Nishadya, Niṣadyā, Niṣadya: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Niṣadyā and Niṣadya can be transliterated into English as Nisadya or Nishadya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgricultureNiṣadya (निषद्य) refers to “sitting down (facing a particular direction)” (as part of an offering ritual), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering of the root spell], “[...] Having placed a Nāga facing east, the spell-master should sit down (niṣadya) facing that, and should perform invitation, offering of flower and incense and dismissal with the mantra. Then the spell-master should do recitation for 1,008 times. [...]”.
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.
India history and geography
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryNiṣadyā.—cf. Prakrit nisidiyā (LL), a dwelling. Cf. niśliṣṭaka. Note: niṣadyā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNiṣadyā (निषद्या).—
1) A small bed or couch.
2) The hall of a merchant, a trader's shop.
3) A market-place, market; आपणस्तु निषद्यायाम् (āpaṇastu niṣadyāyām) | Ak. केचिद् गुर्वीमेत्य संयन्निषद्यां क्रीणन्ति स्म प्राणमूल्यैर्यशांसि (kecid gurvīmetya saṃyanniṣadyāṃ krīṇanti sma prāṇamūlyairyaśāṃsi) Śiśupālavadha 18.15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNiṣadyā (निषद्या).—(Sanskrit Lex. id., Pali nisajjā), rarely °ya (with nt. forms, see below), (1) act of sitting: (mātṛgrāmeṇa sār- dhaṃ…) rahasi praticchanne āsane (seat) niṣadyāṃ kal- payet (should perform the act of sitting) [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 488.10; (same) rahasi niṣadyā (with a woman) Mahāvyutpatti 8449; as an īryā- patha, q.v. (4), Bodhisattvabhūmi 193.17; antaśo niṣadyā-cittam (so read with ms.) api Śikṣāsamuccaya 17.18, even so much as a thought of sitting down: sthānena caṅkrameṇa niṣadyayā Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 45.18; (?)-niṣadya-sthānān Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 22(358).9, probably places for [Page308-a+ 71] sitting (short a may be m.c.); compare also °dyā Mahāvyutpatti 8465, n. act.; as a formal religious practice (yoga), Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.72.16 ff.; (2) concretely, a seat; fem. °yā forms Mahāvastu i.318.12; ii.398.20; 403.1 (?mss. °dya); Divyāvadāna 259.10 (read °yāyāṃ with mss.); Śikṣāsamuccaya 28.14; 215.7; Daśabhūmikasūtra 87.12; Gaṇḍavyūha 518.7; caṅkramā (iii.420.15 °māṇi) niṣadyāni śayyāni Mahāvastu ii.163.18 and iii.420.15 (prose; note the nt. ending śayyāni, stem nor- mally śayyā); according to text, niṣadya-saṃpadaṃ ca śayyā- saṃpadaṃ ca Mahāvastu ii.262.6 (prose), here °dya- with short a, but śayyā. See also Sīhaniṣadya (for °yā ?), naiṣadyika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣadyā (निषद्या).—f.
(-dyā) 1. A market. 2. A small bed or couch. 3. A shop. E. ni before, ṣad to go kyap aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Niṣadyā (निषद्या):—[=ni-ṣadyā] [from ni-ṣad] f. a small bed or couch, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the hall of a merchant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a market-place, [Śiśupāla-vadha xviii, 15.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiṣadyā (निषद्या):—[ni-ṣadyā] (dyā) 1. f. A market; a small bed or a cot.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Niṣadyā (निषद्या) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇisajjā, Ṇisejjā.
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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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