Niya: 7 definitions
Introduction:
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)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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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryniya : (adj.) one's own.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryNiya, (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)
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 dictionaryNiya (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).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiyā (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).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNiyā (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.]
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
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
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 (+166): Niyata, Apekshaniya, Dhaniya, Niyyana, Viriya, Niyyatu, Niyyasi, Praniya, Niyam, Upaniya, Kalusiya, Niyyamsu, Niyanti, Niyati, Niyyatabba, Avaniya, Niyyissanti, Niyyaka, Niyama, Unniya.
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)