Nihan: 7 definitions

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Nihan 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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nihan (निहन्).—2 P.

1) To kill, destroy; देवयजीन् निहन्मः (devayajīn nihanmaḥ) Bk. 2.34;6.1; R.11.71; Y.3.262.

2) To strike, hit; तानेव सामर्षतया निजध्नुः (tāneva sāmarṣatayā nijadhnuḥ) R.7.44; Manusmṛti 7.27.

3) To conquer, overcome; दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषमात्मशक्त्या (daivaṃ nihatya kuru pauruṣamātmaśaktyā) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.361.

4) To beat, strike (as a drum); कोणैर्भेर्यो निजघ्निरे (koṇairbheryo nijaghnire) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.2.

5) To counteract, oppose, render void, frustrate; वचसेव तयोर्वाक्यमस्त्रमस्त्रेण निघ्नतोः (vacaseva tayorvākyamastramastreṇa nighnatoḥ) R.12.92.

6) To cure (as a disease).

7) To disregard.

8) To remove, dispel; बद्धां बद्धां भित्तिशङ्काममुष्मिन्नावानावान्मातरिश्वा निहन्ति (baddhāṃ baddhāṃ bhittiśaṅkāmamuṣminnāvānāvānmātariśvā nihanti) Kirātārjunīya 5.36.

9) To strike in, infix.

1) (In gram.) To cut off, separate; अतिङन्तात् पदात् पदं तिडन्तं निहन्यते (atiṅantāt padāt padaṃ tiḍantaṃ nihanyate) Sk. on P.VIII.1.28, 29,3. -Caus. To kill, destroy.

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

Nihan (निहन्).—[ni-han], m. A destroyer, Mahābhārata 3, 740.

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

Nihan (निहन्).—strike in or down, hurl upon ([locative]); hit at, touch; attack, assail; slay, destroy, bring to nought.

Nihan is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and han (हन्).

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

1) Nihan (निहन्):—[=ni-√han] a [Parasmaipada] -hanti ([imperative] -jahi, [Ṛg-veda]; p. -ghna, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā] etc.; 3- sg. [Ātmanepada] -jighnate, [Ṛg-veda]; p. jighnamāna, [Mahābhārata]; [perfect tense] -jaghāna, [Ṛg-veda] etc.; 3. [plural] -jaghnur, nire, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]; [future] -haniṣyati, te, -haṃsyati, [Mahābhārata]; p. -haniṣyat, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] -hatya, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra] cf. a-nihatya; [infinitive mood] -hantave, [Ṛg-veda]; -hantum, [Rāmāyaṇa]),

—to strike or fix in, hurl in or upon or against ([locative case]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to make an attempt upon, attack, assail ([accusative] [locative case] or [genitive case]), [Atharva-veda; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata];

—to strike or hew down (also -mow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]), kill, overwhelm, destroy, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (also applied to planets, [Varāha-mihira]);

—to hit, touch ([literally] and [figuratively]), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ;

—to beat (a drum), [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to punish, visit, afflict, [Kāvya literature; Purāṇa];

—to attach to ([Passive voice] -hanyate, to be fixed upon, with [locative case]), [Atharva-veda];

—to drop, lower, let sink (hands, wings etc.), [Atharva-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā-prātiśākhya];

—to speak with the unaccented tone id est. with the Anudātta, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

— (in [arithmetic]) to multiply, [Āryabhaṭa] [commentator or commentary] [Causal] See ni-ghāta, taya.

2) [=ni-han] b m. a killer, destroyer (ifc.), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nihan (निहन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇihaṇa.

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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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