ部嗖硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a hole (in the ground).
2) [noun] a deep place.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNimna (啶ㄠた啶啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. low; junior; 2. following;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mna.
Starts with (+9): Nimna-bindu, Nimna-saamaajik-aarthik-samooh, Nimna-samajika-arthika-samuha, Nimna-varg, Nimnabhaga, Nimnabhimukha, Nimnadesha, Nimnadharani, Nimnaga, Nimnagama, Nimnagapati, Nimnagasuta, Nimnagata, Nimnage, Nimnais, Nimnalalata, Nimnamasura, Nimnamkita, Nimnanabhi, Nimnankit.
Full-text (+36): Nimnaga, Nimnonnata, Nimnata, Nimnabhaga, Mahanimna, Nimnagata, Nimnadesha, Nimnatala, Parinimna, Nimnanabhi, Nimnapravana, Nimnavarga, Nimnabhimukha, Nimnita, Prasena, Nimnais, Avakhata, Nimna-samajika-arthika-samuha, Nimnalalata, Nimnatva.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.8.33 < [Chapter 8 - The Killing of Ka峁僺a]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana (Study) (by R. Suthashi)
Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) (by Rama Prasada)
S奴tra 4.26 < [Book 4 - Absolute Independence (Kaivalya)]
S奴tra 1.12 < [Book 1 - Trance (Sam腻dhi)]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 266 < [Volume 4, Part 1 (1907)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)