# निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu)

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निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) is a Sanskrit word meaning a glossary, the title of several works, the Vedic glossary explained by Yaska in the Nirukta, a vocabulary or collection of words, specifically, the Vedic glossary explained by Yaska. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them A vocabulary or glossary, The Vedic glossary (Yāska's Nighaṇṭu).

- **SLP1:** `niGaRwu`  **IAST:** nighaṇṭu  **Devanagari:** निघण्टु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighantu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nighantu/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### A vocabulary or glossary (4 definitions)
- 1. A glossary. 2. The title of several works.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 546,2] नि - घण् (ni-ghaṇ) ° टु (°ṭu) m. a glossary (also - क (-ka) ), N. of sev. works. [ ID=108161 ]
- A vocabulary or collection of words  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) [Printed book page 466 ] निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) m. ( - ण्ठुः (-ṇṭhuḥ) ) A vocabulary, a collection of words or names. [ ID=21635 ]
- A vocabulary  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) [Printed book page 416-a ] निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) ( ण्टुः ) ((ṇṭuḥ)) 2. m. A vocabulary. [ ID=21117 ]
- A vocabulary or collection of words and names.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) [Printed book page 389-a ] निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) m. ( - ण्टुः (-ṇṭuḥ) ) A vocabulary, a collection of words or names. [ ID=21622 ]

### The Vedic glossary (Yāska's Nighaṇṭu) (3 definitions)
- The Vedic glossary explained by Yaska in the Nirukta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (mostly pl. ) N. of the Vedic glossary explained by Yāska in his Nirukta [ ID=108162 ]
- 1. A vocabulary. 2. Specifically, the Vedic glossary explained by Yaska.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) [Printed book page 269 ] निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) m. vocabulary, pl. T. of the Vedic glossary explained by Yāska. [ ID=16325 ]
- any vocabulary or collection of words, especially the Vedic glossary explained by Yaska in the Nirukta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > निघण्टु (nighaṇṭu) [Printed book page 0484-c ] Ni-ghaṇṭu, us, m. (or ni-ghaṇṭuka ), any vocabu- lary or collection of words or names, but especially a N. of the Vedic glossary explained by Yāska in his Nirukta, (in this sense usually pl. nighaṇṭavas as embracing five chapters.) —Nighaṇṭu-bhāṣya, am, n. ‘commentary on part of the Nighaṇṭus,’ N. of a work by Deva-rāja on the three chapters of synonyms incompletely treated by Yāska. —Nighaṇṭu-rāja, as, m. ‘king of glossaries,’ N. of a medical lexicon commonly called Abhidhāna-cūḍā-maṇi. [ ID=24515 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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