a first or primary cause
a first or primary cause (cf. नि-बन्धन (ni-bandhana)), Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 114, 2; Br.; Kāṭh. [ID=108479]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
निदानnidāna
निदान (nidāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning reproached, ridiculed, a band, rope, or halter, a first or primary cause, original form or essence, a cause of existence, any cause or motive. Its 21 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Primary or General Cause, Band, Rope, or Halter, Original Form or Essence.
- Etymology
- E. नि always or certainly, दा to give, affix ल्युट्; by which all effects are produced
- Definitions
- 21
Meanings by context
Primary or General Cause
7 definitions
a cause of existence
(with, Buddh.) a cause of existence (12 in number), Monier-Williams’ Buddhism in its connexion with Brāhmaṇism and Hindūism: and in its contrast with Christianity (Title) 56 ; 103 [ID=108481]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
any cause or motive
any cause or motive, Divyāv. [ID=108482]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. A primary or remote cause.
2. The cessation, removal, or disappearance of a first cause.
3. Purification or correctness.
4. Asking for the rewards of austere devotion.
5. An end or cessation.
6. A rope for tying a calf.
7. The study of disease symptoms and causes.
नि (ni)दा (dā)न (nidāna) [Printed book page 467]
नि (ni)दा (dā)न (nidāna) n. (-नं (-naṃ))
नि (ni)दा (dā)न (nidāna) n. (-नं (-naṃ))
1 A first cause, a primary or remote cause.
2 Disappearance, cessation or removal of a first cause.
3 Purification, purity, correctness.
4 Asking for the recompense or objects of austere devotion.
5 End, cessation.
6 A rope for tying a calf.
7 Ascertaining the causes of disease, study of symptoms with a view to trace the remote or proximate causes; hence this word is the name of a division of all works on medicine.
E. नि (ni) always or certainly, दा (dā) to give, affix ल्युट् (lyuṭ); by which all effects are produced.
[ID=21692]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A primary cause or its removal.
2. Purification.
3. Asking the fruits of austerity.
4. Studying symptoms.
5. A rope for tying a calf.
6. An end or cessation.
निदान (nidāna) [Printed book page 417-a]
नि-दान (ni-dāna) (नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. A first cause or its removal; purification; asking the fruits of austerity; studying symptoms; a rope for tying a calf; end, cessation. [ID=21176]
नि-दान (ni-dāna) (नं) ((naṃ)) 1. n. A first cause or its removal; purification; asking the fruits of austerity; studying symptoms; a rope for tying a calf; end, cessation. [ID=21176]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A primary cause. 2. The cessation of a cause. 3. Purification. 4. Asking for the rewards of devotion. 5. An end. 6. A rope for tying a calf. 7. The diagnosis of disease.
नि (ni)दान (nidāna) [Printed book page 390-a]
नि (ni)दान (nidāna)
नि (ni)दान (nidāna)
n. (-नं (-naṃ))
1. A first cause, a primary or remote cause.
2. Diappearance, cessation or removal of a first cause.
3. Purification purity, correctness.
4. Asking for the recompense or objects of austere devotion.
5. End, cessation.
6. A rope for tying a calf.
7. Ascertaining the causes of disease, study of symptoms with a view to trace the remote or proximate causes; hence this word is the name of a division of all works on medicine.
E. नि (ni) always or certainly, देङ् (deṅ) to cherish affix पालने ल्युट्; (pālane lyuṭ;) by which all effects are produced.
[ID=21679]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A primary cause. 2. The causes of disease.
निदान (nidāna) [Printed book page 0472-b]
निदान (nidāna) nidāna, i. e. ni-3. dā + ana, n.
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निदान (nidāna) nidāna, i. e. ni-3. dā + ana, n.
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1. A first cause, Ragh. 3, 1. 2. The
causes of disease, Bhāg. P. 6, 1, 8.
[ID=7453]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Band, Rope, or Halter
4 definitions
a band, rope, or halter
2. नि- (ni-)°दान (°dāna) n. a band, rope, halter, Ṛg-veda (Title) vi, 32, 6; MBh. [ID=108478]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. A rope or halter. 2. A primary cause. 3. A cause in general. 4. End or termination. 5. Purity. 6. Pathology. 7. Diagnosis.
निदान (nidāna) [Printed book page 379-15]
निदान (nidāna) f. 1. A rope, a halter; 2. a first or primary cause, निदान (nidāna)मिक्ष्वाकुकुलस्य संततेः (nidānamikṣvākukulasya saṃtateḥ) R. iii.1; 3. a cause in general, मुंच मयि मानमनिदान (nidāna)म् (muṃca mayi mānamanidānam) Git.G. x.; 4. end, termination; 5. purity, purification; 6. inquiring into the internal causes of disease, pathology (in medicine); 7. diagnosis (in medicine). [ID=19442]
निदान (nidāna) f. 1. A rope, a halter; 2. a first or primary cause, निदान (nidāna)मिक्ष्वाकुकुलस्य संततेः (nidānamikṣvākukulasya saṃtateḥ) R. iii.1; 3. a cause in general, मुंच मयि मानमनिदान (nidāna)म् (muṃca mayi mānamanidānam) Git.G. x.; 4. end, termination; 5. purity, purification; 6. inquiring into the internal causes of disease, pathology (in medicine); 7. diagnosis (in medicine). [ID=19442]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A band, rope, or halter.
