Niya, Ní yǎ: 12 definitions
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Niya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, biology. 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.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Niya in India is the name of a plant defined with Ocimum americanum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ocimum brachiatum Blume (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Botanical Magazine (2452)
· Amoenitates academicae (1755)
· Flora of West Tropical Africa (1931)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Centuria I. Plantarum (1755)
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Pali-English dictionary
niya : (adj.) one's own.
Niya, (adj.) (Sk. nija, q. v. ) one’s own Sn. 149 (°putta= orasaputta KhA 248); niyassakamma at A. I, 99 & Pv IV. 113 (v. l. Minayeff tiyassa) is to be read as nissayakamma (q. v.). (Page 368)
niya (နိယ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+jana+kvi．nirutti．45．nyāsa．ni+jani+ṇya．(niya-addhamāgadhī,nija-saṃ,ṇia-prā,svakīyaç tamā-a- sī)]
[နိ+ဇန+ကွိ။ နိရုတ္တိ။ ၄၅။ နျာသ။ နိ+ဇနိ+ဏျ။ (နိယ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ၊ နိဇ-သံ၊ ဏိအ-ပြာ၊ သွကီယ,တမာ-အယတ်- သီဟိုဠ်)]
[Pali to Burmese]
niya—
(Burmese text): မိမိ (ရင်)၌ ဖြစ်သော၊ မိမိကို စွဲမှီ၍ ဖြစ်သော (သား)။ (မိမိနှင့် စပ်သော,မိမိဥစ္စာ။ ပါဠိ။ သီဟိုဠ်၊ ဓာန်)။
(Auto-Translation): The (child) that is born from oneself, that relies on oneself. (Related to oneself, one's possessions. Pali: tithihota, dhana).
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
Niya (निय).—1 P.
1) To restain, curb, check, control, govern; प्रकृत्या नियताः स्वया (prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 7.2; (sutāṃ) शशाक मेना न नियन्तुमुद्यमात् (śaśāka menā na niyantumudyamāt) Kumārasambhava 5.5; 'could not dissuade her', &c.
2) To suppress, suspend, hold in (as breath, &c.); Ms. 2.192; न कथंचन दुर्योनिः प्रकृतिं स्वां नियच्छति (na kathaṃcana duryoniḥ prakṛtiṃ svāṃ niyacchati) Manusmṛti 1.59 'does not suppress or conceal', &c.
3) To offer, give; को नः कुले निवपनानि नियच्छतीति (ko naḥ kule nivapanāni niyacchatīti) Ś.6.25.
4) To punish, chastise; नियन्तव्यश्च राजभिः (niyantavyaśca rājabhiḥ) Manusmṛti 9.213.
5) To regulate or direct in general; लोको नियम्यत इवात्मदशान्तरेषु (loko niyamyata ivātmadaśāntareṣu) Ś.4.2.
6) To attain, obtain; तालज्ञश्चाप्रयासेन मोक्षमार्गं नियच्छति (tālajñaścāprayāsena mokṣamārgaṃ niyacchati) Y.3.115; Manusmṛti 2.93.
7) To put on, assume.
8) To place upon. -Caus. (niyamayati)
1) To restrain, control, regulate, check, punish; नियमयसि विमार्गप्रस्थितानात्तदण्डः (niyamayasi vimārgaprasthitānāttadaṇḍaḥ) Ś.5.8.
2) To bind, fasten; Śiśupālavadha 7.56; R.5.73.
2) To moderate, lessen, mitigate, relieve; छायाद्रुमैर्नियमितार्कमयूखतापः (chāyādrumairniyamitārkamayūkhatāpaḥ) Ś.4.11; Kumārasambhava 1.6.
Derivable forms: niyam (नियम्).
Niyā (निया).—come down to or upon ([accusative]), run over (with a carriage), get into ([accusative]).
Niyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and yā (या).
Niyā (निया):—[=ni-√yā] [Parasmaipada] -yāti, to pass over (with a carriage), [Ṛg-veda v, 35, 5; 42, 10; 54, 5];
—to come down to ([accusative]), 75, 5;
—to fall into, incur ([accusative]), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra i, 13, 7.]
Niya (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 應觀 [yīng guān]: “to be observed”.
Note: niya can be alternatively written as: ni-√yam.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Ṇīya (णीय) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Nīca.
2) Ṇīya (णीय) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nīta.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Chinese-English dictionary
尼雅 ts = ní yǎ p refers to “Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD”.
尼雅 ts = ní yǎ p refers to [proper noun] “Niya”; Domain: History 历史 [li shi] , Subdomain: China , Concept: Kingdom 王国 [wang guo]; Notes: Ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BCE-4th century CE (CC-CEDICT '尼雅 [ni ya]') .
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Kvi, Ya, Mi, Jana, Ni.
Starts with (+21): Niya-nisapa, Niyacacuvaram, Niyacam, Niyakkiyam, Niyalam, Niyamakam, Niyamakan, Niyasadda, Niyasasvaram, Niyasra, Niyatam, Niyaya-tirppunal, Niyayacanam, Niyayacapai, Niyayacaran, Niyayacastiram, Niyayakketu, Niyayam, Niyayamalaivu, Niyayampecu.
Full-text (+403): Niyata, Apekshaniya, Dhaniya, Niyyana, Niyyatu, Viriya, Niyam, Ye ge ni ya, Niyati, Ni ya he, Niyyanika, Niyyamsu, Niyanti, Niyama, Niyamana, Praniya, Upaniya, Niyyasi, Avaniya, Kalusiya.
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