Nigrahasthana, Nigrahasthāna, Nigraha-sthana: 11 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNigrahasthāna (निग्रहस्थान):—n. = nigraha 7).
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: Sthana, Nigraha.
Starts with: Nigrahasthanasutratika.
Ends with: Anigrahasthana.
Full-text (+8): Anigrahasthana, Nigraha, Avijnatartha, Nikkirakattanam, Aparthaka, Apratibha, Apraptakala, Nirarthaka, Nyuna, Hetvantara, Hetvabhasa, Ananubhashana, Pratijnahani, Adhika, Avijnata, Padartha, Matanujna, Shodasha Padartha, Upayakaushalyahridayashastra, Sthana.
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita (by Asokan. G)
Dialectical terms (31): Points of defeat (nigrahasthāna) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
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Dialectical terms (20): Defective statement (vākyadoṣa) < [Chapter 7 - Logic and Dialectical Speculations]
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Categories in the Nyāya system < [Chapter 2 - Salient features of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika System]
The Syncretic School of Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
A comparative study between Buddhism and Nyaya (by Roberta Pamio)
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The Concept of Sharira as Prameya (by Elizabeth T. Jones)
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Part 5 - What is the absolute point of view if the views are all false < [Chapter I - Explanation of Arguments]
Bodhisattva quality 27: excelled in inviting innumerable Buddhas < [Chapter XIII - The Buddha-fields]
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