Meghanirghosha, Meghanirghoṣa, Megha-nirghosha: 8 definitions

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Introduction:

Meghanirghosha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Meghanirghoṣa can be transliterated into English as Meghanirghosa or Meghanirghosha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष).—thunder.

Derivable forms: meghanirghoṣaḥ (मेघनिर्घोषः).

Meghanirghoṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms megha and nirghoṣa (निर्घोष).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष).—m.

(-ṣaḥ) The muttering or grumbling of clouds, low or distant thunder. E. megha a cloud, and nirghoṣa sound, noise.

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

Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष).—[adjective] = [preceding] 2.

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

1) Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष):—[=megha-nirghoṣa] [from megha] m. the rumbling of cl°, thunder, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] mfn. sounding like thunder, [Mahābhārata]

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

Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष):—[megha-nirghoṣa] (ṣaḥ) 1. m. The grumbling of clouds, distant thunder.

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

Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष):—1. (megha + ni) m. Donner [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 10.] gāmbhīrya [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 65, v. l.]

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Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष):—2. (wie eben) adj. donnerähnliche Töne hervorbringend, laut schallend, tönend, brüllend [Mahābhārata 3, 2862]; vgl. meghadundubhinirghoṣa [1, 8036.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष):—1. m. Donner.

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Meghanirghoṣa (मेघनिर्घोष):—2. Adj. = ^2. meghanāda 1).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Mēghanirghōṣa (ಮೇಘನಿರ್ಘೋಷ):—[noun] = ಮೇಘನಾದ - [meghanada -] 1.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

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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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