Nihantavya: 5 definitions
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Nihantavya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationNihantavya (啶ㄠた啶灌え啷嵿い啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渒illing someone鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.9 (鈥淏oasting of T膩raka鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 said to Kum膩ra (son of 艢iva): 鈥淸...] Formerly Indra and the guardians of the quarters had been conquered by him. Due to the power of his penance, the heroic Vi峁ａ箛u too has been threatened by him. The entire universe of the three worlds has been defeated by this wicked Asura. Now, because of your presence, they have fought again. Hence, O son of 艢iva, this sinful being T膩raka shall be killed (nihantavya) by you. Due to the boon granted by me he cannot be slain by any one else. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNihantavya (啶ㄠた啶灌え啷嵿い啶掂啶�).鈥擺adjective] to be killed or destroyed.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNihantavya (啶ㄠた啶灌え啷嵿い啶掂啶�):鈥擺=ni-hantavya] [from ni-han] mfn. to be struck down or killed or destroyed, [Mah膩bh膩rata; Pa帽catantra]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Hantavya.
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