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Nighaṇṭu (Sanskrit: निघण्टु, IPA: [nɪɡʱɐɳʈʊ]) is a
Sanskrit term for a
traditional collection of words,
grouped into
thematic categories,
often with brief...
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Upanishads with Commentaries.
Thomson & Co. Sarup,
Lakshman (1998) [1927]. The
Nighaṇṭu and The Nirukta.
Motilal Banarsid****. ISBN 8120813812. Scharf,
Peter M...
- maṇḍaka
describes that they are
cooked on an
upturned pot. In
Madanapala Nighantu,
several varieties of
mandakas are
mentioned which are
prepared by adding...
- (explanation of words)
within the
Sanskrit grammatical tradition, and the
Nighantu, the
oldest proto-thesaurus in India.
Yaska is
widely regarded as the precursive...
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materia medica include Astanga nighantu (8th century) by Vagbhata,
Paryaya ratnamala (9th century) by Madhava,
Siddhasara nighantu (9th century) by Ravi Gupta...
- texts. The most
celebrated scholar of this
field is Yāska, who
wrote the
Nighaṇṭu (book of glossary), the
first book on this field. His text is also referred...
- language, best
remembered for his
contributions in
compiling Malayala Maha
Nighantu, a lexicon. The
Government of
India awarded him the
fourth highest civilian...
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available from this period.
Tamil Nighantus (proto-glossaries) such as Piṅkalantai (11th
century CE) and Cūṭāmaṇi
Nighaṇṭu (1520 CE) have
explicitly recorded...
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practice of Ayurveda. Of
special mention here is the
treatise of Dhanvantari-
Nighantu,
which completely elucidates Dhanvantari's
medicinal plants. The Brahmanda...
- as Phāṇita. Its varieties,
synonyms and
characteristics are
defined in
nighaṇṭus such as the Bhāvaprakāśa (1.6.23,
group of sugarcanes).
Sugar remained...
