Hina, Hīna, Hiṅa: 28 definitions
Introduction:
Hina means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Heen.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Hīna (हीन):—Son of Sahadeva (son of Haryabala). He had a son named Jayasena. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.17.17)
Hīna (हीन).—(Ahīna)—a son of Sahadeva and father of Jayasena.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 17. 17.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Hīna (हीन) or Hīnadanta refers to “deficient (or lacking in) teeth” representing one of various undesirable characteristics in horses (haya/aśva), according to Āyurveda sections in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—The treatment pertains to horses was described in detail in Garuḍapuraāṇa Ācārakhaṇḍa the chapter entitled Gajāśvāyurveda.There are many types of horses but the horse, which does not possess one of the various features [e.g., Hīnadanta (deficient or lacking in teeth)], is considered as healthy and fit one. Such type of horses only useful for riding, wars and other purposes.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Hīna (हीन) or Hīnayoga refers to a “deficient balance (of the proportion of pāñcabhautika elements)” within the sprout Sprout/Seedling (praroha); it represents a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—When a seed (bīja) comes in contact with soil, it softens and swells. Next it manifests itself by striking a root (mūla) into the soil. And thus it completes the sprouting process along with a visible cotyledon (bījamātṛkā) and sometimes with primary leaf (bījapatra). Once the sprouting (praroha) takes place, the seedling draws its nourishment from bījamātṛkā. [...] As a result of any abormal seasonal variation or variation in the proportion of pāñcabhautika elements—either in lesser (hīna-yoga) or greater degree or even if present in an unbalanced manner [vā hīnātiyogamithyāyogācca],—seeds may be defective in their different parts. Accordingly, sprouts (praroha) will show defects in their respective parts.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Hīna (हीन):—Diminished
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Hīna (हीन) refers to “n. of an element of the capital § 3.19.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Hīna (हीन) (Cf. Rahita) refers to “without” (i.e., ‘being void of’), according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripurā oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “[The Goddess spoke]:—Tell me, O Maheśvara, how should the Yogin sexually approach the one who is called Māyā, who has neither form/beauty (rūpa-rahitā) nor a clan/noble family/body (kula-hīnā)? [Bhairava spoke]:—Listen to me, O Goddess, I shall teach you the extraordinary intercourse with Māyā. It is fruitful, O Maheśānī, and difficult to learn by others and Yogins without yogic Powers, O Suranāyakī”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Hīna (हीन) refers to “ridding oneself (of all desires)”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] Realising that suffering arises from nothing other than thinking, dropping all desires one rids oneself of it (hīna) [tayā hīnaḥ sukhī śāntaḥ sarvatra galitaspṛhaḥ], and is happy and at peace everywhere. Realising, ‘I am not the body, nor is the body mine. I am awareness’, one attains the supreme state and no longer remembers things done or undone. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
M (Bad, vile.)
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Hīna (हीन) refers to the “inferior” kind of discrimination, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, the Lord went on to speak these verses: ‘(35) Giving a gift with the same thought (samacitta) and same mind (samamanas), they give without the three [kinds of discrimination of] superior, mediocre, and inferior (hīna-madhya-viśiṣṭa). Since their intentions (āśaya) are pure and undefiled, they do not expect any reward (vipāka). [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Biology (plants and animals)
Hina in India is the name of a plant defined with Lawsonia inermis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rotantha combretoides Bak. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of West Pakistan (1975)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1890)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Indian J. Pharmacol. (2009)
· Harvard Papers in Botany (2005)
· Journal d’Agriculture Traditionelle et de Botanique Appliquée (1983)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Hina, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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
Pali-English dictionary
hīna : (pp. of hāyati) diminished; dwindled; wasted away. (adj.), low; inferior; base; despicable.
