Naimishastha, Naimiṣastha: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Naimiṣastha can be transliterated into English as Naimisastha or Naimishastha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Naimiṣastha (नैमिषस्थ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—client of Rāmacandra, king of Ratnapura, elder brother of Bharata, son of Sūryadāsa, son of Śivadāsa, son of Śrīdharamālava: Karmadīpikā or Karmapradīpikā or Karmadīpikāpaddhati Vs.
—Parts of this are Ādhānapaddhati Oxf. 358^a ([fragmentary]). Ben. 15. NW. 14. Peters. 2, 174. Sūcīpattra. 80. Cayanapaddhati Ben. 3. Peters. 2, 172. Jyotiṣṭomapaddhati Peters. 2, 172. Prāyaścittapaddhati Io. 1360. Peters. 2, 172. Vājapeyapaddhati Io. 91 B. Suparṇacitipaddhati L. 1460. Kuṇḍākṛti and—[commentary], written in 1489. The same treatise bears the titles Kuṇḍamaṇḍapalakṣaṇa, Kuṇḍalakṣaṇa, Kuṇḍamaṇḍapavidhi, Kuṇḍamārtaṇḍa. Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyapaddhati.
—[commentary] on Kātyāyana’s Śulbapariśiṣṭa. Śulbavārttika. Quoted in the preceding commentary. Samarasāra and—[commentary]. Samarasārasaṃgraha.

Naimiṣastha has the following synonyms: Rāmacandra vājapeyin.

2) Naimiṣastha (नैमिषस्थ):—son of Sūryadāsa, grandson of Śivadāsa, pupil of Hirasvāmin: Ādhānapaddhati or Śrautādhānapaddhati. Peters. 4, 11. Stein 21. Kuṇḍākṛti and—[commentary] written in 1449. Yantraprakāśa and—[commentary].

Naimiṣastha has the following synonyms: Rāmacandra vājapeyin.

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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.

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