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Nigama means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nigama (निगम):—(von gam mit ni) m. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 119.]

1) Einfügung, insbes. der betreffenden Götternamen in eine liturgische Formel, [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 12. 17.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 9, LXXVI.] devatānāmadheyaṃ copāṃśu nigamasthāneṣu [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 1, 37.] ijyamānā devatā nigacchanti tasmānnigamasthānāni [16, 10. 9. 9, 23, 13.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 3, 5. 5, 3.] —

2) Belegstelle (die Stelle, in die sich ein Wort einfügt, in der es auftritt) [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 1. 5, 5. 8, 2.] —

3) die Wurzel, insofern auf dieselbe ein Wort zurückgeführt wird, das Etymon eines Wortes [Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 3.] piparti papuririti pṛṇātinigamau vā priṇātinigamau vā 24. —

4) vedischer Text, die heilige Schrift [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 22, 142.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 116.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 467.] [Medinīkoṣa Manu’s Gesetzbuch 45.] [Halāyudha 5, 10.] nigame [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 113. 4, 9. 7, 2, 64. 3, 81. 4, 74.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 3. 7, 6, 26.] nigamāṃśca vaidikān ([Kullūka]: vedārthāvabodhakānnigamākhyāṃśca granthān) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 19.] tathā ca śrutayo bahvyo nigītā nigameṣvapi [9, 19.] sarvāṇi smṛtiśāstrāṇi gāthāśca nigamāstathā [Harivaṃśa 14078.] nigamaniruktaṣaḍaṅgagranthāḥ [NYĀYAMĀLAV.] bei [MUIR, Sanskrit Texts II, 190.] ṣaḍaṅganigamādhyetṛdvijaiḥ [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 877.] jña [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 5, 74.] — nigamāḥ, nigamapariśiṣṭa zum Yajurveda gehörig [MÜLLER, SL. 254. 256.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 269.] —

5) heilige Verordnung, - Vorschrift, der Ausspruch eines Gottes, eines Heiligen: sarve ca ye nye dhṛtarāṣṭraputrā balapradhānā nigama pradhānāḥ [Mahābhārata 5, 32.] imaṃ svanigamaṃ brahmannavetya madanuṣṭhitam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.1,5,39.9,37.2,7,36. 37.6,5,30.7,10,26.9,24,65.] [ŚIVA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 63,b,24.] = niścaya Entscheidung, Beschluss [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] —

6) Stadt [Amarakoṣa 2, 2, 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 972.] [Halāyudha 2, 130.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 130.] noch ein Mal so klein als ein pattana [Vācaspati] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 972.] grāmanagaranigamajanapadarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣu [SADDH. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,9,b.] —

7) Weg [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 983.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Halāyudha 2, 105.] —

8) Handelsmann [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] sayodhaśreṇinigamaḥ sopādhyāyapurohitaḥ sarvaḥ prarudito janaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 123, 5.] saṃmūḍhanigamāṃ sarvāṃ saṃkṣiptavipaṇāpaṇām (purīm) [125, 10.] = baṇikpatha [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 23, 142.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Nach [Śabdakalpadruma] ist dieses Wort = haṭṭa Markt, nach [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] bedeutet es Handel (vgl. [KĀM. NĪTIS. 5, 78]); der pl. in der Bed. Handelsleute erscheint [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 11, 25.] Diese letztere Bed. kann das Wort in [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] und [Medinīkoṣa] nicht haben, da baṇij und bāṇija daneben erwähnt werden. naigama Handelsmann führt auch auf die Bed. Handel. nigama = kaṭa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 298.] [Medinīkoṣa] Handelskarawane [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]; vgl. baṇikkaṭaka unter kaṭaka 5. —

9) = luṇḍī [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 298.] —

10) eine best. Zahl, n. [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 182.] — Vgl. naigama .

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Nigama (निगम):—

4) arthanirṇayo vyākaraṇena nigamena niruktena vā na labhyate [SARVADARŚANAS. 125, 9. Z. 6] lies [NYĀYAMĀLĀV.] —

5) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 23, 29. 83, 4. 11, 27, 8.] —

8) vṛddhāḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 37, 21.] Kaufmannsgesellschaft: mahati nigame naigamānām [Daśakumāracarita 135, 10.] An allen Stellen des R. kann das Wort die Bed. Kaufmannschaft haben. —

11) Titel eines Pariśiṣṭa des Kātyāyana [Oxforder Handschriften 387,a,8.]

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Nigama (निगम):—

6) nagaraṃ vā nigamaṃ vā grāmaṃ vā goṣṭhaṃ vāgāraṃ vā [SĀMAVIDH. BR. 2, 4, 2.] grāmanagaranigamajanapada [CARAKA 2, 6.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Nigama (निगम):——

1) m. — a) Einfügung , insbes. der betreffenden Götternamen in eine liturgische Formel. — b) Belegstelle. — c) die Wurzel , insofern auf die selbe ein Wort zurückgeführt wird , das Etymon eines Wortes. Nur am Ende eines adj. Comp. so v.a. stammend von , zurückzuführen auf. — d) vedischer Text , die heilige Schrift. — e) eine heilige Verordnung , — Vorschrift , der Ausspruch eines Gottes , — eines Heiligen ; Lehre überh. cāpa [Bālarāmāyaṇa 78,24.] — f) eine Art Stadt , Marktplatz , -flecken [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] [Carakasaṃhitā 3,3.] [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 571,19.] catuṣpatha neben gramacatuṣpatha und nagaracatuṣpatha [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,14.] — g) *Weg. — h) Kaufmannschaft , auch wohl Bürgerschaft überh. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — i) Pl. = pariśiṣṭa. —

2) *n. eine best. Zahl (buddh.).

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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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