Nida, 狈墨岣峚: 21 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: V膩stu-艣膩stra狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�) is a Sanskrit technical term denoting a 鈥渞esidence鈥� in general, according to the lists of synonyms given in the 厂补尘补谤腻峁単补峁嘺-蝉奴迟谤补诲丑腻谤补 XVIII.8-9, which is a populair treatise on V膩stu艣膩stra literature.
: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajit膩gama and Raurav膩gama狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�) refers to 鈥渘iche, false skylight 搂 1.8.鈥�.鈥�(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajit膩gama et du Raurav膩gama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) 狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�) refers to 鈥渘ests鈥� (i.e., within a tree), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.2.40.鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada:鈥斺�淸...] after going beyond 础濒补办腻, the capital of the king of Yak峁s and the Saugandhika park, they saw the fig-tree of 艢iva. The fig tree had steady shade all round. It had a number of suspended branches without hanging roots. Its height was a hundred Yojanas. It had no nests (i.e., 苍颈谤-苍墨岣峚) on it. It afforded protection from heat. It was the place where 艢iva practised Yoga. It was divine. It was resorted to by other Yogins. It was great and excellent. It could be seen only by the excessively meritorious persons. It was beautiful and sacred鈥�.
2) 狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�) refers to the 鈥渋nner side (of the chariot)鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.8 (鈥淭he detailed description of the chariot etc.鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Sanatkum膩ra narrated to Vy膩sa: 鈥淭he divine chariot of lord 艢iva consisting of all the worlds was built by Vi艣vakarman with devoted effort. [...] The six seasons constituted the rims of the wheels of the chariot, O great Brahmin. The Pu峁ara of the chariot was the sky. The inner side of the chariot (谤补迟丑补-苍墨岣峚) was Mandara. The rising and the setting mountains constituted the poleshafts. Mah膩meru was the support and the Ke艣ara mountains the sharp sides. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺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.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�) refers to 鈥渂ird nests鈥�, according to the Yogat膩r膩val墨: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Ha峁環ayoga as the means to R膩jayoga (i.e., Sam膩dhi).鈥擜ccordingly, while describing the no-mind state: 鈥�'[Practising] in caves on the peak of 艢r墨 艢aila [mountain], when will I succeed in dissolving my mind as prescribed [earlier and attain success] in Sam膩dhi? When vines cover my body and when birds build nests (苍墨岣峚) in my ear鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�) or 狈墨岣峚nilaya refers to a 鈥淗awk鈥檚 nests鈥�, according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by R膩j膩 Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: 鈥淎n expert tamer of these birds should teach them how to fall upon a quarry, fastened by a string, and thus revive their old instincts. Those hawks, which have been taken from the nests (苍墨岣峚-nilaya), should be first tamed by being kept tied after their capture, and as they are unpractised in hunting, they should be taught in a variety of ways by an expert trainer of birds, by gradually increasing their skill and cleverness. [...]鈥�.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (鈥減erforming arts鈥�) and Shastras (鈥渟ciences鈥�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary苍墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攏 m S A bird's nest.
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n墨da (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攆 (苍颈诲谤腻 S) Sleep.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishn墨da (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥�f Sleep.
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 dictionaryNida (啶ㄠた啶�).鈥�a. Censuring.
-dam Poison; (also 苍颈诲腻).
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狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擺nitar膩峁� milanti khag膩 atra ni-il-ka lasya 岣峚岣� Tv.]
1) A bird's nest; 啶呧啶膏さ啷嵿く啶距お啶� 啶多啷佮え啷嵿い啶ㄠ啶∴え啶苦啶苦い啶 (a峁僺avy膩pi 艣akunta苍墨岣峚nicitam) 艢.7.11; 啶ㄠ啶∴ぞ啶班ぎ啷嵿き啷堗ぐ啷嵿啷冟す啶げ啶苦き啷佮啶距ぎ啶距啷佮げ啶椸啶班ぞ啶啷堗い啷嵿く啶距 (苍墨岣嵞乺补尘产丑补颈谤驳峁沨补产补濒颈产丑耻箩腻尘腻办耻濒补驳谤腻尘补肠补颈迟测腻岣�) Me.
