Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for निषाद

23 entries · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निषादniṣāda1 N. of one of the wild aboriginal tribes in India, such as hunters, fishermen &c.; a mountaineer; मा निषाद…
1. 1 Name of one of the wild aboriginal tribes in India, such as hunters, fishermen etc.; a mountaineer; मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समा Rām.1.2.15; R.14. 52,7; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.5.
2. A man of a degraded tribe in general, an outcast, a Chāṇḍāla.
3. Especially, the son of a Brāhmaṇa by a Sūdra woman. Compare ब्राह्मणाद्वैश्य- कन्यायामम्बष्ठो नाम जायते । निषादः शूद्रकन्यायां यः पारशव उच्यते ॥ Ms.1.8.
4. (In music) The first (more properly the last or seventh) note of the Hindu gamut; गीतकला- विन्यासमिव निषादानुगतम् K.31 (where it has sense 1 also).
5. Name of a Kalpa.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वत् Masculine the निषाद note; Mb.12 184.39.
- -स्थपतिन्यायः The rule according to which when a compound expression is capable of being dissolved as a कर्मधारय or a तत्पुरुष, the former is to be preferred to the latter. This is discussed and established by जैमिनि and शबर in MS.6.1.51-52 in connection with the expression निषादस्थपति.
Source: ApteApte entry
उपनिषादिन्upaniṣādina.Sitting at the feet (of another, such as a preceptor).
1. Sitting at the feet (of another, such as a preceptor).
2. Subjected.
Source: ApteApte entry

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

निषादniṣāda[nishâdá] m. N. of aboriginal Indian tribes described as fishermen, hunters, and robbers; considered a…

[nishâdá] masculine noun of aboriginal Indian tribes described as fishermen, hunters, and robbers; considered a degraded caste, off- spring of Brâhmans and Sûdra women; a note in the musical scale; î, feminine; also equal for Nishâda woman.

Source: MacdonellAnalyse the word

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निषादniṣādam. N. of a wild non- A1ryan Aryan tribe in India (described as hunters, fishermen, robbers &c.) VS. Br. MBh.…
1. masculine gender Name of a wild non- A1ryan Aryan tribe in India (described as hunters, fishermen, robbers etc.) VS. Breton MBh. etc.
2. masculine gender Equivalent to भिल्ल, "the Bheels" Katha1s. Mahi1dh.
3. masculine gender a man of any degraded tribe, an out-caste (especially the son of a Bra1hman Brahman by a S3u1dra शूद्र woman) Mn. x, 8
4. masculine gender the progenitor of the N Ni-shad (said to have sprung from the thigh of Vena वेन) MBh. Hariv.
5. masculine gender (in music) Name of the first (more properly the last or 7th) note of the gamut MBh. xiv, 1419
6. masculine gender Name of a Kalpa कल्प Va1yuP.
7. etc. see नि-षद् .
Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
अपनिषादुकapaniṣādukamfn. lying down apart, MaitrS.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective lying down apart, MaitrS.

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
उपनिषादिन्upaniṣādinmf(इनी)n. staying or sitting near at hand S3Br. ix, 4, 3, 3.

mf(इनी)neuter gender staying or sitting near at hand S3Br. ix, 4, 3, 3.

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
निषादकर्षुniṣādakarṣuf. (or ऊ ?), N. of a region Pa1n2. 4-2, 119 Sch.

feminine (or ऊ ?), Name of a region Pa1n2. 4-2, 119 Scholiast or Commentator

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
निषादग्रामniṣādagrāmam. a village of the N Ni-shad La1t2y. Ka1tyS3r.

masculine gender a village of the N Ni-shad La1t2y. Ka1tyS3r.

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
निषादत्वniṣādatvan. state or condition of a N Ni-shad R.

neuter gender state or condition of a N Ni-shad R.

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word
निषादराष्ट्रniṣādarāṣṭran. the country of the N Ni-shad (to the south-east of Madhya-des3a मध्य-देश) Var.

neuter gender the country of the N Ni-shad (to the south-east of Madhya-des3a मध्य-देश) Var.

Source: Monier-WilliamsAnalyse the word