Hīna, (pp. of jahati) 1. inferior, low; poor, miserable; vile, base, abject, contemptible, despicable Vin.I, 10; D.I, 82, 98; S.II, 154 (hīnaṃ dhātuṃ paṭicca uppajjati hīnā saññā); III, 47; IV, 88, 309 (citta h. duggata); D.III, 106, 111 sq., 215 (dhātu); A.II, 154; III, 349 sq.; V, 59 sq.; Sn.799, 903 sq.; Nd1 48, 103, 107, 146; J.II, 6; Pv IV.127 (opp. paṇīta); Vv 2413 (=lāmaka VvA.116); Dhs.1025; DhsA.45; Miln.288; Vism.13; DhA.III, 163.—Often opposed to ukkaṭṭha (exalted, decent, noble), e.g. Vin.IV, 6; J.I, 20, 22; III, 218; VbhA.410; or in graduated sequence hīna (›majjhima)›paṇīta (i.e. low, medium, excellent), e.g. Vism.11, 85 sq., 424, 473. See majjhima.—2. deprived of, wanting, lacking Sn.725= It.106 (ceto-vimutti°); Pug.35.—hīnāya āvattati to turn to the lower, to give up orders, return to secular life Vin.I, 17; S.II, 231; IV, 191; Ud.21; A.III, 393 sq.; M.I, 460; Sn.p. 92; Pug.66; hīnāya vattati id. J.I, 276; hīnāy’āvatta one who returns to the world M.I, 460, 462; S.II, 50; IV, 103; Nd1 147.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
hīṇa (हीण).—n (hīna S) Alloy. 2 fig. Meanness or baseness: also a mean trait or feature; a failing, foible, blemish, or imperfection. Pr. rīṇa phiṭēla paṇa hīṇa phiṭata nāhīṃ.
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hīna (हीन).—a (S) Deficient or defective; that wants or is without (in a measure or utterly). Used abundantly in comp.--as dravyahīna, sampattihīna, buddhi- hīna, sāmarthyahīna, tējahīna, krauryahīna. Of such only the most current are inserted in order. 2 Base, low, vile, mean. hīna forms compounds of another class, very valuable, but not suitable to appear in order. Ex. hīnakula Of low family; hīnakauśalya Of poor or mean skill; hīnacāturya Of poor capacity; hīnadātṛtva Of scanty munificence or liberality; hīnabuddhi Of feeble understanding or judgement; hīnabhāgya Of poor fortune or destiny; hīnadravya, hīnavaktṛtva, hīnaśakti, hīnasāmarthya, hīnā- vasthā &c.
hīṇa (हीण).—n Alloy. Meanness; a failing.
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hīna (हीन).—a Deficient; that wants or is with- out. Base. f Emulation.
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
Hīna (हीन).—p. p. [hā-kta tasya naḥ ītvam]
1) Left, abandoned, forsaken &c.; यो वैश्यः स्याद् बहुपशुर्हीनक्रतुरसोमपः । कुटुम्बात् तस्य तद् द्रव्यमाहरेद्यज्ञसिद्धये (yo vaiśyaḥ syād bahupaśurhīnakraturasomapaḥ | kuṭumbāt tasya tad dravyamāharedyajñasiddhaye) || Manusmṛti 11.12.
2) Destitute or deprived of, bereft of, without; (with instr. or in comp.); तया (tayā) (saṃtatyā) हीनं विधातर्मां कथं पश्यन्न दूयसे (hīnaṃ vidhātarmāṃ kathaṃ paśyanna dūyase) R.1.7; गुणैर्हीना न शोभन्ते निर्गन्धा इव किंशुकाः (guṇairhīnā na śobhante nirgandhā iva kiṃśukāḥ) Subhāṣ.; so द्रव्य°, मति°, उत्साह° (dravya°, mati°, utsāha°) &c.; अन्नहीनो देहद्राष्ट्रं मन्त्रहीनस्तु ऋत्विजः । दीक्षितं दक्षिणाहीनो नास्ति यज्ञसमो रिपुः (annahīno dehadrāṣṭraṃ mantrahīnastu ṛtvijaḥ | dīkṣitaṃ dakṣiṇāhīno nāsti yajñasamo ripuḥ) Manusmṛti 11.4 (v. l.)