2) A bed, couch.
3) A lair, den.
4) The interior or a seat of a carriage; 啶忇啶班ざ啷嵿ぎ啷嵿く啷囙啶︵ぎ啶ㄠぎ啷囙啶ㄠ啶∴ 啶︵啶掂た啶曕啶ぐ啶 (ekara艣myekadamanameka苍墨岣峚峁� dvik奴baram) Bh膩gavata 4.26.2.
5) A place in general, abode, resting place.
Derivable forms: 苍墨岣峚岣� (啶ㄠ啶∴), 苍墨岣峚m (啶ㄠ啶∴ぎ啷�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNida (啶ㄠた啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-诲补岣�-诲腻-诲补峁�) Abusive. n.
(-诲补峁�) Poison, venom. E. ni affirmative prefix, do to destroy, affix 岣峚 or nidi-ka, v膩 nalopa岣� .
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狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攎n.
(-岣峚岣�-岣峚峁�) 1. Nest 2. A place, a spot. E. ni before, 颈峁� to go, aff. 驳丑补帽 or ni + ila-ka, 岣峚sya-la岣� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攊. e. probably ni-sad + a, m. 1. A nest, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 2, 96, 28. 2. A den, 4, 43, 17. 3. The seat, or the inner room of a chariot, 5, 40, 14.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary狈颈诲腻 (啶ㄠた啶︵ぞ).鈥擺feminine] blame, contempt.
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狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�).鈥擺masculine] [neuter] resting-place, [especially] a bird鈥檚 nest; the interior or seat of a carriage.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 狈颈诲腻 (啶ㄠた啶︵ぞ):鈥攁 f. blame, contempt, [ib. 1.]
2) Nida (啶ㄠた啶�):鈥�m. or n. poison, venom, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) 狈颈诲腻 (啶ㄠた啶︵ぞ):鈥擺=苍颈-诲腻] b. ni-鈭�4. 诲腻 [Parasmaipada] -dyati, to bind on, fasten, [峁歡-veda]
4) 狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�):鈥�mn. (苍墨尝补) (ni + 鈭歴补诲) any place for settling down, resting-place, abode, ([especially]) a bird鈥檚 nest, [峁歡-veda] etc. etc.
5) the interior or seat of a carriage, [艢atapatha-br膩hma峁嘺; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.; place, spot (= 蝉迟丑腻苍补), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) cf. [Latin] n墨dus; [German] Nest; [English] nest.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nida (啶ㄠた啶�):鈥�(诲补岣�) 1. m. A poison.
2) 狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺苍墨-岣峚] (岣峚岣�-岣峚峁�) 1. m. n. A nest; a place.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)狈颈诲腻 (啶ㄠた啶︵ぞ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: 峁唅腻, 峁唅岣嶀笉补.
[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 dictionary狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�):鈥�(nm) a nest; -[k膩 pa峁僣h墨] homesick (person).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus狈墨岣峚 (嗖ㄠ硛嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] a receptacle made by a bird for its eggs and young; a nest.
2) [noun] a place of protection, rest, retreat or lodging.
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 Dictionary1) 狈墨岣峚 (啶ㄠ啶�):鈥攏. 1. shelter; den; 2. nest;
2) N墨da (啶ㄠ啶�):鈥攏. sleep;
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.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary苍墨岣峚 (醼斸���) [(na) (醼�)]鈥�
[苍墨岣峚+a锛巒墨+i岣峚锛�(苍墨岣峚-sa峁兠� addham膩gadh墨,峁嚹笉a莽 峁嚹笉a-pr膩,苍墨岣峚ya-s墨)]
[醼斸���+醼♂亱 醼斸��+醼ａ�嶀亱 (醼斸���-醼炨��,醼♂�掅�贯�撫�欋��傖�撫�亰 醼忈���,醼忈���-醼曖�坚�亰 醼斸��嶀��-醼炨��熱���犪��)]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)苍墨岣峚鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼♂�炨����醼横亱
(Auto-Translation): Residence.
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.
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Partial matches: Nida, A, Dhavala.
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