Nihari, Nīhari, Nīhārī: 6 definitions
Introduction:
Nihari means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Nīhārī (नीहारी) is the name of a Deity associated with the syllable “nī” of the Devīhṛdayamantra (Goddess’ heart mantra): one of the four major mantras in the Cakrasaṃvara tradition, as taught in the eighth chapter of the 9th-century Herukābhidhāna and its commentary, the Sādhananidhi. The thirteen letters constituting the mantra are transformed in meditation into thirteen deities. All these female deities [viz., Nīhārī] have their male consorts who resemble their consort female deities in appearance and are in sexual union with them.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nīhari : (aor. of nīharati) took out; drove away; stretched out.
nīhari (နီဟရိ) [(kri) (ကြိ)]—
[nī+hara+a+ī]
[နီ+ဟရ+အ+ဤ]
[Pali to Burmese]
nīhari—
(Burmese text): (၁) ထုတ်ဆောင်-ဆောင်ယူ-ပြီ။ (၂) ထုတ်ဖော်ယူပြီ။ (၃) ထုတ်ပယ်-ဖယ်ရှား-ပယ်စွန့်-ပြီ။ (၄) ထုတ်-နှုတ်-ပြီ၊ ကိုက်ထုတ်ပြီ။ (၅) နှင်ထုတ်ပြီ။ နီဟရတိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Issued - to take - done. (2) Disclosed - done. (3) Repealed - removed - discarded - done. (4) Extracted - stated - done, hit and extracted done. (5) Released done. Look at the accompanying context.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Nīhārī (नीहारी):—Adv. kar in Nebel verwandeln [Mahāvīracarita 73,5.]
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Ṇīhāri (णीहारि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nirhārin.
2) Ṇīhāri (णीहारि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nirhrādin.
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)
Partial matches: Hara, Mi, I, A, Ni.
Starts with (+6): Niharia, Niharika, Niharike, Niharikri, Niharim, Niharima, Niharimha, Niharimsu, Niharin, Niharissama, Niharissami, Niharissanti, Niharissati, Niharitabba, Niharitasutta, Niharittha, Niharitukama, Niharitum, Niharitva, Niharitvana.
Full-text: Niharim, Niharikri, Nirharin, Nirhradin, Nillaccheti, Niharati, A nan tuo mu qu ni he li, Abbuhati, Devihridayamantra.
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