Nishitha, Nisītha, Niśitha, Niśithā, Nisitha, Ni-sada-tha: 20 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Niśitha and Niśithā can be transliterated into English as Nisitha or Nishitha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Nishith.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Niśītha (निशीथ).—A King of Dhruva’s dynasty. Puṣpārṇa was the son of Utkala, the son of Dhruva, and Niśītha was Puṣpārṇa’s son by his wife Prabhā. Niśītha had two brothers, Pradoṣa and Vyūṣa. (Bhāgavata, 4th Skandha).
Niśītha (निशीथ) refers to “midnight”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.7.—Accordingly, after the Goddess (Umā/Śivā) incarnated as Pārvatī by becoming the daughter of Menā:—“The goddess of great brilliance assumed the form of her baby child in front of Menā and began to cry in accordance with the ways of the world. On account of her splendour that diffused all round the lying-in-couch, the midnight lamps [i.e., niśītha-dīpa] that burnt in the lying-in-chamber were rendered dim in a trice, O sage. The women in the house were extremely glad on hearing the gentle cry of the child. In their excited flutter and great pleasure they rushed in. [...]”.
1) Niśitha (निशिथ).—A son of Doṣa and Puṣparṇā;1 stationed to defend the E. gate of Mathurā;2 fought with his kinsmen at Prabhāsa.3
2) Niśithā (निशिथा).—A Śakti.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 32. 12.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nisītha : (m.) midnight.
Nisītha, (Sk. niśītha, see nisā) midnight, night Th. 1, 3 (aggi yathā pajjalito nisīthe; v. l. BB nisive), 524 (v. l. nisive); J. IV, 432; V, 330, 331 (v. l. BB nisive), 506 (=rattibhāga Com.). (Page 373)
nisītha (နိသီထ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ni+sada+tha．．,ṭī．7va．sūci．(nigitha-saṃ,ṇisīha-prā,nisīha-addhamāgadhī)]
[နိ+သဒ+ထ။ ဓာန်။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၇ဝ။ သူစိ။ (နိဂိထ-သံ၊ ဏိသီဟ-ပြာ၊ နိသီဟ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
nisītha—
(Burmese text): (က) ညဉ့်။ (ခ) ညဉ့်ထက်ဝက်အချိန်၊ ညဉ့်သန်ကောင်။ (ဂ) ညဉ့်အဖို့။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Night. (b) Nightingale, night owl. (c) For the night.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
niśītha (निशीथ).—m S Midnight.
niśītha (निशीथ).—m Midnight.
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
Niśītha (निशीथ).—[niśerate janā asmin; niśī ādhāre thak Tv.]
1) Midnight; निशीथदीपाः सहसा हतत्विषः (niśīthadīpāḥ sahasā hatatviṣaḥ) R.3.15; Meghadūta 9.; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 8.1.
2) The time of sleep, night in general; शुचौ निशीथेऽनुभवन्ति कामिनः (śucau niśīthe'nubhavanti kāminaḥ) Ṛtusaṃhāra 1.3; श्रुत्वा निशीथे ध्वनिम् (śrutvā niśīthe dhvanim) Amaruśataka 13.
Derivable forms: niśīthaḥ (निशीथः).
Niśītha (निशीथ).—n.
(-thaṃ) 1. Midnight. 2. Night. (In general). E. ni always, śī to sleep, Unadi affix thak.
Niśītha (निशीथ).—[ni-śī + tha], m. 1. Midnight, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 1, 3. 2. Night, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 3, 15.
Niśītha (निशीथ).—[masculine] ([neuter]) midnight, night i.[grammar]
1) Niśitha (निशिथ):—m. (mc.) = next
2) Name of one of the 3 sons of Doṣā (night), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] ([varia lectio] śītha).
3) Niśītha (निशीथ):—[=ni-śītha] m. rarely n. (√śī) midnight, night, [Mahābhārata]
Niśītha (निशीथ):—[ni-śītha] (thaḥ) 1. m. Midnight.
Niśitha (निशिथ):—m. Name eines der 3 Söhne der Doṣā (Nacht) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 13, 14.] niśītha hat [WILSON] in [Viṣṇupurāṇa 98, Nalopākhyāna 1]; da aber auch die BURNOUF'sche Uebersetzung die Kürze hat, so ist vielleicht kein Druckfehler anzunehmen.
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Niśītha (निशीथ):—(von śī mit ni) m. [Uṇādisūtra 2, 9.] Mitternacht (die Zeit des Schlafes) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 3, 6.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 145.] [Medinīkoṣa th. 20.] [Halāyudha 1, 109.] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] [Mahābhārata 1, 4275. 2, 831. 4, 764.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 1, 3.] [Meghadūta 86.] [Amaruśataka 11.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 13, 47.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie 13, 1. 18, 10. 25, 4. 29, 10. 30, 2.] Nacht überh. [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 70. 87, 41.] dīpāḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 15.]
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Niśitha (निशिथ):—mit Kürze aus metrischen Rücksichten.
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Niśītha (निशीथ):—n. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 8, 26.] — Vgl. mahā .
Niśitha (निशिथ):—(metrisch) m. Mitternacht , personificirt als einer der drei Söhne der Nacht.
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Niśītha (निशीथ):—m. und (ausnahmsweise) n. Mitternacht , Nacht überh.
Niśītha (निशीथ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇisīha.
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
Niśītha (निशीथ) [Also spelled nishith]:—(nf) night, midnight.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Niśītha (ನಿಶೀಥ):—
1) [noun] = ನಿಶೆ [nishe]1 - 1.
2) [noun] the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night; the mid-night.
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 (+0): Mi, Shada, Cita, Ni, Tha, Shata, Ta, Cata, Citta.
Starts with (+0): Nishithacanda, Nishithadipa, Nishithaparyaya, Nishittakuru, Nishittam.
Full-text (+9): Nishithadipa, Mahanishitha, Nishithaparyaya, Anunishitham, Nisithakala, Nishithacanda, Nishithya, Hatajyotirnishitha, Nishithini, Pradosha, Dosha, Nishithininatha, Nishithika, Nishithinipati, Nishittam, Nishetam, Nishithe, Svabhila, Nishith, Nisiha.
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