Nyunkha, Nyuṅkha, Nyūṅkha: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nyuṅkha (न्युङ्ख) or Nyūṅkha (न्यूङ्ख).—a.

1) Charming, beautiful, lovely.

2) Proper, right.

3) A particular sound of ऊँ (ūṃ) in the recitation of Sāmans; Nm.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nyuṅkha (न्युङ्ख).—m.

(-ṅkhaḥ) 1. Six-fold repetition of the triliteral name of god. 2. The Sama Veda. 3. Pleasing, agreeable charming, beautiful. E. ni before, ukhi to go, aff. ghañ; it is also read nyūṅkha.

Nyuṅkha can also be spelled as Nyūṅkha (न्यूङ्ख).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nyūṅkha (न्यूङ्ख).—[masculine] the insertion of the sound O into the recitation.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nyuṅkha (न्युङ्ख):—m. = nyūṅkha, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) mfn. proper, right

3) pleasing, agreeable, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Nyūṅkha (न्यूङ्ख):—m. the insertion of the sound o (in different places with difference of quantity and accentuation) in the recitation of hymns, [Brāhmaṇa; ???] etc. (cf. [Pāṇini 1-2, 34 [Scholiast or Commentator]])

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nyuṅkha (न्युङ्ख):—(ṅkhaḥ) 1. m. Repetition of om six times; Sāma veda. a. Pleasing.

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Nyunkha in German

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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.

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