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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for निधन

3 dictionaries · exact headword

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.

    Source: Apte

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
    Source: Monier-Williams

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.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · निधन

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