Nishandha, 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑腻, 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补, Nisha-andha, Nishamdha: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑腻 and 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 can be transliterated into English as Nisandha or Nishandha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
: WorldCat: R膩j nigha峁囜弓u狈颈艣腻苍诲丑腻 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぞ) is another name for 闯补苍迟耻办腻, a medicinal plant possibly identified with Ferula foetida (asafoetida) from the Apiaceae or 鈥渃elery鈥� family of flowering plants, according to verse 3.126-129 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or R膩janigha峁囜弓u. The third chapter (驳耻岣嵟玞测腻诲颈-惫补谤驳补) of this book contains climbers and creepers (惫墨谤耻诲丑). R. N. So岣峢al considers 闯补苍迟耻办腻 as Hi峁単u (Ferula foetida Regel Umbelliferae/Apiaceae). Raghuv墨r Pras膩da Trived墨 considers 闯补苍迟耻办腻 a parasitic creeper (惫峁沰峁谤耻丑腻); the fruits are like Kapikacchu, thus he identifies it with Cuscuta chinensis Lank. (Convolvulaceae), a plant used in Vietnam as Tho ty tu. Chopra identifies 闯补苍迟耻办腻 with Garcinia lucida Roxb. Vaidyaka 艢abda Sindhu equates it with L膩k峁Ｄ�. Together with the names 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑腻 and 闯补苍迟耻办腻, there are a total of twenty-one Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥�a. blind at night.
-苍诲丑腻 the creeper called 啶溹い啷佮啶� (箩补迟耻办腻).
狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 苍颈艣腻 and andha (啶呧え啷嵿ぇ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-ndha岣�-苍诲丑腻-ndha峁�) Blind at night. E. 苍颈艣腻, and andha blind.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺from 苍颈艣腻 > ni艣] mfn. (艣腻苍诲丑补) blind at n掳, [Var膩ha-mihira]
2) 狈颈艣腻苍诲丑腻 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶оぞ):鈥擺=苍颈艣腻-苍诲丑腻] [from 苍颈艣腻ndha > 苍颈艣腻 > ni艣] f. a species of creeper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasi峁僪a, hal膩yudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥擺苍颈艣腻+ndha] (ndha岣�-苍诲丑腻-ndha峁�) a. Blind at night.
[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 dictionaryNi艣膩峁僤ha (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶傕ぇ) [Also spelled nishandh]:鈥�(a) night-blind; ~[迟腻] night-blindness.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNi艣膩峁僤ha (嗖ㄠ部嗖多簿嗖傕钵):鈥擺noun] a man having imperfect vision in the dark or in dim light.
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狈颈艣腻苍诲丑补 (啶ㄠた啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶�):鈥攁dj. blind at night;
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: Nish, Andha, Nica, Nikaya.
Starts with: Nishamdhate.
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