Nagana, Nagaṇa: 7 definitions
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Nagana 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.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureNagaṇa (नगण) refers to one of the eight gaṇas used in Sanskrit metrics (chandas) with which Nañjuṇḍa associated the following:
Gaṇapratīka: Sarvalaghu;
Devatā: Svarga;
Svara: Ṣaḍja;
Varṇa: Sita;
Gotra: Vasiṣṭha;
Rasa: Adbhuta;
Phala: Jīvita;
Nakṣatra: Antyatārā (Revatī);
Yoni: Gaja;
Rāśi: Jhaṣa (Mīna);
Gaṇa: Deva;
Kheṭa: Guru;
Yāma: Aṣṭama;
Vāsa: Palāśādigbhāga;
Kula: Vipra;
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNagaṇā (नगणा).—f.
(-ṇā) Heart pea, (Cordiospermum halieacabum.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNagaṇā (नगणा):—f. Cardiospemum Halicacabum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio] nagnā).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNagaṇā (नगणा):—(ṇā) 1. f. Heart-pea.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNagaṇa (ನಗಣ):—[noun] (pros.) a group consisting of three short syllabic instants (uuu); tribrach.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+18): Nagana-gadde, Naganabha, Naganadi, Naganaga, Naganagara, Naganage, Naganagota, Naganaiya, Naganakshatra, Naganam, Naganamaka, Naganaman, Naganamukkorai, Naganana, Nagananarayana, Nagananda, Naganandini, Naganandiya, Naganasa, Naganasoru.
Ends with: Agananagana, Anganagana, Aparimitagunagana, Dinagana, Ganagana, Gunagana, Kanakana, Mesinagana, Millettia sanagana, Nanagana, Pishacanagana, Pishachanagana, Shobhanagana, Svastyayanagana, Takmanashanagana, Unagana, Uttanagana, Varnagana.
Full-text: Nagan, Nagana-gadde, Narumpicin, Nagna, Vannatti, Arnava, Arya, Nakam.
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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 6.2 - Metres Employed in the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Part 6.1 - Definition of Chandas (metres) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Annadatri-carita (study) (by Sarannya V.)
6. Poetic Beauty (a): Metre (Vritta) < [Chapter 3 - An Introduction to Annadatri-carita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 332 - The metres of un-equal characteristics in the four quarters (viṣama)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter III - Pathology of the diseases of the eye-lids < [Canto I - Shalakya-tantra (ears, eyes, nose, mouth and throat)]
Dramaturgy in the Venisamhara (by Debi Prasad Namasudra)
Vṛttas (syllabic metres) < [Chapter 4 - Dramaturgy in Veṇīsaṃhāra]