Nihara, ī, , Nīhara: 20 definitions
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Nihara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Nihar.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation1) ī (नीहा�) refers to “snowfall�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.22 (“Description of Pārvatī’s penance�).—Accordingly, after Menā spoke to Pārvatī: “[...] In the summer she kept a perpetually blazing fire all round and remaining within continued muttering the mantra. In the rainy season she continuously remained sitting on the bare ground on the rock and got herself drenched by the downpour of rain. During the winter, with great devotion she remained in water throughout. During snowfall [i.e., ī] and in the nights too she performed her penance observing fast�.
2) ī (नीहा�) refers to “floating (masses of) mist�, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.21 (“Description of the Special War�).—Accordingly, as Jalandhara fought with Śiva’s Gaṇas: “[...] The victorious Gaṇas of Śiva too roared, led by Nandin, Kārttikeya, Gaṇeśa and Vīrabhadara, O sage. The trumpets of the elephants, the neighing of the horses, the rumbling of the chariots, the sounds of the conches and war-drums and the leonine roars of the armies rose up. The space between heaven and the earth became enveloped by the many arrows discharged by Jalandhara as if by floating masses of mist (ī-paṭala). [...]�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexī (नीहा�).—The place where elephants of the four quarters throw out the waters in different ways.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 22. 52.

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihiraī (नीहा�) refers to “falling of snow�, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Lunar and solar eclipses terminate in ten ways [...] These terminations of the lunar eclipse apply to those of the solar eclipse, the only difference being that where the east has been referred to in the former, it must be taken to mean the west in the latter. If, within seven days from the termination of an eclipse there should occur a dust storm, mankind will suffer from starvation; if there should occur a fall of snow [i.e., ī] there will be fear from disease; if there should occur an earthquake, the chief rulers will die. [...]�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryī : (m.) 1. ejection; 2. carrying out; 3. the way; manner.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionaryī, (cp. Sk. nirhāra) way, manner Vin. I, 13; J. I, 127; DhA. IV, 7. At Vin. I, 13 also in ī-bhatta (=īka). (Page 376)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) nihara�
(Burmese text): ထုတ်ဆောင်ခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Delivery.
2) nihāra�
(Burmese text): ထုတ်ဆောင်ခြင်း။ နိဟ�-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Publication. Look at Nihar.
3) īhara�
(Burmese text): (�) ထုတ်ဆောင�-ဆောင်ယ�-လော့။ (�) ထုတ်ဖယ်ရှာ�-လော့။ (�) ထုတ�-နှုတ�-လော့။ နီဟရတ�-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Issue - Collect - Log. (2) Remove - Log. (3) Extract - Release - Log. Observe carefully.
4) ī�
(Burmese text): (�) နည်းနာနယ။ (�) အကြောင်း။ (�) အသွင်အပြင� ပုံသဏ္ဌာန�-အခြင်းအရာ။ (�) ဆီးနှင်း။ (�) အကျင့်။ (တ�) (�) ထုတ်ဆောင်သော။ (�) ပယ်စွန့်သော။ (�) ဆောင်ပို့အပ်ပြီးသော။ (ဆုံးဖြတ်ခြင်း၊ တောင်ပေါက်။ ဓာန်၊ သျ။ ၅၆)�
(Auto-Translation): (1) Principle. (2) Reason. (3) Appearance - Characteristics and Influences. (4) Contradiction. (5) Character. (6) Produced. (7) Abandoned. (8) Delivered. (Decision, conclusion. Material, etc. 56).

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary(निहा�).—See नीहा� (ī).
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ī (नीहा�).—[ni-� karmaṇi ghañ dīrgha�]
1) Fog, mist; नीहारमग्नो दिनपूर्वभागः (īmagno dinapūrvabhāga�) R.7.6; Y.1.15; Manusmṛti 4.113; नीहारधूमार्कानला- निलानाम् (īdhūmārkānalā- nilānām) Yogagrantha.
2) Hoar-frost, heavy dew.
3) Evacuation.
Derivable forms: ī� (नीहारः).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī (नीहा�).—m.
(-�) 1. Frost, hoar-frost. 2. Heavy dew. 3. Evacuation. E. ni before, � to steal or take, aff. karmaṇi ghañ .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī (नीहा�).—m. Fog, [ᾱḍi] 4, 40.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryī (नीहा�).—[masculine] ([neuter]) fog, mist (also [plural]).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) (निहा�):—[=Ծ-] a etc. See ni-√ṛ.
2) [=Ծ-] [from ni-�] b m. excrement, [Viṣṇu-smṛti, viṣṇu-sūtra, vaiṣṇava-dharma-śāstra] (cf. nir-h)
3) [v.s. ...] mist, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. ī- under 5. ī).
4) ī (नीहा�):—[=ī-āra] [from ī] m. (once n.) mist, fog, hoar-frost, heavy dew, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (cf. Ծ- under ni-�)
5) [v.s. ...] evacuation (cf. nir-h)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) (निहा�):—[Ծ-] (�) 1. m. Frost.
2) ī (नीहा�):—[ī-āra] (�) 1. m. Frost; hoar frost.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)(निहा�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇi, Ṇīh.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryī (नीहा�) [Also spelled nihar]:�(nm) mist, fog; —[jala] dew.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Ṇihara (णिहर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ni�.
2) Ṇihara (णिहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ĀԻ.
3) Ṇihara (णिहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ḥs�.
4) Ṇi (णिहा�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: .
5) Ṇīhara (णीहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ḥs�.
6) Ṇīhara (णीहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ĀԻ.
7) Ṇīhara (णीहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nirhrad.
8) Ṇīhara (णीहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ḥs.
9) Ṇīhara (णीहर) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Nir�.
10) Ṇīh (णीहा�) also relates to the Sanskrit word: ī.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus(ನಿಹಾ�):—[noun] a loud sound; noise.
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(ನಿಹಾ�):�
1) [noun] a large mass of water vapour condensed to fine particles, at or just above the earth’s surface; thick, obscuring mist; fog.
2) [noun] murkiness or obscurity caused by smoke, mist, etc.
3) [noun] (fig.) the condition or quality of being ignorant; lack of knowledge.
4) [noun] waste matter expelled from the bowels; faeces.
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ī (ನೀಹಾ�):�
1) [noun] a large mass of water vapour condensed to fine particles, at or just above the earth’s surface; thick, obscuring mist; fog.
2) [noun] a discharging of waste matters from the bowels.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) (निहा�):—n. 1. cloud; mist; 2. hoarfrost; 3. look; glance; glimpse;
2) ī (नीहा�):—n. 1. mist; fog; 2. hoarfrost; 3. nebula;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Hara, Hi, A, Na.
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