Nighna: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNighna (निघ्न):—(von han mit ni)
1) adj. a) abhängig [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 16.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 356.] [Halāyudha 2, 186.] nighnasya me bhartṛnideśaraukṣyaṃ devi kṣamasva [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 58.] śarma yacca paranighnamatyajastatsvanighnamabhikāṅkṣase bhṛśam [PK. 5, 104.] iti viśeṣyanighnavargaḥ vom Nomen substantivum abhängig, an ihm hängend so v. a. Adjectiv [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 1] in der Unterschr. — b) nach einem Zahlwort multiplicirt mit [Sūryasiddhānta 3, 29.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Anaraṇya und Vaters des Anamitra [Harivaṃśa 818. fg.] [Matsyapurāṇa] in [Viṣṇupurāṇa 384, Nalopākhyāna] eines Sohnes des Anamitra [Harivaṃśa 2042.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 425.]
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Nighna (निघ्न):—
1) a) vāyu in der Gewalt von Winden (im Körper) stehend, besessen, rasend [Daśakumāracarita 93, 2.] anaṅganighnatā f. das Stehen in der Gewalt des Liebesgottes [Kathāsaritsāgara 123, 3.] —
2) st. dessen nimna [Bhāgavatapurāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNighna (निघ्न):——
1) Adj. — a) abhängig , in der Gewalt stehend — , unter dem Einfluss stehend — , beherrscht von (im Comp. vorangehend) [Kād. (1872) 2,132,13.] erfüllt von , ganz hingegeben [Rājataraṃgiṇī 8,3078.] [Bālarāmāyaṇa 50,16.] Nom.abstr. nighnatā f. — b) nach einem Zahlwort multiplicirt mit. —
2) m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer [VP.².]
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Starts with: Nighnaka, Nighnamana, Nighnana, Nighnat, Nighnata.
Ends with: Panighna, Svanighna, Vayunighna, Vinighna, Visheshyanighna.
Full-text: Nighnaka, Vinighna, Vayunighna, Anamitra, Prasena, Nighnata, Nighnat, Nighnana, Nighnamana, Anaranya, Shaktisena, Satrajita, Satrajit, Svanighna, Raghu, Shakrajit.
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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 2.1i - The Vṛṣṇi Dynasty < [Chapter 3 - Historical aspects in the Matsyapurāṇa]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Dynasty of Ikṣvāku < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Dynasty of Vṛṣṇi < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The Brahma Purana (by G. P. Bhatt)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 239 - Greatness of Nāgarārka < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)