Nighantu, Nighamtu, 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻: 21 definitions

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Nighantu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�).鈥擜 name given to a collection of words which are mainly Vedic. In ancient times such collections were possibly very general and numerous and the works or treatises on derivation such as the Nirukta of Yaska were based upon them; cf. 啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啶掂 啶曕じ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啷� 啶ㄠた啶椸ぎ啶� 啶囙ぎ啷� 啶さ啶ㄠ啶むた啷� 啶涏え啷嵿う啷嬥き啷嵿く啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距す啷冟い啷嵿く啶膏ぎ啶距す啷冟い啷嵿く啶膏ぎ啶距ぎ啷嵿え啶距い啶距じ啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠた啶椸え啷嵿い啶� 啶忇さ啶膏え啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠた啶椸ぎ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啶� 啶夃啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶む 啶囙い啷嵿く啷屶お啶え啷嵿く啶掂 啷� 啶呧お啶� 啶掂ぞ啶嗋す啶ㄠえ啶距う啷囙さ啶膏啶啶� (苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓补va岣� kasm膩t | nigam膩 ime bhavanti | chandobhya岣� sam膩丑峁泃ya sam膩丑峁泃ya sam膩mn膩t膩ste nigantava eva santo nigaman膩n苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓补va ucyante ityaupamanyava岣� | api v膩膩hanan膩deva syu岣�) | 啶膏ぎ啶距す啶むぞ啶さ啶ㄠ啶むた啷� 啶う啷嵿さ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距す啷冟い啶� 啶さ啶ㄠ啶むた (sam膩hat膩 bhavanti | yadv膩 sam膩丑峁泃膩 bhavanti) (Nir.I.1) where the word is derived from 啶椸ぎ啷� (gam),or 啶灌え啷� (han) or 啶灌 (丑峁�). The word 啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷� (苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻) is taken as synonymous with 啶ㄠた啶椸ぎ (nigama) by Durgacarya.

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Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�) refers to a tradition of Ayurvedic literature.鈥敱肪辈党蟛贯箛峁� may be defined as a glossary containing synonymous groups, the names of the drugs, plants, animals, minerals or anything that is administered either as food or medicines, to the human body. R膩ja苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 explains the importance of 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 as鈥斺€淎 physician without the knowledge of 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻, a scholar without the knowledge of grammar and a soldier without weapons, all these three are laughed at in this world鈥�. From this statement it is clear that the knowledge of 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 is indispensable for a physician.

The early 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻s like A峁ａ弓膩峁単a苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻, Pary膩yaratnam膩l膩, Nigha峁嘺峁璾艣e峁, Abhidh膩naratnam膩l膩 and M膩dhavadravyagu峁嘺 give only the synonyms of food items and medicines. But the later 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻s like Dhanvantari苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻, Madanap膩la苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻, R膩ja苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻, Kaiyadeva苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 and Bh膩vaprak膩艣a苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 add the properties, reaction of the physique to them and uses of food items and medicines. [...] These 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻s have a detailed description of almost all of the food substances as well as medicinal substances. The study of these 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻s will make more easy to the study of Ayurvedic treatises also.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥擫exicon; Texts containing various information of medicinal substances like synonyms, pharmacological properties and actions.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

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狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 is a Sanskrit term for a traditional collection of words, grouped into thematic categories, often with brief annotations. Such collections share characteristics with glossaries and thesauri, but are not true lexicons, such as the ko艣a of Sanskrit literature. Particular collections are also called 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓补va.

India history and geography

: Shodhganga: Technical study of the dictionaries published in Sanskrit language since 1800 AD

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�) is the earliest lexicon generally ascribed to Sakalya, containing a collection of Vedic words arranged in several groups. Y膩ska gives the derivation of the word 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 as given by Upamanyu. The lexicon has five chapters. The first three comprise the 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻kak膩峁囜笉a dealing synonyms, the fourth is naigamak膩峁囜笉a dealing with homonyms and the fifth one is the daivatak膩峁囜笉a, dealing with the names of deities. The first chapter deals with physical objects like earth, air, water and natural objects, like clouds, day, dawn, night, etc. The second chapter treats of human beings, the parts of human body, such as arms, fingers, etc., as also objects and properties associated with human beings, like wealth, prosperity, battle, etc. The third chapter deals with abstract qualities, such as heaviness, lightness, etc.

