Nidaghavarshika, Nidāghavārṣika, Nidagha-varshika: 2 definitions

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Nidaghavarshika 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.

The Sanskrit term Nidāghavārṣika can be transliterated into English as Nidaghavarsika or Nidaghavarshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nidāghavārṣika (निदाघवार्षिक).—a. (months) belonging to the hot and rainy season; निदाघवार्षिकौ मासौ लोकं घर्मांशुभिर्यथा (nidāghavārṣikau māsau lokaṃ gharmāṃśubhiryathā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.3.1.

Nidāghavārṣika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nidāgha and vārṣika (वार्षिक).

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

Nidāghavārṣika (निदाघवार्षिक):—[=ni-dāgha-vārṣika] [from ni-dāgha > ni-dah] mfn. (months) belonging to the hot and the rainy season, [Mahābhārata vii, 1311]

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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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