Nighantu, Nighaṇṭu, Nighamtu: 18 definitions

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Nighantu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

In Hinduism

Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)

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

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु) is the earliest lexicon generally ascribed to Sakalya, containing a collection of Vedic words arranged in several groups. Yāska gives the derivation of the word nighaṇṭu as given by Upamanyu. The lexicon has five chapters. The first three comprise the nighaṇṭukakāṇḍa dealing synonyms, the fourth is naigamakāṇḍa dealing with homonyms and the fifth one is the daivatakāṇḍa, 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 (कोश, kośa) 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.

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु).—A 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. निघण्टवः कस्मात् । निगमा इमे भवन्ति । छन्दोभ्यः समाहृत्य समाहृत्य समाम्नातास्ते निगन्तव एव सन्तो निगमनान्निघण्टव उच्यन्ते इत्यौपमन्यवः । अपि वा आहननादेव स्युः (nighaṇṭavaḥ kasmāt | nigamā ime bhavanti | chandobhyaḥ samāhṛtya samāhṛtya samāmnātāste nigantava eva santo nigamanānnighaṇṭava ucyante ityaupamanyavaḥ | api vā āhananādeva syuḥ) | समाहता भवन्ति । यद्वा समाहृता भवन्ति (samāhatā bhavanti | yadvā samāhṛtā bhavanti) (Nir.I.1) where the word is derived from गम् (gam),or हन् (han) or हृ (hṛ). The word निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) is taken as synonymous with निगम (nigama) by Durgacarya.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) 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)

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

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु) refers to a tradition of Ayurvedic literature.—Nighaṇṭu 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. Rājanighaṇṭu explains the importance of Nighaṇṭu as—“A physician without the knowledge of nighaṇṭu, a scholar without the knowledge of grammar and a soldier without weapons, all these three are laughed at in this world”. From this statement it is clear that the knowledge of nighaṇṭu is indispensable for a physician.

The early Nighaṇṭus like Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu, Paryāyaratnamālā, Nighaṇaṭuśeṣa, Abhidhānaratnamālā and Mādhavadravyaguṇa give only the synonyms of food items and medicines. But the later Nighaṇṭus like Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu, Madanapālanighaṇṭu, Rājanighaṇṭu, Kaiyadevanighaṇṭu and Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu add the properties, reaction of the physique to them and uses of food items and medicines. [...] These Nighaṇṭus have a detailed description of almost all of the food substances as well as medicinal substances. The study of these Nighaṇṭus will make more easy to the study of Ayurvedic treatises also.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—Lexicon; Texts containing various information of medicinal substances like synonyms, pharmacological properties and actions.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda 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)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Nighaṇṭu 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 kośa of Sanskrit literature. Particular collections are also called nighaṇṭava.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

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

nighaṇṭu (निघंटु).—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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु).—

1) A vocabulary or glossary of words.

2) Particularly the glossary of Vedic words explained by Yāska, in his Nirukta.

Derivable forms: nighaṇṭuḥ (निघण्टुः).

See also (synonyms): nighaṇṭa.

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

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु).—m.

(-ṇṭuḥ) A vocabulary, a collection of words or names.

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

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु).—[masculine] vocabulary, [plural] T. of the Vedic glossary explained by Yāska.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Dhanaṃjayanighantu, Dhanvatarinighaṇṭu.

2) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—a vaidic glossary belonging to the so-called Vedāṅga. 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.
—[commentary] B. 1. 204. Np. Ii, 6.
—[commentary] Nighaṇṭunirvacana by Devarāja. Io. 1134. B. 1, 204. Ben. 1. Haug. 43. NW. 16. Np. Vi, 4. Burnell. 2^b. P. 20.
—[commentary] by Skandasvāmin. Quoted by Devarāja.

Nighaṇṭu has the following synonyms: Naighaṇṭuka.

3) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—a second name of the Hṛdayadīpaka by Vopadeva. W. p. 303.

4) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—med. Rādh. 32. [Oudh 1876-1877], 32. Sb. 289.
—by Rādhākṛṣṇa. Rādh. 32.

5) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—the well-known Vedāṅga. Cu. add. 2428. Gb. 19. Peters. 4, 2. 4. Stein 39.
—[commentary] Nighaṇṭunirvacana by Devarāja. Cs. 515. 516 (inc.). Gb. 20. 21. Rgb. 45 ([fragmentary]).

6) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—med. by Soḍhala. Rgb. 927.

7) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—vedāṅga. Ulwar 33.
—[commentary] by Devarāja. Ulwar 35.

8) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—vedāṅga. Ak 67. Bd. 72. Tb. 37. C. Nighaṇṭubhāṣya by Devarāja. Bc 446. 487.

9) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—med. Bd. 897.
—by Kayadeva (?). Bd. 898.

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

1) Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—[=ni-ghaṇṭu] [from ni-ghaṇṭa] m. a glossary (also -ka), Name of sub voce works.

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

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

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु):—(ṇṭuḥ) 2. m. A vocabulary.

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

Nighaṇṭu (निघण्टु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇighaṃṭu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nighantu 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nighantu in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a classical Sanskrit name for a glossary; a Vedic lexicon..—nighantu (निघंटु) is alternatively transliterated as Nighaṃṭu.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Ṇighaṃṭu (णिघंटु) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nighaṇṭu.

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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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nighaṃṭu (ನಿಘಂಟು):—

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 Yāska.

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.

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