Nhana, Nhāna: 7 definitions
Introduction:
Nhana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Nhana in India is the name of a plant defined with Laggera pterodonta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Laggera purpurascens Sch. Bip. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1975)
· Genera Plantarum (1873)
· Contributions to the Botany of India (1834)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1873)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Nhana, for example chemical composition, side effects, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nhāna : (nt.) bathing; bath.
nhāna (နှာန) [(na) (န)]—
[nhā+yu．nīti,dhā．241．(snāna-saṃ,ṇāṇa-prā) nahānā+addha-māgadhī)]
[နှာ+ယု။ နီတိ၊ ဓာ။ ၂၄၁။ (သ္နာန-သံ၊ ဏာဏ-ပြာ) နဟာနာ+အဒ္ဓ-မာဂဓီ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
nhāna—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) ရေချိုးခြင်း။ (ခ) ရေသပ္ပါယ်ခြင်း။ (၂) ရေချိုးဆိပ်။ (၃) ရေချိုးကသယ်မှုန့်။ (၄) နှာနသိက္ခာပုဒ်။ (တိ) (၅) (က) ရေချိုးရာဖြစ်သော။ (ခ) ရေသပ္ပါယ်ရာဖြစ်သော။ (ဂ) ရေသွန်းလောင်းရာ ဖြစ်သော (အခါစသည်)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Bathing. (b) Showering. (2) Bathing area. (3) Bathing powder. (4) Nasal drops. (5) (a) Relating to bathing. (b) Relating to showering. (c) Relating to sprinkling water (and so on).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
nhāṇa (न्हाण).—& nhāṇaghara See nahāṇa & nahāṇaghara.
nhāṇa (न्हाण).—
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nhāṇa (न्हाण).—See under nāha.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Ṇhāṇa (ण्हाण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Snā.
Ṇhāṇa has the following synonyms: Ṇhā.
2) Ṇhāṇa (ण्हाण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Snāna.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+13): Nhana-gokharu, Nhanabhojanavela, Nhanacola, Nhanacunna, Nhanacunnamula, Nhanacunnamulaka, Nhanagandha, Nhanagata, Nhanaghamsa, Nhanaghara, Nhanakala, Nhanakicca, Nhanakotthaka, Nhanamalliya, Nhanamatta, Nhanamula, Nhanapariyosana, Nhanapatikkhepa, Nhanapinda, Nhanapokkharani.
Full-text (+27): Nhanapokkharani, Anuggaṇhana, Nhanasambhara, Nhanopakarana, Nhanatittha, Nhanacunna, Nhanamatta, Nhanodaka, Nhanagata, Nhanakicca, Nhanagandha, Nhanapatikkhepa, Nhanasuddhi, Nhanavatthu, Nhanavela, Nhanasataka, Nhanavatta, Nhanacola, Nhanamula, Nhanasuddhika.
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