Nish, 狈颈艣腻, 狈颈艣, 狈颈艣a, 峁勀梗, Nis膩, Ni峁�, Nishe, Nisha, Nisa: 23 definitions

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In Hinduism
1. Vyakarana
2. Ayurveda
3. Jyotisha
4. Shaktism
5. Ganapatya
6. Purana
7. General definition
Biology
Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
3. Kannada
4. Nepali
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Nish means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Hindi, biology. 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.

The Sanskrit terms 狈颈艣腻 and 狈颈艣 and 狈颈艣a and 峁勀梗 and Ni峁� can be transliterated into English as Nisa or Nisha or Nis or Nish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

峁勀梗 (啶權啶粪).鈥擣em. afix 啶� (墨), which is udatta, applied to words in the class of words headed by 啶椸啶� (gaura), as also to noun bases ending in affixes marked with.mute 啶粪 (峁�), as also to words mentioned in the class headed by 啶す啷佮 (产补丑耻岣�) cf. P.IV.1.41-46.It is also added in the sense of 'wife of' to any word denoting a male person; cf. P. IV. 1. 48, and together with the augment 啶嗋え啷佮啷� (腻苍耻办) (啶嗋え啷� (腻苍)) to the words 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ, 啶掂ぐ啷佮ぃ (indra, 惫补谤耻峁嘺) etc e.g. 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啷€, 啶掂ぐ啷佮ぃ啶距え啶�, 啶さ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠた (颈苍诲谤腻峁嚹�, varu峁嚹宀詉, yavan腻苍i) meaning 'the script of the Yavanas' cf. P. IV. 1.49. It is also added words ending in 啶曕啶班啶� (办谤墨迟补) and words ending in 啶曕啶� (kta) and also to words expressive of ' limbs of body ' under certain conditions; cf. P.IV.1. 50-59 and IV. 1.61-65.

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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)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam鈥擯lant mutagenesis in ancient India

狈颈艣腻 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ) refers to the 鈥減owder of Curcuma longa鈥� and is used in various recipes for bio-organic manipulation of plants/flowers/fruits, according to the 痴峁沰峁Ｄ乱耻谤惫别诲补 by S奴rap膩la (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.鈥擣or example, while describing a recipe for manipulating the colour of flowers or fruits (on the tree): 鈥淭he white flowers of a tree turn into a golden colour if the tree is watered with a mixture of Curcuma longa powder [e.g., 狈颈艣腻], Butea monosperma, Gossypium herbaceum seed, Rubia cordifolia and the Symplocos racemosa 迟谤别别鈥�.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: archive.org: Vagbhata鈥檚 Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

狈颈艣i (啶ㄠた啶多た) refers to the 鈥渘ight鈥�, as mentioned in verse 5.29-31 of the 础峁ａ弓腻峁単补丑峁沝补测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (S奴trasth腻苍a) by 痴腻驳产丑补峁璦.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Of sour digestion and taste, constipating, heavy, (and) warming (are) curds [viz., dadhi]; Never shall one take them at night [viz., 苍颈艣颈], never warm, (and) not in spring, summer, and autumn (in any other season) not without mung-bean soup nor without honey nor without ghee and sugar nor without emblic myrobalans, also not continuously and not slightly unfinished鈥�.

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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.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

狈颈艣i (啶ㄠた啶多た) refers to the 鈥渘ight鈥�, according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] If, as some say, there be two R膩hus, when the moon is eclipsed by one of them at rising or setting how comes it we see the sun in the opposite point uneclipsed by the other R膩hu of equal motion? The truth is that in her own eclipse, the moon enters the shadow of the earth, and in that of the sun, the solar disc. Hence, the lunar eclipse does not commence at the western limb nor the solar at the eastern limb. Just as the shadow of a tree neither continues in the same direction nor of the same length, so changes the shadow of the earth, night after night [i.e., 苍颈艣颈] owing to the revolution of the sun鈥�.

