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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. निधनnidhanaa.Poor, indigent; अहो निधनता सर्वापदामास्पदम् Mk.1.14. नः, नम् Destruction, annihilation, death, loss; स्वधर्मे…

    [निवृत्तं धनं यस्मात्; Uṇ.2.81]

    1. Poor, indigent; अहो निधनता सर्वापदामास्पदम् Mk.1.14. नः, नम् Destruction, annihilation, death, loss; स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः Bg.3.35; म्लेच्छनिवहनिधने कलयसि करवालम् Gīt.1; कल्पान्ते- ष्वपि न प्रयाति निधनं विद्याख्यमन्तर्धनम् Bh.2.16; Pt.1.21; 5.95.
    2. The concluding passage at the end of a Sāman sung in chorus, the fifth of the five parts of Sāman; लोकेषु पञ्चविधं सामोपासीत ...... द्यौर्निधनम् Ch. Up.2. 2.1.
    3. The finale (in music).
    4. Name of the eighth lunar mansion.
    5. Conclusion, end, termination; अस्य वाक्यस्य निधने प्रादुरासीच्छिवोऽनिलः Mb.6.119.38.
    6. Vedic Residence; receptacle.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः The head of a family.

    • -नम् Family, race.

    • -कारिन् Adjective fatal, destructive.

    • -क्रिया a funeral ceremony.

    In the Gita3·359·1811·1811·38

    स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥

    svadharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ paradharmo bhayāvahaḥ. — Better is one’s own law of works, svadharma, though in itself faulty, than an alien law well wrought out; death in one’s own law of being is better… 3·35
    • निधनम्nidhanamnominative singular of the neuter noun nidhana (death).
    • निधानम्nidhānamnominative singular of the neuter noun nidhana (the eternal resting-place).
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  2. अभिनिधनabhinidhanaa.About to perish, approaching one's doom.

    [अभिगतो निधनं मरणम्]

    About to perish, approaching one's doom.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम् Name of certain verses of the Sāmaveda repeated at this time.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. निधनnidhana[ni-dhána] n. [putting down], abode; conclusion, end; annihilation; death; musical finish of a Sâman.

    [ni-dhána] neuter [putting down], abode; conclusion, end; annihilation; death; musical finish of a Sâman.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. निधनnidhana(for 1. see col. 2) n. (m. only Hariv. 4846; g. अर्धर्चा*दि) settling down, residence or place of r residence…
    1. (for 1. see column 2) neuter gender (masculine gender only Hariv. 4846; gaRa अर्धर्चा*दि) settling down, residence or place of r residence, domicile, receptacle AV. Sus3r. BhP.
    2. neuter gender conclusion, end, death, destruction, loss, annihilation Mn. Var. MBh. etc.
    3. neuter gender (in music) the concluding passage of a Sa1man सामन् which is sung in chorus
    4. neuter gender any finale AV. TS. Breton etc.
    5. neuter gender Name of the 8th mansion Var.
    6. neuter gender race, family Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender the head of a family W.
    8. (in compound)
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (for 2. see column 3) having no property, poor Lexicographers
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  2. अनादिनिधनanādinidhanamfn. having neither beginning nor end, eternal.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having neither beginning nor end, eternal.

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  3. अभिनिधनabhinidhanan. N. of different verses of the Sa1ma-veda साम-वेद Ka1tyS3r. &c.

    neuter gender Name of different verses of the Sa1ma-veda साम-वेद Ka1tyS3r. etc.

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  4. आनिधनānidhanan. (scil. सामन्) N. of a Sa1man सामन् .

    neuter gender (scilicet सामन्) Name of a Sa1man सामन् .

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  5. ऋतनिधनṛtanidhanan. "having proper Nidhanas निधन s" (q.v.), N. of a Sa1man सामन् Ta1n2d2yaBr.

    neuter gender "having proper Nidhanas निधन s" (quod vide), Name of a Sa1man सामन् Ta1n2d2yaBr.

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  6. ओकोनिधनokonidhanan. N. of a Sa1man सामन् .

    neuter gender Name of a Sa1man सामन् .

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  7. कंसनिधनkaṃsanidhanan. N. of a poem (without labial letters, in 17 cantos)

    neuter gender Name of a poem (without labial letters, in 17 cantos)

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