Nyanku, Nyamku, Nyaṅku: 14 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु) refers to the Swamp deer (Cervus duvauceli), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु) is a Sanskrit word referring to the animal “antelope”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Nyaṅku is part of the sub-group named Ānupamṛga, refering to animals “who live in marshy land”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance.
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु)—Sanskrit word for a species of antlered deer. This animal is from the group called Kūlacara (‘shore-dwellers’). Kūlacara itself is a sub-group of the group of animals known as Ānupa (those that frequent marshy places).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु) refers to the animal “Swamp deer” (Cervus duvauceli).—The Smṛtis mention several domestic as well as wild animals that are enumerated in context of specifying expiation for killing them, the flesh being used as a dietary article to give satisfaction to the Manes (Pitṛs) in Śrāddha rites, the law of transmigration due to various sins committed as well as in the context of specifying gifts to be given on various occasions. These animals [viz., Nyaṅku] are chiefly mentioned in the Manusmṛti, Parāśarasmṛti [Chap.6], Gautamasmṛti [17.2 and 15.1], Śātātapasmṛti [II.45-54], Uśānasmṛti [IX.7-9; IX.12-13], Yājñavalkyasmṛti [I.170-171; I.175; I.258- 260], Viṣṇusmṛti [51.3;51.6;51.26;51.33;80.3-14], Uttarāṅgirasasmṛti [X.15-17], Prajāpatismṛti [Śrāddhatyājyavastuvarṇanam. 138-143], 9 Kāśyapasmṛti [Section on Prāyaścittavarṇanam], Vṛddha Hārītasmṛti [6.253-255] and Kātyāyanasmṛti [27.11].
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु).—
1) A kind of antelope; सद्यो हतन्यङ्कुभिरस्रदिग्धं व्याघ्रैः पदं तेषु निधीयतेऽद्य (sadyo hatanyaṅkubhirasradigdhaṃ vyāghraiḥ padaṃ teṣu nidhīyate'dya) R.16.15.
2) Name of the sage ऋष्यशृङ्ग (ṛṣyaśṛṅga).
3) A student staying with his Guru. Nm.
Derivable forms: nyaṅkuḥ (न्यङ्कुः).
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु).—name of a cakravartin king: Mahāvyutpatti 3575.
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु).—m.
(-ṅkuḥ) 1. A deer. 2. The name of a saint or Muni. E. ni always, añc to go, aff. ku.
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु).— (probably ni-añc + u), n. A kind of antelope.
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु).—[masculine] a kind of deer.
1) Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु):—[=ny-aṅku] [from ny-añc] m. idem, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] a deer, an antelope, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Muni and a Cakra-vartin, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु):—(ṅkaḥ) 1. m. A deer; a sage.
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु):—(wie eben) [Uṇādisūtra 1, 18.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 53.] m.
1) parox. eine Gazellenart [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 10.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1293.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 10.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 26.] [Halāyudha 2, 75.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 24, 27. 32.] [Duaupadīpramātha 4, 15.] [Harivaṃśa 4597. 6956.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 15.] —
2) = nyaṅka; s. das. am Ende. —
3) Nomen proprium eines Muni [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] eines Cakravartin [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 92.]
Nyaṅku (न्यङ्कु):—m. —
1) eine Gazellenart. —
2) = nyaṅka. —
3) *Nomen proprium eines Muni und eines Cakravartin ,
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Nyaṃku (ನ್ಯಂಕು):—[noun] any of a group of swift, bovid ruminants usu. living in wild herds; an antelope.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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