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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Nimnaga (निम्नग) is the name of a Rāśi (zodiac sign) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Nimnaga).

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nimnagā (निम्नगा).—a river, a mountain-stream; उदधेरिव निम्नगाशतेष्व- भवन्नास्य विमानना क्वचित् (udadheriva nimnagāśateṣva- bhavannāsya vimānanā kvacit) R.8.8.

Nimnagā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nimna and gā (गा).

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

Nimnaga (निम्नग).—mfn.

(-gaḥ-gā-gaṃ) Deep, going deep. f.

(-gā) A river. E. nimna deep, and ga what goes. nimnaṃ gacchati gama-ḍa .

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

Nimnagā (निम्नगा).—i. e. nimna-ga (vb. gam), f. A river, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 22.

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

Nimnagā (निम्नगा).—[feminine] a river (going downwards).

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

Nimnagā (निम्नगा):—[=nimna-gā] [from nimna] f. ‘going downwards, descending’, a river, mountain-stream, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

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

Nimnaga (निम्नग):—[nimna-ga] (gaḥ-gā-gaṃ) a. Deep. f. A river.

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

Nimnagā (निम्नगा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiṇṇagā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nimnaga 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.

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Partial matches: Ga, Nimna.

Starts with: Nimnagama, Nimnagapati, Nimnagasuta, Nimnagata.

Ends with: Girinimnaga, Kulanimnaga, Naganimnaga, Suranimnaga.

Full-text: Suranimnaga, Naganimnaga, Nimnagapati, Nimnagasuta, Girinimnaga, Kulanimnaga, Ninnaga, Acchodan, Acchoda, Nicaga, Apaga, Raya, Ga.

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