Nitambini, Nitambinī: 9 definitions
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Nitambini means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Nitambinī (नितम्बिनी) refers to a “loving wife”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] It has been said that there are eighteen addictions. These are the outcome of the desire for earthly enjovments. [...] Wise men speak of that wife as a wife who has auspicious marks and who knows the fine arts, who is clever, who is loved by her husband, and who is young and modest. [...] Wealth is obtained by virtue; from wealth emanate desires, and the fulfilment of all desires can be obtained by means of a good wife alone and of nobody else. Therefore, a loving wife (nitambinī) is the best fruit of the tree of virtue. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynitambinī (नितंबिनी).—f (S) A woman with large and handsome posteriors.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnitambinī (नितंबिनी).—f A woman of large and handsome posteriors.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryNitambinī (नितम्बिनी).—f. (-nī) A woman with large and handsome posteriors. E. nitamba as above, ini and ṅīp affs.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNitambinī (नितम्बिनी).—[feminine] = nitambavatī.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryNitambinī (नितम्बिनी):—[ni-tambinī] (nī) 3. f. A woman with round or large buttocks.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nitambinī (नितम्बिनी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇiambiṇī.
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 dictionaryNitaṃbinī (नितंबिनी):—(nf) a woman having shapely hips.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusNitaṃbini (ನಿತಂಬಿನಿ):—
1) [noun] a woman having beautiful posteriors.
2) [noun] a woman in gen.
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: Ni.
Ends with: Sunitambini.
Full-text: Niambini, Sunitambini, Vilambana, Nitambin, Angana, Abhisara, Kalinga.
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