Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Nigad in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex negundo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Agnus-castus negundo Carrière (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· The Verbenaceae of the Malayan Archipelago (1919)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1995)
· Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. (1846)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1956)
· Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica (1990)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nigad, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nigad (निगद्).—1 P.

1) To proclaim, declare, announce; पुलकैः प्रियं नववधूर्न्यगदत् (pulakaiḥ priyaṃ navavadhūrnyagadat); Śiśupālavadha 9.76.

2) To declare, say, speak; सिंहोरुसत्त्वं निजगाद सिंहः (siṃhorusattvaṃ nijagāda siṃhaḥ) R.2.33.

3) To speak to, address (any one).

4) To enumerate.

5) To call, name.

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

Nigad (निगद्).—= [Simple]; [Passive] be called, pass as ([nominative]).

Nigad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and gad (गद्).

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

Nigad (निगद्):—[=ni-√gad] [Parasmaipada] -gadati, ([Aorist] ny-agadīt, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]), to recite, proclaim, announce, declare, tell, speak, [???; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.;

—to speak to, address ([accusative]),

—to say anything ([accusative]) to ([accusative]), [Kāvya literature];

—to enumerate, cite, quote, [Suśruta];

—to call ([especially] [Passive voice] -gadyate, to be called or named), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Suśruta] etc.:

—[Causal] -gādayati, to cause to recite, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra] :—[Intensive] -jāgadyate, (with pass. meaning) to assert firmly or repeatedly, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

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

Nigad (निगद्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇigada.

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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)

Partial matches: Gad, Ni.

Starts with (+7): Nigada, Nigadabaddha, Nigadakshvedana, Nigadana, Nigadanirodha, Nigadaniruddha, Nigadapurita, Nigadasa, Nigadasiddha, Nigadasta, Nigadasya, Nigadat, Nigadavyakhyata, Nigaday, Nigadaya, Nigadayati, Nigadi, Nigadin, Nigadisu, Nigadita.

Ends with: Abhinigad, Pranigad, Pratinigad, Vinigad.

Full-text: Nigada, Nigadin, Abhinigad, Nigaditin, Nigaditavat, Nigadya, Vinigad, Nigadavyakhyata, Pratinigad, Nigadita, Nigadana.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Nigad, Ni-gad; (plurals include: Nigads, gads). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]

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