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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nihnuti (निह्नुति).—f.

1) Denial, concealment of knowledge; धन्यो हन्यत एव निह्नुतिपरः प्रेयान् रुदत्या हसन् (dhanyo hanyata eva nihnutiparaḥ preyān rudatyā hasan) Amaruśataka 9.

2) Dissimulation, reserve.

3) Secrecy, concealment in general.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nihnuti (निह्नुति).—f.

(-tiḥ) 1. Denial or concealment of knowledge, dissimulation, reserve, secrecy. 2. Hiding, concealment. E. ni before, hnu to secrete aff. ktin.

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

Nihnuti (निह्नुति).—[ni-hnu + ti], f. Concealment, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 8.

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

Nihnuti (निह्नुति).—[feminine] denial.

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

Nihnuti (निह्नुति):—[=ni-hnuti] [from ni-hnu] f. denial, dissimulation, reserve, secrecy, concealment, [Kāvya literature]

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

Nihnuti (निह्नुति):—[ni-hnuti] (tiḥ) 2. f. Idem.

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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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Partial matches: Hnuti, Ni.

Ends with: Vishayanihnuti.

Full-text: Vishayanihnuti.

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