Nandimukha, Namdimukha, Nandi-mukha, Nandīmukha: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nandīmukha (नन्दीमुख)—Sanskrit word for a bird “comb-duck” (Sarkidiornis melanotos)?; (protuberance on beak); “āṭī”, “āti”; “āṭīmukha”. This animal is from the group called Plava (‘those which float’ or ‘those move about in large flocks’). Plava itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Ānupa (those that frequent marshy places).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख) refers to a “Śrāddha ceremony performed in memory of the Manes” (preliminary to any festive occasion such as marriage), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.39 (“The gods arrive at Kailāsa”).—Accordingly, as Viṣṇu said to Śiva: “[...] O Śiva, let the rites of your marriage with the daughter of the lord of mountains be performed according to the laws laid down in the Gṛhya Sūtras. The rites followed in your marriage, O Śiva, will become famous and be followed in the world. Please cause the construction of the altar and the Nāndīmukha according to family tradition. Thus you will be spreading your glory in the world, O lord”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Nandīmukha.—(CII 1), a species of water-birds. Note: nandīmukha is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
nāndīmukha (नांदीमुख).—n S nāndīśrāddha n S Oblations to the manes offered on festal occasions.
nāndīmukha (नांदीमुख).—n nāndīśrāddha n Oblations to the manes offered on festal occasions.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख).—a. (the class of manes or deceased ancestors) to whom the नान्दीमुख- श्राद्ध (nāndīmukha- śrāddha) is offered.
-kham, °श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) a Śrāddha ceremony performed in memory of the manes, preliminary to any festive occasion such as marriage &c.
-khaḥ the cover or lid of a well.
-khī a female ancestor entitled to a share in the above Śrāddha.
Nāndīmukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nāndī and mukha (मुख).
Nandīmukhā (नन्दीमुखा) or Nandī-mukhī.—adj. (compare AMg. nandi, the sound of a particular drum, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]), with rajanī or rātrī (= Pali nandimukhī), (the time at the end of night) just [Page290-b+ 71] before the beating of the (morning) drum, i.e., substantially, dawn; so Tibetan on Lalitavistara, rṅa brduṅ baḥi (of beating the drum) nam tshod tsam na (at the point of time of the night), for °khyāṃ rātrau; in phrase, rātryāṃ paścime yāme aruṇo- dghāṭanakālasamaye °khyāṃ rātrau Lalitavistara 345.20; 350.9; nearly the same, but °mukhāyāṃ rajanyāṃ, Mahāvastu i.229.6; ii.133.7; 284.16; 415.18; in Pali,…pacchime yāme uddhate aruṇe nandimukhiyā rattiyā Vin. i.288.12; ii.236.15 (commentary has an absurd etymological attempt to explain nandimukhī, 1287.1—2).
Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख).—m.
(-khaḥ) 1. The lid or cover of a well. 2. The class of male progenitors to whom the Nandi-mukha-shraddha is addressed. f. (-khī) A female ancestor sharing in the same. n.
(-khaṃ) 1. A species of the Sarkari, metre. 2. A Shraddha or funeral obsequies performed on joyous occasions, as initiation, marriage, &c. in which nine balls of meat are offered to the deceased father, paternal grandfather, and great grandfather; to the maternal grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather; and to the mother, paternal grandmother, and paternal great grandmother. E. nāndī good fortune, mukha principal.
Nandimukha (नन्दिमुख).—m. 1. epithet of Śiva, Mahābhārata 12, 10428. 2. a kind of water-fowl, [Suśruta] 1, 205, 13. 3. a kind of rice, ib. 1, 196, 2.
Nandimukha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nandi and mukha (मुख).
Nandīmukha (नन्दीमुख).—[masculine] [Epithet] of Śiva.
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Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख).—[feminine] ī showing a merry face, [masculine] [plural] a class of Manes; [feminine] ī [Name] of a metre.
1) Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—funeral obsequies on festive occasions. Oudh. Xix, 74. 76.
2) Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख):—[dharma] Oudh. Xx, 156. Xxi, 94. Xxii, 96.
1) Nandimukha (नन्दिमुख):—[=nandi-mukha] [from nandi > nand] m. a species of rice, [Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
3) Nandīmukha (नन्दीमुख):—[=nandī-mukha] [from nandī > nand] m. (cf. ndi-m) Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of water-bird, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
5) [v.s. ...] a species of rice, [Suśruta]
6) [v.s. ...] [plural] a kind of Manes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([wrong reading] for nāndī-m)
7) Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख):—[=nāndī-mukha] [from nāndī > nānda] mf(ī)n. having a cheerful face, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
8) [=nāndī-mukha] [from nāndī > nānda] m. [plural] (with or [scilicet] pitaras; also khaḥ pitṛ-gaṇah) a class of deceased ancestors to whom a [particular] Śrāddha, is offered (according to some the 3 ancestors preceding the great-grandfather), [Gṛhya-sūtra; Yājñavalkya; Purāṇa] etc.