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Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

狈颈艣i (啶ㄠた啶多た) refers to a 鈥渘ight鈥�, according to the Manth腻苍abhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淓arth, Water, and Fire as well as Wind and Space鈥攖hese are the five great sacred seats that give rise to Day and Night [i.e., div膩-苍颈艣颈]. (The seat named after) the syllable O峁� is the Earth Principle. Water is the venerable P奴r峁嘺giryaka. The Fire Principle is called J膩la. Wind is the venerable K膩mar奴paka. Space is said to be Tisra. The seats that have arisen from the Kula (the matrix of energies) are five. [...] Fire is above. Water is below. Slanted (to the side) above is Wind. Earth, in the middle, is the immobile Vidy膩 and Space is everywhere鈥�.

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Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩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.

Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - (Ganesha)

狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多) refers to the 鈥渘ight鈥� (suitable for the worship of Ga峁噀峁), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.18 (鈥淕a峁噀艣a crowned as the chief of Ga峁嘺s鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as 艢iva said to Ga峁噀艣a: 鈥淸...] The devotee shall keep awake at night (苍颈艣) and perform worship in the morning. After that the rites of formal dismissal with the mantra 鈥�k峁m膩ya punar膩gaman膩ya ca鈥� (For welfare and return again) shall be performed. The benediction as well as good wishes shall be received from the boy. In order to make the Vrata complete, handfuls of flowers shall be offered. [...]鈥�.

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Ganapatya (啶椸ぞ啶｀お啶む啶�, 驳腻峁嘺辫补迟测补) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Ganesha is revered and worshipped as the prime deity (ishta-devata). Being a minor though influential movement, Ganapatya evovled, llike Shaktism and Shaivism, as a separate movement leaving behind a large body of literature.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多) refers to the 鈥渘ight鈥� (when dreaming occurs), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.5.23 (鈥淥utraging the modesty of V峁沶d膩鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Sanatkum膩ra narrated to Vy膩sa: 鈥淎fter going to the city of Jalandhara, Vi峁ａ箛u thought of violating the chastity of V峁沶d膩. The foremost among those who wield illusion, he assumed a wonderful body and stationed himself in a park of the city. He made V峁沶d膩 see a dream. The gentle lady V峁沶d膩, the wife of Jalandhara, though of pure rites, had a very bad dream at night (苍颈艣) [tatpat苍墨苍颈艣颈 suvrat膩] on account of Vi峁ａ箛u鈥檚 power of illusion. [...]鈥�.

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

: Shodhganga: Temples and cult of Sri Rama in Tamilnadu (h)

Nisi or Adhayama refers to the time at 鈥渘ight鈥� (at about 9 PM).鈥擮ffering of water and food or tirtham and prasadam to the deities on the different occasions or specified hours of the day is an important item in the daily pujas. [...] While for the daily routine, only ordinary plain rice was offered, special food preparations were offered often on festival days. [...] The time meant for the daily rituals in Hindu temples are performed [for example, during Nisi].

Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Nis in India is the name of a plant defined with Triticum aestivum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zeia vulgaris var. aestiva (L.) Lunell (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Flora Taurico-Caucasica (1808)
· Taxon (2000)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Phytopathology (2005)
· Histoire des Plantes de Dauphin茅 (1787)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nis, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多).鈥�1 P. (苍别艣补迟颈) To lose oneself in abstract meditation, meditate upon.

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狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多).鈥�f. (This word is optionally substituted for 苍颈艣膩 in all cases after acc. dual; it has no forms for the first five inflections).

1) Night.

2) Turmeric.

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Ni峁� (啶ㄠた啶粪).鈥�1 膧. (苍别峁迟别) To moisten, wet.

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Nis (啶ㄠた啶膏).鈥�ind.

1) As a prefix to verbs it implies separation (away from, outside of), certainty, completeness or fulness, enjoyment, crossing over, transgressing &c.; (for examples see under (nir).

