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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A brahmin, whom Mallika sent to the Buddha to find out if it were true that the Buddha had said that loved ones brought morrow and tribulation. M.ii.108.

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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).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nālijaṅgha (नालिजङ्घ) or Nālījaṅgha (नालीजङ्घ).—a crow, raven.

Derivable forms: nālijaṅghaḥ (नालिजङ्घः), nālījaṅghaḥ (नालीजङ्घः).

Nālijaṅgha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāli and jaṅgha (जङ्घ).

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

Nālijaṅgha (नालिजङ्घ).—m.

(-ṅghaḥ) A raven or the carrion crow. E. nāli a tube, and jaṅghā the leg.

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

1) Nālijaṅgha (नालिजङ्घ):—[=nāli-jaṅgha] [from nāli > nāla] m. a crow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. nāḍī-j).

2) Nālījaṅgha (नालीजङ्घ):—[=nālī-jaṅgha] [from nāli > nāla] m. Name of a man, [Daśakumāra-carita]

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

Nālijaṅgha (नालिजङ्घ):—[nāli-jaṅgha] (ṅghaḥ) 1. m. A raven.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nalijangha in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nālījaṃgha (ನಾಲೀಜಂಘ):—

1) [noun] any bird having long, slender legs that look like a tube (as crane, raven, etc.).

2) [noun] a monkey.

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Nāḷījaṃgha (ನಾಳೀಜಂಘ):—

1) [noun] any bird having long, slender legs that look like a tube (as crane, raven, etc.).

2) [noun] a monkey.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Nali, Jangha.

Full-text: Nalikam, Nadijangha, Piyajatika Sutta.

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