3) Excluded, shut out from (with abl.).
4) Decayed, wasted.
5) Deficient, defective; हीनातिरिक्तगात्रो वा तमप्यपनयेत्ततः (hīnātiriktagātro vā tamapyapanayettataḥ) Manusmṛti 3.242.
6) Subtracted.
7) Less, lower; हीनान्नवस्त्रवेषः स्यात् सर्वदा गुरु- संनिधौ (hīnānnavastraveṣaḥ syāt sarvadā guru- saṃnidhau) Manusmṛti 2.194; हीना हीनान् प्रसूयन्ते (hīnā hīnān prasūyante) 1.31.
8) Low, base, mean, vile.
9) Defeated (in a low-suit).
1) Lost, strayed from (a caravan).
-naḥ 1 A defective witness.
2) A faulty respondent; (Nārada enumarates five kinds:-anyavādī kriyādveṣī nopasthāyī niruttaraḥ | āhūtaprapalāyī ca hīnaḥ pañcavidhaḥ smṛtaḥ ||).
3) Substraction.
-nā A female mouse; cf. दीना (dīnā).
-nam Deficiency, want.
Hīna (हीन).—nt. (rare in Sanskrit and not in this precise meaning), the low; hīnāya, with āvartati (mss. vartati; = Pali hīnāya āvattati, once vattati according to text Jātaka (Pali) i.276.16), returns to the low = gives up monkish life, returns to the world: hīnāyāvartanti (mss. °yaṃ vart°) kāmehi Mahāvastu iii.47.14 (prose). Cf. hīnāyāvarta.
Hīna (हीन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1. Deficient, defective. 2. Blamable, mean, base, vile, bad. 3. Left, abandoned, quitted. 4. Wasted, worn, decayed. 5. Void of, free from. 6. Lower, less. m.
(-naḥ) An insufficient or objectionable witness. E. hā to quit, aff. kta .
Hīna (हीन).—[adjective] left, forsaken; excluded or shut out from, fallen short of ([ablative]); devoid or bereft of, free from, without ([instrumental], [ablative], [locative], °— or —°); inferior, less ([opposed] adhika); low, base, mean; incomplete, deficient, wanting. Abstr. tā† [feminine], tva† [neuter]
1) Hīna (हीन):—[from hā] a mfn. left, abandoned, forsaken, [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] left behind, excluded or shut out from, lower or weaker than, inferior to ([ablative]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] left out, wanting, omitted, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] defeated or worsted (in a lawsuit), [Yājñavalkya]
5) [v.s. ...] deficient, defective, faulty, insufficient, short, incomplete, poor, little, low, vile, bad, base, mean, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc.
6) [v.s. ...] bereft or deprived of, free from, devoid or destitute of, without ([instrumental case] [ablative] [locative case] [accusative], or [compound]; prāṇair hīnaḥ, ‘bereft of breath or life’; mantrād or mantrato h, ‘devoid of sacred knowledge’), [Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] lost or strayed from (a caravan), [Pāṇini i, 4, 23; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
8) [v.s. ...] brought low, broken down in circumstances, [???]
9) [v.s. ...] m. a faulty or defective witness (of five kinds, viz. anya-vādin, kriyā-dveṣin, nopasthāyin, nir-uttara, āhūta-prapalāyin), [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]]
10) [v.s. ...] subtraction (= = vyavakalana), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
11) [v.s. ...] Mesua Ferrea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) Hīnā (हीना):—[from hīna > hā] f. a female mouse ([wrong reading] for dīna), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) Hīna (हीन):—[from hā] n. deficiency, want, absence (velā-hīne ‘before the right time’, ‘unseasonably’), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā; Yājñavalkya]
14) Hina (हिन):—[from hi] a ind. for, because (= 2. hi), [Ṛg-veda vi, 48, 2.]
15) b See under 2. hi p. 1297, [column] 3.
16) Hīna (हीन):—b etc. See p. 1296, col. 2.
Hīna (हीन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] Forsaken, bereft; abandoned, vile; deserted; wasted; defective.
