Alternative spellings of this word include Nimajjan.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Nimajjana (निमज्जन):—[nimajjanam] Sinks in water

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Nimajjana (निमज्जन) (Cf. Majjana) refers to “immersion”, according to Bhāskara’s Siddhāntaśiromaṇi (Golādhyāya, Yantrādhyāya, 8, pp. 366-367).—Accordingly, “A copper bowl, formed like a hemisphere, having a small hole at the bottom. The duration of a day and night divided by the number of immersions [i.e., nimajjana] [of this bowl] gives the measure of the water clock”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Shodhganga: Cidgagana candrika a study

Nimajjana (निमज्जन) refers to “entry into the independent soul”, according to a comparative analysis of the Divyacakorika and Kramaprakāśika commentaries on Kālidāsa’s Cidgaganacandrikā.—Accordingly, “[...] Śaktis also are different as per their grouping with respect to āveśa-nimajjana-vikāsa-nigurṇaṇa. Āveśa is Identity; Nimajjana is entry into the Independent soul; Vikāsa is Expansion towards Independence; Nighurṇaṇa is the oscillation towards expansion. Thus in the activities of the wise persons arises these varities of experiences”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Yoga Vasishtha Maharamayana

Nimajjana (निमज्जन) (Cf. Unmajjana) refers to the “sinking of the earth” [?], as mentioned in the Yogavasistha 6.26.—Accordingly, as Bhuśuṇḍa says to Vasiṣṭha: “[...] The earth has been sinking and rising repeatedly [i.e., unmajjana-nimajjana], since the great deluge, and I have been witnessing the submersion and immersion of things, and the perdition and reproduction of beings, without any change of the sedateness of my soul and mind. I never think of the past and future, my sight is fixed only on the present, and my mind sees the remote past and future as ever present before it. I am employed in the business that presents itself to me, and never care for their toil nor care for their reward. I live as one in sleep and solely with myself [= the state of kaivalya or solity]. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Triveni: Journal

Nimajjana (निमज्जन, “scattering”) refers to one of the three methods of disposing the dead, according to the Atharvaveda.—The Rgveda, the most sacred book of the Aryans, treats burial and burning as two legitimate methods for the disposal of dead. Some of the verses of the Rgveda distinctly refer to the practice of burial. According to Rgveda the Pitrs who dwell in heaven are those who have been burnt by fire and those who have been buried (Agni Dagdha and Anagni Dagdha). According to Sayana, the commentator of Veda, burial was an orthodox method of disposing the dead. Atharva Veda prescribes three methods of disposing the dead namely 1. burying 2. burning and 3. scattering (Nimajjana).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nimajjana (निमज्जन).—n S Drowning, sinking, immersion.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nimajjana (निमज्जन).—n Drowning, immersion.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nimajjana (निमज्जन).—Bathing, diving, plunging, sinking (lit. and fig.); दृङ् निमज्जनमुपैति सुधायाम् (dṛṅ nimajjanamupaiti sudhāyām) N.5.94; एवं संसारगहने उन्मज्जननिमज्जने (evaṃ saṃsāragahane unmajjananimajjane) Mb.

Derivable forms: nimajjanam (निमज्जनम्).

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

Nimajjana (निमज्जन).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Bathing. 2. Immersion. E. ni before, masja to bathe, bhāve lyuṭ aff.

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

Nimajjana (निमज्जन).—[ni-majj + ana], I. adj., f. nī, Absorbing, Mahābhārata 7, 897. Ii. n. Diving, immersion, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 1, 127.

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

Nimajjana (निमज्जन).—[neuter] diving, bathing.

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

1) Nimajjana (निमज्जन):—[=ni-majjana] [from ni-majj] mf(ī)n. causing a person ([genitive case]) to enter or plunge into (water etc.), [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] n. bathing, diving, sinking, immersion, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]

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

Nimajjana (निमज्जन):—[ni-majjana] (naṃ) 1. m. Idem.

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

Nimajjana (निमज्जन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇibuḍḍaṇa, Ṇimajjaṇa, Ṇumajjaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nimajjana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Nimajjana (निमज्जन) [Also spelled nimajjan]:—(nm) a dip; submersion; immersion; ~[jjita] submerged, immersed; sunken.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

Ṇimajjaṇa (णिमज्जण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nimajjana.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nimajjana (ನಿಮಜ್ಜನ):—

1) [noun] the act of plunging or the fact of being plunged.

2) [noun] a bathing.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Majjana, Ni.

Starts with: Nimajjanasthana.

Full-text: Unmajjana, Nimujjana, Nibuddana, Numajjana, Vatarajju, Avesha, Nimajjan, Vikasa, Majjana, Yathapi.

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