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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...
- 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...
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religious Sanskrit literature like purāṇas to
ayurvedic & pākakalā
texts like
Nighantus & Bhojanakutūhala. This roti is
extremely thin and limp, and
served folded...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- language, best
remembered for his
contributions in
compiling Malayala Maha
Nighantu, a lexicon. The
Government of
India awarded him the
fourth highest civilian...
- "etymology" (explanation of words)
within Sanskrit grammatical tradition and the
Nighantu, the
oldest proto-thesaurus in India.
Yaska is
widely regarded as the precursive...
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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...
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University Press. pp. 49–. ISBN 9780199370184.
Lakshman Sarup (1998). The
Nighantu and the Nirukta: The
Oldest Indian Treatise on Etymology,
Philology and...