Hina (हिन):—indecl. = 2. hi. sa hi.āyamasma.uḥ [Ṛgveda 6, 48, 2.]
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Hīna (हीन):—(partic. von 2. hā)
1) adj. = tyakta u.s.w. [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 56.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1475.] = garhya und ūna [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 18, 130.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 26.] = kadarya [Halāyudha 2, 192.] a) verlassen: jā.ā tapyate kita.asya hī.ā [Ṛgveda 10, 34, 10.] — b) zurückbleibend hinter, zurückgesetzt, untergeordnet, niedriger stehend, nachstehend: sa hīna ivāmanyata er sah, dass er sich nicht messen könne, [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 14, 5, 15.] yo hīna ānujāvara iva syāt [16, 4, 2. 17, 1, 2. 20, 11, 4.] der linke Fuss [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 12, 3.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 5, 12, 3.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 11.] yo vai puṇyo hīno nuprepsuḥ syāt herabgekommen [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 10, 2, 2.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 22, 2, 19.] von Personen, die dem Stande oder der Bildung nach niedriger stehen, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 86.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 5, 7.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 107. 4, 245. 10, 31.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 168. 289.] [Spr. (II) 5629. 6544. 7402. 7405.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 12.] [BṚH. 20, 4.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 125, 12.] sthānena [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 113, 16.] dhanahīno na hīnaḥ, vidyāratnena yo hīnaḥ sa hīnaḥ sarvavastuṣu [Spr. (II) 3057.] jāti [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 15.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 43.] [Spr. (II) 1468.] varṇa [5170.] buddhi, guṇa [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 113, 16.] schwächer: śatru [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 347.] [Spr. (II) 7613.] daṇḍo hīneṣu pātyaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 81, 39.] unterlegen im Process [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 16. 18.] mit abl. niedriger stehend als, Jmd untergeordnet [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 4, 86, Scholiast] schlimmer als [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 121, 18.] geringer als: hīnādhikaṃ svamānāt [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 15.] hīnatara schlechter: loka [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 2, 10.] — c) unvollständig, mangelhaft, ungenügend, fehlend, mangelnd, unterblieben: yaddhīnaṃ yajñasya [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 1, 8, 6.] [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 2, 7. 8.] hīne pāde wenn der Pāda unvollständig angegeben ist [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 1, 1, 18.] hīnātiriktagātra [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 242.] cakṣus [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 64, 9.] vyañjanā [10.] rūpā, sattvā [5, 13, 69.] vīrya [Spr. (II) 6058.] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 1, 29.] darśanasāmarthya [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 219.] saṃmārjana [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 33, 20.] yajña [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 12.] karman [16.] [Mahābhārata 6, 2917.] kriya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 7.] pratijñā [Mahābhārata 7, 2834.] [Harivaṃśa 6691. 8122.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 109, 8.] śvāsanāda [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 1, 43.] svara lautlos [Suśruta 2, 262, 1.] svaratā [1, 118, 8.] mantro hīnaḥ svarataḥ varṇato vā mangelhaft in Bezug auf [ŚIKṢĀ 52.] hīnodgata nicht ganz hervorgedrungen [Suśruta 1, 301, 7.] tarpita ungenügend — [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 13, 45.] — d) überh. unter dem normalen Maasse u. s. w. zurückbleibend, klein, gering, wenig, schlecht u. s. w.: hīnānnavastraveṣa [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 194.] mūlya [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 168.] lakṣaṇāni [Mahābhārata 3, 2784.] hīnāyus [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 8, 2.] hīnaṃ vidmaḥ [Spr. (II) 868.] carita [?5815. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 4, 32. 26, 10. 47, 8. 61, 9. Hemacandra Yogaśāstra 4, 13.] uttama, hīna, sama [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 107.