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निघण्ट (nighaNTa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
निघण्ट nighaNTa
m.
 vocabulary
निघण्ट nighaNTa
m.
 collection of words
Apte
English
निघण्टः [nighaṇṭḥ] निघण्टुः [nighaṇṭuḥ], निघण्टुः 1 A vocabulary or glossary of words.
Particularly the glossary of Vedic words explained by Yāska, in his Nirukta.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
नि-घण्ट
m.
 (√ घण्ट्, to speak?
cf.
 घण्टा, a bell) a collection of words, vocabulary,
Cat.
N.
 of a Dānava,
Kathās.
Monier Williams 1872
English
निघण्ट नि-घण्ट (said to be fr. rt. गम्
or हन् or हृ with नि
gender doubtful), a word
a glossary or collection of words or names, (in this
sense properly pl.)
often the collection of Vedic words
explained in the Nirukta, see नि-घण्टु below.
Macdonell
English
निघण्ट ni-ghaṇṭa,
m.
 glossary
N. of a 🞄Dānava
-ghaṇṭu,
m.
 glossary:
pl.
 Vedic 🞄glossary.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
(nighaṇṭa, nirghaṇṭa, rare in Skt. for usual nighaṇṭu, word-study, lexicology, esp. as a Vedāṅga
AMg. has ṇighaṇṭu, nigghaṇṭu, acc. to Sheth also nigghaṇṭa: LV 〔156.18〕 nirghaṇṭe
in cpd. sa-nighaṇṭa-kaiṭabha (with veda), see s.v. kaiṭabha: Mv 〔i.231.18〕
〔ii.77.9〕
〔89.17〕
〔iii.450.7〕
Av 〔ii.19.7〕
Divy 〔619.22〕
in Mv mss. vary between nigh° and nirgh° in 〔i.231.18〕 and 〔ii.89.17〕, both nirgh° 〔ii.77.9〕
〔iii.450.7〕
also with ṭh for ṭ.).
Stchoupak
French
निघण्ट-
m.
 vocabulaire
n.
 d'un Dānava
-उ- titre de divers
ouvrages, not. d'un glossaire du Veda commenté par Yāska dans le Virukta.