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Nigrantha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNigrantha (निग्रन्थ).—var. for Nirgr° (Jñātiputra), q.v. Cf. next.
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Nigrantha (निग्रन्थ).—and °thaka (compare prec.), a Jain monk: Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā, Lüders, Kl. Sanskrit Texte 2 p. 43, where evidence is cited to show that ni-gr° was, at least some- times, not an error but a deliberate and malicious alter- ation of nirgr°.
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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Starts with: Nigrantham, Nigranthana.
Ends with: Agnigrantha, Manigrantha, Vinigrantha, Yonigrantha.
Full-text: Nigrantham, Nigranth, Punarnigrantham, Nikantavatam, Vatagohali, NirgranthaJnatiputra.
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Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)
Translation of the term samaṇa < [Translator’s Introduction]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Part 3 - Dialogue with Skandaka < [Chapter 1]