Napini, Nāpinī: 1 definition
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Napini 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNāpinī (नापिनी).—woman of the barber caste: Divyāvadāna 370.1, 3. [Page293-a+ 71] One might be tempted to assume a misreading for Sanskrit nāpitī. But note Pali nahāminī, Pv iii.1.13, repeated in commentary 176.1 with gloss kappaka-jātikā. Our word looks like confirmation of Kern's conjecture, cited [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] s.v. nahāmin, that the Pali form stands for °pin(ī).
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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