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Nighantu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Nighantu, Nighantuka

Nighantu, Nighantuka (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root ghat, ghant to collect, bring together]

A glossary; particularly in the plural, the Vedic glossary explained by Yaska in his nirukta or glossarial commentary.

Nighantu: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary on Nirukta Vedanga

Nirukta Vedanga: (Sanskrit) "Etymology Veda-limb."

Auxiliary Vedic texts which discuss the origin and development of words; among the four linguistic skills taught for mastery of the Vedas and the rites of yajna. Nirukta relies upon ancient lexicons, nighantu, as well as detailed hymn indices, anukramani. Five nighantus existed at the time of Yaska (320 bce), whose treatise is regarded a standard work on Vedic etymology.

See: Vedanga.

(See also: Nirukta Vedanga, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Nighantu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Nirukta

Nirukta (Sanskrit) [from nir forth, out + the verbal root vac to speak, utter]

Uttered, pronounced, expressed, defined; as a noun, the etymological interpretation of a word, also the name of such works, especially of a commentary on the Nighantus (a Vedic glossary) by Yaska, the oldest commentary on the Vedas presently known.

(See also: Nirukta, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Nighantu: Encyclopedia - Samudra

Samudra is a Sanskrit term for ocean. The term occurs over 150 times in the Rig Veda. There are more references to the Samudra than to rivers in the Rig Veda. The oldest vedic commentators like the Brihaddevata of Shaunaka, Nighantu and the Nirukta of Yaska interpret the term Samudra as ocean. The scholar G.V. Davane studied the occurences of the term samudra in the Rig Veda and concluded that the term means "terrestrial ocean". (Davane, G. V. 1982. An Ana ...

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Nighantu: Encyclopedia - Jainism

Jainism (pronounced in English as /ˈdʒeɪ.nɪzm̩/), traditionally known as Jain Dharma (जैन धर्म) , is a religion and philosophy originating in the prehistory of South Asia. Now a minority in modern India with growing communities in the US, Western Europe, Africa and elsewhere, Jains have continued to sustain the the ancient Shraman (श्रमण) tradition. Jainism has significantly influenced the ethical, political and economic spheres in India for well ...