9) [v.s. ...] m. = nāṇḍī-paṭa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) [=nāndī-mukha] [from nāndī > nānda] n. ([Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]) = -śrāddha n. a Śrāddha offered to a class of deceased ancestors (cf. above), [Catalogue(s)]
Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख):—[nāndī-mukha] (khaḥ) 1. m. Idem. n. A shrāddha on joyous occasions.
Nandimukha (नन्दिमुख):—(na + mukha) m.
1) wohl = nandīmukha (vgl. auch nadīmukha) eine Art Reis [Suśruta 1, 24, 8.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Rājataraṅgiṇī 7, 116.]
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Nandīmukha (नन्दीमुख):—(nandī viell. = nandi + mukha)
1) m. a) Beiname Śiva’s (Freude auf dem Gesichte habend) [Mahābhārata 12, 10428.] — b) ein best. Wasservogel [Suśruta 1, 205, 13.] viell. auch [Harivaṃśa 9585.] — c) eine Reisart [Suśruta 1, 196, 2.] Vgl. nandimukha, nadīmukha, nāndīmukhī . — d) pl. eine Art Manen [PĀRĀYAṆĪYA] bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 117.] Vgl. nāndīmukha . —
2) f. ī Schlaf (wobei das Gesicht Freude zeigt) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 313.]
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Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख):—(na + mukha)
1) adj. pitaraḥ eine Klasse von Manen [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 4.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 249.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 30, 5. 34, 109.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 297. 315] [?(vgl. Nalopākhyāna 3).] khaḥ pitṛgaṇaḥ ebend. In Verbindung mit śrāddha oder n. mit Ergänzung dieses Wortes ein diesen Manen geltendes Todtenopfer [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1127.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 445, Nalopākhyāna 1.] [Colebrooke I, 187,] [Nalopākhyāna] pitṝṇāṃ tena toyādi dadyānnāndīmukhādṛte [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 34, 105.] nāndīmukhī rātrī [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 81, 1] steht viell. auch hiermit in Verbindung. —
2) m. = nāndīpaṭa Brunnendeckel [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1092.] —
3) f. ī a) eine best. Körnerfrucht aus der Klasse der kudhānya [Suśruta 1, 197, 1. 9.] — b) ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ¯ , ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ ˘ ¯ ¯ [Colebrooke II, 161] [?(IX, 16). Chandomañjarī] in Berichte [?d. k. s. G. d. Ww. VI, 1854, S. 223.] — Vgl. nandīmukha.
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Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख):—
1) m. pl. (sc. pitaraḥ) [SAṂSK. K. 30,b,8. fgg.]
Nandimukha (नन्दिमुख):—m. —
1) eine Art Reis. —
2) Nomen proprium eines Mannes.
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Nandīmukha (नन्दीमुख):——
1) m. — a) Beiname Śiva's. — b) ein best. Wasservogel [Bhāvaprakāśa 2,5.] — c) eine Reisart. — d) Pl. eine Art Manen. Richtig nāndī. —
2) *f. ī Schlaf.
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Nāndīmukha (नान्दीमुख):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) ein fröhliches Gesicht zeigend (Stier) [Indische studien von Weber 15,149.] — b) in Verbindung mit rātri das Ende der Nacht , der Anbruch des Tages [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 441,14.447,11.] —
2) m. — a) Pl. Bez. bestimmter Manen [Gobhila's Śrāddhakalpa 4,] s. 9. [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,141,5.18.fgg.] Nach dem [Bramapurāṇa im Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭa’s Prayogaratna] die drei dem Urgrossvater vorangehenden Vorväter. Auch mukhāḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ. — b) *Brunnendeckel. —
3) f. ī — a) eine best. Körnerfrucht. — b) eine best. Metrum. —
4) n. = nāndīśrāddha [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,93,17.]
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Kannada-English dictionary
Nāṃdīmukha (ನಾಂದೀಮುಖ):—
1) [noun] the manes invocated before commencement of a marriage and other such occasions.
2) [noun] oblation offered to manes on such an occasion.
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Pali-English dictionary
nandimukha (နန္ဒိမုခ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[nandi+mukha．thī-nitea-mukhī]
[နန္ဒိ+မုခ။ ထီ-၌-မုခီ]
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