The Sanskrit term Śiṅghāṇaka can be transliterated into English as Singhanaka or Shinghanaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Siṃghāṇaka (सिंघाणक) refers to “snot” (i.e., the cervical saliva), according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “[...] This body with its nine gates (nanadvāra [=navadvāra?]) is always secreting impurity: the eyes (akṣi) spill out rheum (akṣi-gūthaka) and tears (aśru); the ears (karṇa) produce wax (karṇagūthaka); the nose (nāsā) contains snot (siṃghāṇaka); the mouth (mukha) has saliva (lālā) and vomit (vāntīkṛta); the anus (guda) and the urethra (mūtramārga) constantly empty out excrement (viṣ) and urine (mūtra); and the hair-pores (romakūpa) sweaty impurity. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Siṅghāṇaka (सिङ्घाणक) or “snot” is associated with Mahāvīrā and Vajrasattva, according to the Cakrasaṃvara-maṇḍala or Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—The Cakrasaṃvara mandala has a total of sixty-two deities. [...] Three concentric circles going outward, the body, speech and mind wheels (kāya-vāka-citta), in the order: mind (blue), speech (red), and body (white), with eight Ḍākinīs each in non-dual union with their Ḍākas, "male consorts".

Associated elements of Mahāvīrā and Vajrasattva:

Circle: kāyacakra (body-wheel) (white);
Ḍākinī (female consort): Mahāvīrā;
Ḍāka (male consort): Vajrasattva;
Bīja: kuṃ;
Body-part: knees;
Pīṭha: Kulutā;
Bodily constituent: siṅghāṇaka (snot);
Bodhipakṣa (wings of enlightenment): samyagvāc (right speech).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śiṅghāṇaka (शिङ्घाणक).—[śiṅgh-ānakaḥ Uṇādi-sūtra 3.84] The mucus of the nose.

-kaḥ Phlegm.

Derivable forms: śiṅghāṇakaḥ (शिङ्घाणकः), śiṅghāṇakam (शिङ्घाणकम्).

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Siṅghāṇaka (सिङ्घाणक).—

1) The mucus of the nose.

2) Rust of iron.

Derivable forms: siṅghāṇakam (सिङ्घाणकम्).

See also (synonyms): siṅghaṇa.

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

Śiṅghāṇaka (शिङ्घाणक).—m.

(-kaḥ) Phlegm. mn.

(-kaḥ-kaṃ) The mucus of the nose. E. śighi to smell, aff. āṇac .

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

Śiṅghāṇaka (शिङ्घाणक).—[śiṅghāṇa + ka], m. Phlegm.

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

1) Śiṅghāṇaka (शिङ्घाणक):—[from śiṅgh] m. n. the mucus of the nose, phlegm, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Siṅghāṇaka (सिङ्घाणक):—[from siṃhāṇa] m. the mucus of the nose, [ib.]

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

1) Śiṅghāṇaka (शिङ्घाणक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Phlegm. m. and n. Mucus.

2) Siṅghāṇaka (सिङ्घाणक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Idem.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śiṅghānaka (शिङ्घानक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃghāṇaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shinghanaka 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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