Nihnavavadin, Nihnavavādin, Nihnava-vadin: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNihnavavādin (निह्नववादिन्).—m. a defendant or witness who prevaricates or gives evasive replies.
Nihnavavādin is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nihnava and vādin (वादिन्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNihnavavādin (निह्नववादिन्).—m. (-dī) A defendant or witness who prevaricates or tries to hide the truth. E. nihnava and vādin who speaks.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNihnavavādin (निह्नववादिन्):—[=ni-hnava-vādin] [from ni-hnava > ni-hnu] m. a defendant or witness who prevaricates or tries to hide the truth, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNihnavavādin (निह्नववादिन्):—[nihnava-vādin] (dī) 5. m. A prevaricating witness, or defendant.
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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Partial matches: Nihnava.
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