Nigarana, Nigaraṇa: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNigaraṇa (निगरण):—(von 2. gar mit ni)
1) m. a) Kehle [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 588.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 81.] [Medinīkoṣa ṇ. 98.] — b) Opferrauch (vgl. nigaṇa) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) n. das Verschlingen, Verspeisen, Essen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [DHĀTUP. 28, 117.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3, 87.] = nigalana [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 21,] [Scholiast]
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Nigaraṇa (निगरण):—
2) das Verschlingen (bildlich) [Sāhityadarpana 295,12. 296,6.] [PRATĀPAR.9,b,1.] — Vgl. nigiraṇa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNigaraṇa (निगरण):——
1) *m. — a) Kehle. — b) Opferrauch. —
2) n. das Verschlucken [Śaṃkarācārya .zu.Bādarāyaṇa’s Brahmasūtra 3,1,7.] Verschlingen (auch in übertragener Bed.) , Verspeisen , Essen [Rājan 20,74.]
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
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