Kanisha, Kaṇiśa: 12 definitions

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Kanisha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 term Kaṇiśa can be transliterated into English as Kanisa or Kanisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kanisha in India is the name of a plant defined with Eleusine coracana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cynosurus coracanus L. (among others).

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

· FBI (1897)
· Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (1965)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle d’Autun (1893)
· American Journal of Botany

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaṇiśa (कणिश).—n S An ear of corn.

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kaṇīsa (कणीस).—n (kaṇiśa S) An ear of corn gen. (rice and varī and, by some, wheat, excepted.) 2 The flour of Ketaki or Pandanus odoratissimus: also the bed of its petals. 3 The fruit-stalk of the Cocoanut. 4 A mass of boiled and kneaded rice-flour, prepared to be pressed through the utensil named śēvagā, suṛyā, or sōṛyā into strings or rolls like vermicelli and called karaḍai.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kaṇīsa (कणीस).—n An ear of corn.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṇiśa (कणिश).—An ear or spike of corn.

Derivable forms: kaṇiśaḥ (कणिशः), kaṇiśam (कणिशम्).

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

Kaṇiśa (कणिश).—n.

(-śaṃ) An ear or spike of corn. E. kaṇa small, &c. affix śa.

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

Kaṇiśa (कणिश):—[from kaṇ] m. an ear or spike of corn, [Kādambarī]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṇiśa (कणिश):—(śaṃ) 1. n. An ear of corn.

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

Kaṇiśa (कणिश) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kaṇisa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kanisha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Kaṇisa (कणिस) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kaṇiśa.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kaṇiśa (ಕಣಿಶ):—[noun] the grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant, esp. of corn; an ear.

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Kaṇiśa (ಕಣಿಶ):—[noun] = ಕಣಿಸ [kanisa]1.

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Kaṇisa (ಕಣಿಸ):—[noun] proper weight or value.

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Kaṇisa (ಕಣಿಸ):—[noun] = ಕಣಿಶ [kanisha]1.

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Kanisa (ಕನಿಸ):—[adjective] of the lowest quality or condition.

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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.

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