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 literature

Nagaṇa (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 book cover
context information

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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Nagaṇā (नगणा).—f.

(-ṇā) Heart pea, (Cordiospermum halieacabum.)

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

Nagaṇā (नगणा):—f. Cardiospemum Halicacabum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio] nagnā).

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

Nagaṇā (नगणा):—(ṇā) 1. f. Heart-pea.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nagana in German

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nagaṇa (ನಗಣ):—[noun] (pros.) a group consisting of three short syllabic instants (uuu); tribrach.

context information

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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