Nisadana, Nisādana, Nishadana, Niṣadana: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Niṣadana can be transliterated into English as Nisadana or Nishadana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāNiṣadana (निषदन) refers to “sitting (on the place of awakening)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, son of good family, is the recollection of gods (devānusmṛti), which is authorized by the Lord for Bodhisattvas? [...] Further, the Bodhisattvas who are hindered by only one birth, and who dwell in the Tuṣita Heaven recollect ten qualities as the summit What are those ten qualities? [...] (6) the way into unattached knowledge [as the summit] of all knowledges; (7) the knowledge of understanding superior, mediocre, and inferior [as the summit] of all his faculties; (8) following the knowledge of light [as the summit] of power and fearlessness; (9) the sight of the Buddha, seeing all qualities of the Buddha as being in the palm of his hand, [as the summit] of all kinds of sights ; (10) the perfect awakening through insight associated with a moment of thought [as the summit] after sitting on the place of awakening (bodhimaṇḍa-niṣadana). [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Nishadana in India is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria juncea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crotalaria porrecta Wall., nom. nud. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. (1994)
· Botany (1978)
· Caryologia (2000)
· Cytologia (1999)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNisādana, (=ni+śātana) grinding DhA. I, 308. (Page 373)
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNiṣadana (निषदन).—
1) Ved. Sitting.
2) Dwelling; क्वचिच्चाशेषदोष निषदनम् (kvaciccāśeṣadoṣa niṣadanam) Bhāgavata 5.14.7.
3) A seat.
4) A house, residence.
-naḥ = निषाद (niṣāda) q. v.
Derivable forms: niṣadanam (निषदनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNiṣadana (निषदन).—nt. (in Sanskrit rare, chiefly Vedic, and not in this concrete sense; = niṣīdana, q.v.) a seat, sometimes a mat or article for sitting on: Mahāvyutpatti 8514 = Tibetan gtiṅ (read gdiṅ with Tibetan Index) ba; 8942 = Tibetan gdiṅ ba, v.l. pra- tyāstaraṇa (compare the Pali [compound] nisīdana-paccuttharaṇa); bodhimaṇḍa-niṣadana, the seat on the Bodhimaṇḍa, Bodhisattvabhūmi 94.5—6; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 131.5; a king's seat, throne, ekachattra- mahāpṛthivy-anuśāsana-niṣadanābhiṣiktāni Śikṣāsamuccaya 28.13.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣadana (निषदन).—i. e. ni-sad + ana n Seat, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 14, 7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣadana (निषदन).—[neuter] sitting down; seat, abode.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Niśādana (निशादन):—m. = niśāvana, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Niṣadana (निषदन):—[=ni-ṣadana] [from ni-ṣad] n. sitting down, dwelling, residing, [Ṛg-veda etc.] (cf. uṣṭra-niṣ, krauñca-niṣ).
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Niṣadana (निषदन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇisiyaṇa, Ṇisīaṇa, Ṇisīāvaṇa.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Nicatanam, Nishadanaresha.
Ends with: Agnisadana, Hastinishadana, Krauncanishadana, Satthakanisadana, Sopashrayanishadana, Ushtranishadana.
Full-text: Ushtranishadana, Sopashraya, Nisidana, Sopashrayanishadana, Nisiyana, Nisiavana, Nisiana, Krauncanishadana, Hastinishadana, Satthakanisadana, Nicatanam, Pratyasatarana.
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