Nami, Na-a-mi, 狈腻尘颈, 脩膩mi: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition狈腻尘墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶) refers to:鈥擳he Supreme Lord, 艢r墨 Bhagav膩n; the person addressed by the holy name. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).
: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam狈腻尘墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶) refers to:鈥斉歳墨 Bhagav膩n; the person addressed by the name. (cf. Glossary page from 艢r墨 B峁沨ad-bh膩gavat膩m峁泃a).
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: Wisdom Library: JainismNami (啶ㄠぎ啶�):鈥擳he twenty-first T墨rtha峁卥ara (Janism recognizes 24 such teachers or Siddhas). He is also known by the name Namin膩tha. His colour is gold (办腻帽肠补苍补), according to Apar膩jitap峁沜ch膩 (221.5-7). His height is 15 诲丑补苍耻峁 (a single 诲丑补苍耻峁 (or, 鈥榖ow鈥�) equals 6 ft), thus, roughly corresponding to 27 meters. His emblem, or symbol, is a Blue lotus.
Nami鈥檚 father is Vijaya and his mother is Vapr膩 according to 艢vet膩mbara or Vipr墨t膩 according to Digambara. It is an ancient Jain practice to worship the T墨rtha峁卥ara鈥檚 parents in various rites, such as the 辫谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻惫颈诲丑颈, according to the 膧c膩radinakara (14th century work on Jain conduct written by Vardham膩na S奴ri).
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra1) Nami (啶ㄠぎ啶�) [also Nemi?] refers to the twenty-first of the twenty-four T墨rtha峁卥aras praised in the first book (腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补) [chapter 1] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, 鈥淸...] we worship the Arhats, who at all times and all places purify the people of the three worlds by their name, representation, substance, and actual existence. [...] May the rays of light from Nemi鈥檚 [Nami鈥檚] toe-nails which, falling on the heads of his worshippers, purify them like streams of water, protect you鈥�.
Nami is the son of Vapr膩 and Vijaya, according to chapter 1.6, 鈥淸...] In Bharata there will be twenty-three other Arhats and eleven other Cakrins. [...] In Mithil膩, Nami, the son of Vapr膩 and Vijaya, gold-color, with a life of ten thousand years, fifteen bows tall, will have the vow for two thousand five hundred years, and the interval between Muni鈥檚 and Nami鈥檚 尘辞办峁 will be six lacs of years鈥�.
2) Nami (啶ㄠぎ啶�) is the son of king Kaccha (one of the four-thousand kings who took initiation together with 峁氠梗abha), according to chapter 1.3 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, 鈥淸...] now, the sons of Kaccha and Mah膩kaccha, Nami and Vinami by name, men of good training, had gone previously to distant foreign countries at the Master鈥檚 command. [...] Saying, 鈥榃e too shall ask the Master, for a share of the earth鈥�, Nami and Vinami approached the Master. Thinking, 鈥楬e is free from worldly attachment鈥�, not knowing that the Lord was engaged in 辫谤补迟颈尘腻, bowing, both spoke as follows: 鈥�...鈥�.鈥�.
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection INami (啶ㄠぎ啶�) or Namikum膩ra refers to one of the sons of Mai峁嘺reh膩 (=Madanarekh膩) and Jagab膩hu, according to the 鈥�Madanarekh膩 sat墨 no sa峁僢a峁僤ha鈥� (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥�(Cf. 惭补颈峁冡箛补谤别丑腻)鈥擺...] in Mathur膩, Mai峁嘺reh膩 became a nun. She came to know that her baby had been rescued by Padmaratha, king of Mithila and was called Namikum膩ra (97). As to Mai峁嘺reh膩鈥檚 and Jagab膩hu鈥檚 elder son, Ca峁僤ajasa (later called Jagabalabha), he had succeeded Ma峁噄ratha who died from a snake bite (99). Padmaratha took religious initiation and was succeeded by Namikum膩ra. As a nun, Mai峁嘺reh膩 had to intervene and to explain to the two kings, who wanted to fight about an elephant, that they were brothers and that she was their mother (125). [...]
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.
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Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarynami : (aor. of namati) bent; bowed down.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryn膩m墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶).鈥攁 (苍腻尘补) Celebrated for excellence; fine, good, superb, capital, surpassing. Used freely.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishn膩m墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶).鈥�a Fine, superb, capital. Used freely.
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 dictionary狈腻尘颈 (啶ㄠぞ啶た).鈥擜n epithet of Vi峁ａ箛u.