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 68, 105.] hīna, madhyama, uttama [26, 7.] hīna, madhyama, jyeṣṭha [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 1, 6.] hīnātiriktakāle zu früh oder zu spät [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 25. 46, 52.] hīnādhike (sc. kāle) dass. [42, 5.] ahīna vorzüglich [69, 3.] [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 13.] — e) ermangelnd, ohne seiend, beraubt —, frei von; die Ergänzung α) im instr. [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 89.] vedayajñaiḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 183. 8, 57.] puruṣakāreṇa [232.] phenabudbudaiḥ [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 20.] pitṛmātṛsutabhrātṛśvaśrūśvaśuramātulaiḥ [86.] vidyātapobhyām [202.] tvayā [Mahābhārata 1, 6162. 3, 2671. 2673.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 64, 36. 66, 22.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 53, 26. 3, 51, 40. 4, 9, 7.] [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 70.] [Spr. (II) 1077. 2066. 3057. 4781. 5157. 5337. 6640. 7531.] ṣaḍbhirhīnā catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 5. 10. 67.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 14, 21.] — β) im abl.: prajananāt [Mahābhārata 1, 4676.] rājavarāt [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 103, 8.] sukhāt, rājavaṃśāt [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 7, 21.] śaucāt [Spr. (II) 1834.] mantrataḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 65.] — γ) im loc.: dharmārthayoḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 106, 11.] netrayoḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 13, 30.] — δ) im acc.: tāmāśām [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 64, 5.] — ε) im comp. vorangehend: bala [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3, 2, 4.] aṅga [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 5.] [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 89.] ācāra [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 165.] vidyā, jāti [4, 141. 158. 7, 148. 9, 89. 10, 35.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 160.] [Mahābhārata 1, 6154. 3, 2215. 16800.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 66, 22. 103, 15. 5, 13, 69.] [Suśruta 2, 223, 3.] [NYĀYAS. 1, 2, 44.] [Spr. (II) 70. 2055. 2675. 2768. 3057. 3908. 4374. 5157. 5795. 5950. 6057. 6157. 6503. 7037.] velāhīne parvaṇi so v. a. vor der Zeit eintretend [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 24. 43, 50. 47, 4. 53, 12. 27. 37. fg. 58, 27. 67, 9. 68, 11. 69, 21. 79, 9. 81, 12. 19. 82, 10. 96, 12.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 25, 10.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 8. 2, 6, 2, 26. 3, 2, 9.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 150. 535.] [Hitopadeśa 10, 20. 17, 18.] rudate cāśruhīnam adv. [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 25, 12.] —
2) f. ā [Hārāvalī 267] fehlerhaft für dīnā das Weibchen einer Maus. —
3) n. = hīnatā Mangel: aṅgahīnādi [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 3, 163.] velāhīne so v. a. zu ungehöriger Zeit [2, 168.] — Vgl. 2. a, dvi, bala, padahīnāt .
Hīna (हीन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Hīṇa.
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
1) Hinā (हिना):—(nf) myrtle.
2) Hīna (हीन) [Also spelled heen]:—(a) inferior, worthless, deficient; used as the second member in compound words to mean devoid or divested of; ~[karma/~karmā] one involved in low deeds, vicious; ~[kula] low-born; —[granthi] inferiority complex; ~[carita] vicious, wicked, immoral; ~[tā/~tva] inferiority; deficiency; •[granthi] see —[graṃthi; —pakṣa] weak side; weak aspect; ~[bala/vīrya] emasculated, impotent; feeble; ~[buddhi/mati] a stupid, nitwit; —[bhāvanā] inferiority complex, feeling of inferiority.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Hīṇa (हीण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Hīna.
2) Hīṇa (हीण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Hrīṇa.
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
Hīna (ಹೀನ):—
1) [adjective] vulgar; coarse; debased; undignified; low.
2) [adjective] morally base or evil; wicked; depraved; sinful; vile.
3) [adjective] not having; bereft.
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Hīna (ಹೀನ):—
1) [noun] a wicked thing or act.
2) [noun] a depraved, wicked man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Hiṅa (हिङ):—n. asafoetida;
2) Hīna (हीन):—adj. low; vile; inferior; degraded; base; contemptible;
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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