Nikaya, Nikāya, Nikâya: 19 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNikāya (निकाय):—(von 1. ci mit ni); Accent eines auf nikāya ausgehenden comp. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 94.]
1) Gruppe, Klasse, Verein [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 42.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 42.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 314.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1413.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 491.] [Medinīkoṣa y. 86.] [Halāyudha 4, 1.] de.āndevanikāyāṃśca (u. devanikāya falsch erklärt) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 36.] devanikāyānāṃ sendrāṇāṃ ca divaukasām [Mahābhārata 1, 4804. 2, 482.] [SUNDOP. 3, 29.] [Harivaṃśa 183.] sarvadevanikāyāśca siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ [Mahābhārata 4, 1772. 9, 2499.] divaukasāṃ nikāyāśca śataśo nye samāgatāḥ [Harivaṃśa 7215.] caturvidhāmartya [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 63.] nikāyā bhūtasaṃghānām [Mahābhārata 9, 2473. 2497.] bhūtanikāyāḥ [7, 2409. 2420.] sarvasattva [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 5, 8.] sakalajīva [5, 1, 27.] bhikṣuka [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 42,] [Scholiast] mauṇḍi, brāhmaṇa [6, 2, 94, Scholiast] Schule [Hiouen-Thsang I, 204.] sabhāga [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 59.] Haufe, Menge überh. [Medinīkoṣa] mahāṃgomayanikāyaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 41,] [Scholiast] taptahema [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 24, 25.] —
2) Wohnort [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 174.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] kāśī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 41,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi.94.] Schlupfwinkel: tasya sarvanikāyeṣu nirjhareṣu guhāsu ca . rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā mārgitavyastatastataḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 44, 31.] —
3) Körper (nach []): yathānikāyam [ŚVETĀŚV. Upakośā 3, 7.] —
4) Wind (nach [Mahīdhara]) [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 15, 5.] —
5) Ziel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
6) die Allseele diess.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNikāya (निकाय):—m. —
1) Gruppe , Klasse , Verein. —
2) *Schule (buddh.). —
3) Haufe , Menge. —
4) Schlupfwinkel. —
5) *Wohnort. —
6) der Körper. —
7) Wind. —
8) *Zeit. —
9) *die Allseele.
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: Nikayana, Nikayana, Nikayantariya, Nikayasamgraha.
Ends with (+4): Anguttara-nikaya, Arannavasi Nikaya, AryasthaviriyaNikaya, Bhashiki-nikaya, Devanikaya, Dhammayuttika Nikaya, Dighanikaya, Gonikaya, Jivanikaya, Karnikaya, Kaulika-nikaya, Khuddakanikaya, Kolika-nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Maundinikaya, Nunikaya, Pravahanikaya, Rinnikaya, Samyutta Nikaya, Shatrunikaya.
Full-text (+579): Devanikaya, Nikayin, Nikayya, Shatrunikaya, Pancanaikayika, Yathanikayam, Nikayantariya, Tevanikayam, Majjhima Nikaya, Nekayika, Sutra, Nikaca, Agama, Panca-matrika, Khuddakanikaya, Demons Realm, Bhandika, Ekuttarika, Dighagama, Hambugallaka.
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