Vinigraha: 7 definitions
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Vinigraha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsVinigraha (विनिग्रह):—[vinigrahaḥ] Retention
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVinigraha (विनिग्रह).—
1) Restraining, curbing, subduing; Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 13.7;17.16; न हि दण्डादृते शक्यः कर्तुं पापविनिग्रहः (na hi daṇḍādṛte śakyaḥ kartuṃ pāpavinigrahaḥ) Manusmṛti 9. 263.
2) Mutual opposition or antithesis.
Derivable forms: vinigrahaḥ (विनिग्रहः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVinigraha (विनिग्रह).—m.
(-haḥ) 1. Restraining, subduing. 2. Mutual opposition.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVinigraha (विनिग्रह).—[vi-ni-grah + a], m. Restraining, subduing, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 13, 7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVinigraha (विनिग्रह).—[masculine] keeping separate, division; keeping down, check, control, restraint.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vinigraha (विनिग्रह):—[=vi-nigraha] [from vini-grah] m. separation, division, [Nirukta, by Yāska]
2) [v.s. ...] restraining, checking, stopping, subduing, controlling, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] restriction, limitation, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] disjunction, mutual opposition, an antithesis which implies that when two propositions are antithetically stated peculiar stress is laid on one of them, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vinigraharthiya.
Ends with: Atmavinigraha, Doshavinigraha, Papavinigraha, Udgaravinigraha, Varcovinigraha.
Full-text: Papavinigraha, Vinigraharthiya, Atmavinigraha, Varcovinigraha, Nanu.
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Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 17.16 < [Chapter 17 - Śraddhā-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Verses 13.8-12 < [Chapter 13 - Prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāga-yoga]