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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 निषाद

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

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

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. 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: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · निषाद

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