2) As a prefix to nouns, not directly derived from verbs, it forms nouns or adjectives, and has the sense of (a) 'out of', 'away from'; as in 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂え, 啶ㄠた啶粪啶曕啶多ぞ啶啶た (nirvana, 苍颈峁au艣膩mbi); or (b) more usually, 'not', 'without', 'devoid of' (having a privative force); 啶ㄠた啶冟ざ啷囙し (苍颈岣ヅ沞峁) 'without a remainder'; 啶ㄠた啶粪啶げ, 啶ㄠた啶班啶溹げ (苍颈峁hala, nirjala), &c. N. B. In compound the 啶膏 (s) of 啶ㄠた啶膏 (nis) is changed to 啶班 (r) before vowels and soft consonants (see nir), to a visarga before sibilants, to 啶多 (艣) before 啶氞 (c) and 啶涏 (ch), and to 啶粪 (峁�) before 啶曕 (k) and 啶 (p); cf. 啶︵啶膏 (dus).

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

峁唅艣 (啶｀た啶多).鈥擺峁噄艣a] r. 1st cl. (苍别艣补迟颈 pra峁噀艣ati) To meditate profoundly.

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峁唅峁� (啶｀た啶粪).鈥擺峁噄峁] r. 1st cl. (u) 峁噄峁 (苍别峁迟颈) To sprinkle, to shed as water.

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峁唅s (啶｀た啶膏).鈥擺(i) 峁噄si] r. 2nd cl. (ni峁僺te pra峁噄峁僺te) To kiss: the change of 峁嘺 after a preposition is optional in the derivatives. ad膩-aka-se峁� idit .

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狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多).鈥攆. (-苍颈峁�) 1. Night. 2. Turmeric. see 苍颈艣膩. nitar膩峁� 艣yati tan奴karoti vy膩p膩r腻苍艣o-ka-p峁涐梗o0 .

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Ni峁� (啶ㄠた啶粪).鈥擺(u) 苍颈峁] r. 1st. cl. (苍别峁迟颈) To sprinkle.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多).鈥� i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To meditate profoundly.

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狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多).鈥攑robably curtailed 苍颈艣膩, f. Night, [M腻苍avadharma艣膩stra] 9, 60.

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Ni峁� (啶ㄠた啶粪).鈥� i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To sprinkle. 苍颈峁峁単补 苍颈峁峁単补 i. e. ni-sa帽j + a m. A quiver, Mah膩bh膩rata 4, 1693.

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Nis (啶ㄠた啶膏).鈥攁dv. (ved.), and preposition, Outward, out, forth. I. Combined and compounded with verbs and their derivatives. Ii. Compounded with nouns, and implying: 1. Out of, e. g. nirvana, Being out of a forest, Mah膩bh膩rata 5, 863. 2. Negation, No, without, e. g. 苍颈谤补苍耻办谤辞艣补, 1. m. No compassion = mercilessness, [搁腻尘腻测补峁嘺] 4, 19, 21. 2. adj. Without mercy = merciless, 2, 34, 11 Gorr. 苍颈谤箩墨惫补, 1. m. Death, [Kath膩sarits膩gara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 17, 15. 2. adj. Without life, Mah膩bh膩rata 7, 1954.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多).鈥擺feminine] night.

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Nis (啶ㄠた啶膏).鈥擺preposition] out of, away from ([ablative]), mostly 掳鈥� as [preposition] or neg. [prefix] (cf. 2 a) in subst. & adj.

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

1) 狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多):鈥擺from 苍颈岣�] 1. 苍颈艣 for nis (q.v.) before c, ch.

2) Ni峁� (啶ㄠた啶粪):鈥擺from 苍颈岣�] a for nis (q.v.) before k, kh; p, ph.

