Niti, Nīti, Nīṭi, Nitī: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNīti (नीति):—(von nī) f.
1) Führung, Leitung; = prāpaṇa (Hinschaffung; obtaining, acquirement, acquisition [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 176.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 30.] —
2) richtiges, kluges Benehmen, Lebensklugheit, Politik, Staatsklugheit [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 743,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] nītiḥ śāstreṇa vartanam [Sāhityadarpana 489.] yathā vo nātra bhedaḥ syāttathā nītirvidhīyatām [Mahābhārata 1, 7612. 4, 833.] nītirasmi jigīṣatām [Bhagavadgītā 10, 38.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 22.] pālitaṃ vardhayennītyā (v. l. vardhayennityam) auf eine kluge Weise [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 316.] ārjavaṃ hi kuṭileṣu na nītiḥ [Mallinātha] zu [Kirātārjunīya 1, 30.] kāle khalu samārabdhāḥ phalaṃ vadhnanti nītayaḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 69.] iyaṃ kimapi nītistu prayuktā mantribhirbhavet [Kathāsaritsāgara 16, 55. 5, 44. 12, 44.] [Pañcatantra 24, 22.] [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 7. 15, 18.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 27, 19.] [Sāhityadarpana 71, 14.] [Spr. 335.] [Bhaṭṭikavya 1, 2.] jña [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 177.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 16, 24.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 389.] vid [Hitopadeśa 15, 13.] kuśala [I, 193. 207.] vedin [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 19.] nipuṇa [Bhartṛhari 2, 81.] vyatikrama [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 398.] nṛpa [Bhartṛhari 2, 39.] rāja [Mahābhārata 15, 978.] [Pañcatantra 188, 4.] udakāntaṃ (oda?) snigdho nugamyata iti nītiḥ smaryatām Vorschrift des richtigen Benehmens [Chezy’s Ausgabe des Śākuntala 85, 11.] śataka n. heissen die 100 Sprüche ethischen Inhalts von Bhartṛhari. Die Niti als Göttin personificirt [Harivaṃśa 14035.] —
3) Verhältniss: sarvathā dharmamūlo rtho dharmaścārthaparigrahaḥ . itaretarayornītau viddhi meghodadhī yathā .. [Mahābhārata 3, 1292.] —
4) das Darreichen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 77.] nach der [Kāśikīvṛtti] = sāmadānādirupāyaḥ, was nicht passt. — Vgl. agraṇīti, adabdhanīti, asu, ṛju, ku, daṇḍa, deva, varpa, vasu, śardha, sahasra .
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Nīti (नीति):—
2) evaṃ kulīnā vyasanābhibhūtā na nītimārgaṃ parilaṅghayanti [Spr. 2718.] narapatiḥ ko namranītiṃ vinā ohnes kluges Benehmen gegen Unterwürfige [PRASAṄGĀBH.7,b.] adhītya nītiśāstrāṇi nītiyukto na dṛśyate so v. a. am Ruder des Staats [Mahābhārata 13, 7603.] mayūkha m. Titel des 5ten Abschnitts im Bhagavadbhāskara [Oxforder Handschriften 280,a, Nalopākhyāna 3.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNīti (नीति):—f. —
1) *Herbeischaffung. —
2) *Darreichung. —
3) richtiges , kluges Benehmen , — gegen (im Comp. vorangehend) , Lebensklugheit , Politik , Staatsklugheit , eine Vorschrift des richtigen Benehmens. Ausnahmsweise Pl. —
4) Verhältniss oder Abhängigkeit. itaretarayoḥ des Einen zum Andern oder vom A.
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Starts with (+155): Niti-ganneru, Niti-nerivilakkam, Niti-tatha-karyaniti, Niti-thigalu, Niti-toddavaddi, Nitibahira, Nitibahirate, Nitibahire, Nitibahya, Nitibhrashta, Nitibhrashtate, Nitibhrashte, Nitibhrit, Nitibhushanam, Nitibija, Nitibodhaka, Nitibodhe, Nitican, Niticanakya, Niticaram.
Ends with (+117): Abamdhaniti, Abhiniti, Adabdhaniti, Adiniti, Agraniti, Aliptaniti, Ampuniti, Angadaniti, Aniti, Antarika-niti, Anuniti, Apaniti, Aracaniti, Arthaniti, Asuniti, Avaniti, Bhaniti, Bhurajaniti, Brahmaniti, Buniti.
Full-text (+1725): Nidhi, Aniti, Padmanidhi, Kalanidhi, Ratanidhi, Nitikatha, Nitighosha, Ambhonidhi, Pathonidhi, Jalanidhi, Ambunidhi, Nitividya, Katarya, Shunya-sahanashilatako-niti, Shankanidhi, Nitishastra, Nitijna, Nitikushala, Ampuniti, Variniti.
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