Derivable forms: 苍腻尘颈岣� (啶ㄠぞ啶た啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumNami (啶ㄠぎ啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攁 艢vet膩mbara, pupil of 艢膩libhadra, composed in 1069:
鈥擺commentary] on Rudra峁璦鈥檚 K膩vy膩la峁僰膩ra.
1) Nami (啶ㄠぎ啶�):鈥�m. Name of a, [Jaina literature] author (1069), [Catalogue(s)]
2) 狈补尘墨 (啶ㄠぎ啷�):鈥�n. Name of a man, [峁歡-veda]
3) 狈腻尘颈 (啶ㄠぞ啶た):鈥�m. Name of Vi峁ａ箛u, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nami (啶ㄠぎ啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁哸尘颈.
[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 dictionary狈腻尘墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶):鈥�(a) famous, reputed, renowned, eminent; named, bearing the name (of); -[驳颈谤腻尘墨] famous, reputed, eminent.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary峁哸尘颈 (啶｀ぎ啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nami.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNami (嗖ㄠ伯嗖�):鈥擺noun] name of the twenty first Jaina religious teacher.
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狈腻尘颈 (嗖ㄠ簿嗖部):鈥擺noun] the ninth day of a lunar fortnight.
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狈腻尘颈 (嗖ㄠ簿嗖部):鈥擺adjective] causing to bend; bending; turning.
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狈腻尘颈 (嗖ㄠ簿嗖部):鈥擺noun] any of the vowels in Kanna岣峚 system of alphabets, excepting the first two 嗖� [a] and 嗖�.
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狈腻尘颈 (嗖ㄠ簿嗖部):鈥擺noun] (arch.) a kind of tax.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconNami (喈ㄠ喈�) noun < nami. (Jaina philosophy) An Arhat, one of twenty-four 迟墨谤迟迟补峁卥补谤补谤, q. v.; 喈む瘈喈班瘝喈む瘝喈む畽喁� 喈曕喈班瘝 喈囙喁佮喈む瘝喈む瘉喈ㄠ喈侧瘝喈掂喁佮喁� 喈掄喁佮喈班瘝. (喈む喈班瘉喈曕瘝喈曕喈瘝喈畷喈瘝 喈曕喈瘝喈瘉, 喈夃喁�.) [thirthang karar irupathunalvarul oruvar. (thirukkalambagam kappu, urai.)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary狈腻尘墨 (啶ㄠぞ啶):鈥攁dj. 1. famous; popular; renowned; 2. of good quality; excellent; original; branded;
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: Namu, Mi, I, A, Na.
Starts with (+13): Nami-morokoshi, Nami-nantiatikanayanar, Namia, Namicaikkilatti, Namijin daashii, Namijin dashi, Namijin gaasayaa, Namijin tsada, Namijin tsintsiyaa, Namijin yaadiyaa, Namijin zaakii-banzaa, Namijin-kadai, Namijin-kade, Namikrita, Namikumara, Namim, Naminatha, Namipattarakar, Namira, Namiraja.
Full-text (+112): Namim, Naminatha, Tahaname, Namipattarakar, Nami-nantiatikanayanar, Nami-morokoshi, Sapya, Tilakamanjari, Shalibhadra, Patalavijaya, Medhavirudra, Viradeva, Shivabhadrakavya, Namiraja, Kavyalankara, Tirttankarar, Pur, Puri, Purdaha, Mithilapuri.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 12: Conquest of Vidy膩dharas by Bharata < [Chapter IV]
Part 12: Nami鈥檚 尘辞办峁 (emancipation) < [Chapter XI - 艢r墨 Namin膩thacaritra]
Part 10: Nami鈥檚 艣膩sanadevat膩s (messenger-deities) < [Chapter XI - 艢r墨 Namin膩thacaritra]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 31 < [Chapter 2 - Dvit墨ya-y膩ma-s膩dhana (Pr膩ta岣�-k膩l墨ya-bhajana)]
Text 13 < [Chapter 6 - 峁峁ａ弓ha-y膩ma-s膩dhana (S膩ya峁�-k膩l墨ya-bhajana鈥揵h膩va)]
Text 23 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-y膩ma-s膩dhana (Ni艣膩nta-bhajana鈥撆況addh膩)]
Uttaradhyayana Sutra (by Hermann Jacobi)
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
3. Genealogy of the Vidyadhara Vamsa dynasty < [Chapter 5 - Origin and Genealogy of Various Vamshas]
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