3) Nis (啶ㄠた啶膏):鈥擺from 苍颈岣�] a ind. out, forth, away etc. (rarely used as an independent word e.g. [Atharva-veda vi, 18, 3; vii, 115, 3; xvi, 2, 1], but mostly as a prefix to verbs and their derivatives cf. 苍颈岣�- 鈭�办峁 etc. below, or to nouns not immediately connected with verbs, in which case it has the sense, 鈥榦ut of鈥�, 鈥榓way from鈥� cf. nirvana, 苍颈峁�-办补耻艣腻尘产颈 etc. or that of a privative or negative adverb = 3 a, 鈥榳ithout鈥�, 鈥榙estitute of鈥�, 鈥榝ree from鈥�, 鈥榰n-鈥� cf. nir-artha, nir-mala etc., or that of a strengthening particle 鈥榯horoughly鈥�, 鈥榚ntirely鈥�, 鈥榲ery鈥� cf. 苍颈丑-艣奴苍测补, 苍颈峁�-办别惫补濒补, 苍颈谤-尘耻峁囜笉补; it is liable to be changed to 苍颈岣�, nir, 苍颈艣, 苍颈峁�, and 苍墨; cf. above and below).

4) 狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多):鈥攁 for nis, in [compound] See p. 542, col. 3.

5) 2. 苍颈艣 [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] 苍别艣补迟颈, to meditate upon, be absorbed in meditation, [Dh膩tup膩峁環a xvii, 73.]

6) 3. 苍颈艣 f. (occurring only in some weak cases as 苍颈艣颈, 艣补蝉, 艣补耻, 艣辞蝉 [and 苍颈岣峛丑测补蝉, [P膩峁噄ni 6-1, 63]], for or with 苍颈艣膩, and [probably] connected with nak, nakta; cf. also dyu-, 尘补丑腻-) night, [Manu-sm峁泃i; Mah膩bh膩rata; Var膩ha-mihira; 艢akuntal膩] etc.

7) 苍颈艣颈苍颈艣颈, every night, [Manu-sm峁泃i iv, 129.]

8) Ni峁� (啶ㄠた啶粪):鈥�1. 苍颈峁� for nis in [compound] See p. 542, col. 3.

9) 2. 苍颈峁� [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] 苍别峁迟颈, to moisten, sprinkle, [Dh膩tup膩峁環a xvii, 49.]

10) Nis (啶ㄠた啶膏):鈥攂 See p. 543, col. 2.

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

1) 狈颈艣i (啶ㄠた啶多た):鈥擺from 苍颈艣] 1. 苍颈艣颈 [locative case] of 苍颈艣, in [compound]

2) [=苍颈-艣颈] 2. 苍颈-鈭毰沬 (for 1. See p.560) [Parasmaipada] -艣颈艣腻迟颈 (摆膧迟尘补苍别辫补诲补闭 p. -艣i艣腻苍a), to sharpen, whet;

2) 鈥攖o excite, strengthen;鈥攑repare or present (food etc.) for strengthening, [峁歡-veda] (cf. 苍颈-艣辞).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 峁唅艣 (啶｀た啶多):鈥�苍别艣补迟颈 1. a. To meditate profoundly, or abstractedly.

2) 峁唅峁� (啶｀た啶粪):鈥�苍别峁迟颈 a. To meditate closely.

3) 峁唅s (啶｀た啶膏):鈥擺(la, i-峁卆) ni峁僺te] 2. d. To kiss.

4) 狈颈艣 (啶ㄠた啶多):鈥�(苍颈峁�) 5. f. Night.

[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

狈颈艣i (啶ㄠた啶多た) [Also spelled nushi]:鈥�(nf) night; ~[kara] the moon; ~[cara] a demon, evil spirit; ~[dina] day and night; ~[惫腻蝉补谤补] see ~[dina].

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

狈颈艣i (嗖ㄠ部嗖多部):鈥�

1) [noun] the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise or actual period of darkness after the sunset and before the sunrise; night.

2) [noun] the quality or fact of being dark; blackness.

3) [noun] a person of black complexion or a thing that is black.

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狈颈艣i (嗖ㄠ部嗖多部):鈥擺adverb] along with; together with.

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Nisi (嗖ㄠ部嗖膏部):鈥擺noun] = 嗖ㄠ部嗖膏硢 [nise].

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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.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

狈颈艣腻 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ):鈥攏. night; adj. wandering at night;

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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.

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