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Kosha (啶曕啶�, ko艣a) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴啶熰).鈥�m A vocabulary of the words pe- culiar to the Vedas. A vocabulary gen.

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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

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�).鈥�

1) A vocabulary or glossary of words.

2) Particularly the glossary of Vedic words explained by Y膩ska, in his Nirukta.

Derivable forms: 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻岣� (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷佮).

See also (synonyms): 苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓补.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�).鈥攎.

(-峁囜弓耻岣�) A vocabulary, a collection of words or names.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�).鈥擺masculine] vocabulary, [plural] T. of the Vedic glossary explained by Y膩ska.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥擲ee Dhana峁僯ayanighantu, Dhanvatari苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻.

2) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攁 vaidic glossary belonging to the so-called Ved膩峁単a. Io. 1347. 1378. 1743 B. 2106. W. p. 15. 16. Oxf. 378^b. 386^a. Khn. 8. B. 1, 202. 204. Ben. 2. Haug. 30. Oudh. Xiii, 24. 28. 32 (Yv.). Burnell. 2^b. Bh. 6. Bhk. 8. Rice. 28. Peters. 2, 167. See Nirukta.
鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭 B. 1. 204. Np. Ii, 6.
鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻nirvacana by Devar膩ja. Io. 1134. B. 1, 204. Ben. 1. Haug. 43. NW. 16. Np. Vi, 4. Burnell. 2^b. P. 20.
鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭 by Skandasv膩min. Quoted by Devar膩ja.

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 has the following synonyms: Naigha峁囜弓uka.

3) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攁 second name of the H峁沝ayad墨paka by Vopadeva. W. p. 303.

4) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攎ed. 搁腻诲丑. 32. [Oudh 1876-1877], 32. Sb. 289.
鈥攂y R膩dh膩k峁涐梗峁嘺. 搁腻诲丑. 32.

5) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攖he well-known Ved膩峁単a. Cu. add. 2428. Gb. 19. Peters. 4, 2. 4. Stein 39.
鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻nirvacana by Devar膩ja. Cs. 515. 516 (inc.). Gb. 20. 21. Rgb. 45 ([fragmentary]).

6) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攎ed. by So岣峢ala. Rgb. 927.

7) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攙ed膩峁単a. Ulwar 33.
鈥摆肠辞尘尘别苍迟补谤测闭 by Devar膩ja. Ulwar 35.

8) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攙ed膩峁単a. Ak 67. Bd. 72. Tb. 37. C. 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻bh膩峁a by Devar膩ja. Bc 446. 487.

9) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥攎ed. Bd. 897.
鈥攂y Kayadeva (?). Bd. 898.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥擺=苍颈-驳丑补峁囜弓耻] [from 苍颈-驳丑补峁囜弓补] m. a glossary (also -ka), Name of sub voce works.

2) [v.s. ...] (mostly [plural]) Name of the Vedic glossary explained by Y膩ska in his Nirukta

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�):鈥�(峁囜弓耻岣�) 2. m. A vocabulary.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (啶ㄠた啶樴ぃ啷嵿啷�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 峁唅驳丑补峁冡弓耻.

[Sanskrit to German]

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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

Nigha峁冡弓u (啶ㄠた啶樴啶熰) [Also spelled nighantu]:鈥�(nm) a classical Sanskrit name for a glossary; a Vedic lexicon.

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nighantu in Hindi refers in English to:鈥�(nm) a classical Sanskrit name for a glossary; a Vedic lexicon..鈥攏ighantu (啶ㄠた啶樴啶熰) is alternatively transliterated as Nigha峁冡弓u.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

峁唅驳丑补峁冡弓耻 (啶｀た啶樴啶熰) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: 狈颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻.

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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 corpus

Nigha峁冡弓u (嗖ㄠ部嗖樴矀嗖熰硜):鈥�

1) [noun] a book in which words of a language are arranged in a particular order, with their meanings, etymologies, synonyms, etc. expressed in either the same or another language; a lexicon; a dictionary.

2) [noun] the glossary of Vedic terms compiled by Y膩ska.

3) [noun] that which is certain or the quality or state of being so.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Pali-English dictionary

: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

苍颈驳丑补峁囜弓耻 (醼斸€€冡€忈€贯€嬦€�) [(pu) (醼曖€�)]鈥�
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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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