Naigamakanda, Naigamakāṇḍa, Naigama-kanda: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNaigamakāṇḍa (नैगमकाण्ड).—Name of the three chapters of the Nirukta, where the Vedic words are explained by Yāska.
Derivable forms: naigamakāṇḍaḥ (नैगमकाण्डः), naigamakāṇḍam (नैगमकाण्डम्).
Naigamakāṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naigama and kāṇḍa (काण्ड).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNaigamakāṇḍa (नैगमकाण्ड):—[=nai-gama-kāṇḍa] [from nai-gama > nai] m. or n. Name of the three chapters of the Nirukta where the Nigamas or Vedic words are explained by Yāska
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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Partial matches: Naigama, Kanda.
Full-text: Nighantu.
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