2. A first cause, original form, essence, or general reason.
निदान (nidāna) [Printed book page 270]
निदान (nidāna) n. band, rope, halter; first cause, original form, essence (ph.), cause, reason i.g. — Instr. निदान (nidāna)ेन (nidānena) originally, essentially, really. [ID=16389]
निदान (nidāna) n. band, rope, halter; first cause, original form, essence (ph.), cause, reason i.g. — Instr. निदान (nidāna)ेन (nidānena) originally, essentially, really. [ID=16389]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A band, rope, or halter. 2. A primary or original cause. 3. Original form or essence. 4. The study of the causes of disease or pathology. 5. An end, termination, or cessation. 6. Purification or correctness. 7. Claiming the reward of penitential acts.
[Printed book page 0486-c]
2. ni-dāna, am, n. (for 1. nidāna see col. 2), a band, a rope, a halter; a rope for tying up a calf &c. a first or original cause, a primary or remote cause [cf. ni-bandhana]; original form, essence, (nidānena, ind. originally, essentially, properly); the cause of a disease, inquiry into the causes of disease, pathology, i. e. study of the symptoms with a view to trace the remote or proximate causes, (re- garded as a department of medical science; the six- teen Nidānas being the title of the sixteen divisions into which it is divided; cf. nidāna-sthāna); N. of a work on metres and Vedic Stomas (see nidāna- sūtra); end, termination, cessation; purification, purity, correctness; claiming the reward of peni- tential acts. —Nidāna-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. founded on a cause, essential. —Nidāna-sūtra, am, n. a work in ten Prapāṭhakas on metres and Vedic Stomas. —Nidāna-sthāna, am, n. one of the five depart- ments of medical science, inquiry into the causes of diseases, pathology. [ID=24621]
2. ni-dāna, am, n. (for 1. nidāna see col. 2), a band, a rope, a halter; a rope for tying up a calf &c. a first or original cause, a primary or remote cause [cf. ni-bandhana]; original form, essence, (nidānena, ind. originally, essentially, properly); the cause of a disease, inquiry into the causes of disease, pathology, i. e. study of the symptoms with a view to trace the remote or proximate causes, (re- garded as a department of medical science; the six- teen Nidānas being the title of the sixteen divisions into which it is divided; cf. nidāna-sthāna); N. of a work on metres and Vedic Stomas (see nidāna- sūtra); end, termination, cessation; purification, purity, correctness; claiming the reward of peni- tential acts. —Nidāna-vat, ān, atī, at, Ved. founded on a cause, essential. —Nidāna-sūtra, am, n. a work in ten Prapāṭhakas on metres and Vedic Stomas. —Nidāna-sthāna, am, n. one of the five depart- ments of medical science, inquiry into the causes of diseases, pathology. [ID=24621]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Original Form or Essence
2 definitions
original form or essence
original form or essence (°नेन (°nena) ind. originally, essentially, properly), Br. [ID=108480]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
originally, essentially, properly
(H3C) [Printed book page 548,1]
नि- (ni-)°दानेन (°dānena) ind., originally, essentially, properly [ID=108487.1]
नि- (ni-)°दानेन (°dānena) ind., originally, essentially, properly [ID=108487.1]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Reproached or Ridiculed
2 definitions
reproached, ridiculed
(H3) [Printed book page 548,1]
1. निदान (nidāna) mfn. reproached, ridiculed, ib. [ID=108455]
1. निदान (nidāna) mfn. reproached, ridiculed, ib. [ID=108455]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
reproached, ridiculed
निदान (nidāna) [Printed book page 0486-b]
1. nidāna, as, ā, am, Ved. (= nidyamāna), reproached, ridiculed. (For 2. see 3. ni-dā, col. 3.) [ID=24608]
1. nidāna, as, ā, am, Ved. (= nidyamāna), reproached, ridiculed. (For 2. see 3. ni-dā, col. 3.) [ID=24608]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
The Nidāna-sūtra Text
2 definitions
anaphoric reference to nidaana-suutra
= निदान-सूत्र (nidāna-sūtra), Cat. [ID=108484]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the name of a Sutra
निदान (nidāna) [Printed book page 1-449]
Ni-dāna is the name of a Sūtra, which is referred to in the Bṛhaddevatā1 apparently as containing a quotation from the Bhāllavi Brāhmaṇa. The quotation cannot be verified in the existing text of the Sūtra.2
[Footnote: 1) v. 23, with Macdonell's note.]
[Footnote: 2) Sieg, Die Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 65. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 44; Max Müller, Ancient Sanskrit Literature, 111, etc.]
[ID=1570]
Ni-dāna is the name of a Sūtra, which is referred to in the Bṛhaddevatā1 apparently as containing a quotation from the Bhāllavi Brāhmaṇa. The quotation cannot be verified in the existing text of the Sūtra.2
[Footnote: 1) v. 23, with Macdonell's note.]
[Footnote: 2) Sieg, Die Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 65. Cf. Weber, Indische Studien, 1, 44; Max Müller, Ancient Sanskrit Literature, 111, etc.]
[ID=1570]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Claiming Reward of Austerity
1 definition
claiming the reward of penitential acts
claiming the reward of penitential acts, L. [ID=108487]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
End or Cessation
1 definition
cessation, end
cessation, end, L. [ID=108485]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Medical Cause or Pathology
1 definition
the cause of a disease and enquiry into it, pathology
the cause of a disease and enquiry into it, pathology (= निदान-स्थान (nidāna-sthāna), q.v.), L. [ID=108483]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Purification or Correctness
1 definition
purification and correctness
purification, correctness, L. [ID=108486]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.