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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
nidānaनिदानnidāná mfn. reproached, ridiculed, [ib.]
ni-°dā́na n. a band, rope, halter, [RV. vi, 32, 6]; [MBh.]
a first or primary cause (cf. ni-bandhana), [RV. x, 114, 2]; [Br.]; [Kāṭh.]
original form or essence (°nena ind. originally, essentially, properly), [Br.]
(with, [Buddh.]) a cause of existence (12 in number), [MWB. 56]; [103]
any cause or motive, [Divyāv.]
the cause of a disease and enquiry into it, pathology (= nidāna-sthāna, q.v.), [L.]
= nidāna-sūtra, [Cat.]
cessation, end, [L.]
purification, correctness, [L.]
claiming the reward of penitential acts, [L.]
nidānavatनिदानवत्ni-°dā́na—vat (nidā́na-), mfn. funded on a cause, essential, [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.]
nidānavidनिदानविद्ni-°dāna—vid mfn. knowing the causes or symptoms of a disease, [BhP.]
nidānasthānaनिदानस्थानni-°dāna—sthāna n. the subject of the causes of diseases, pathology (one of the 5 departments of medic. science), [Suśr.]
nidānasūtraनिदानसूत्रni-°dāna—sūtra n. N. of wk. on metres and Vedic Stomas
nidānatattvaनिदानतत्त्वnidāna—tattva n. N. of wk.
nidānapradīpaनिदानप्रदीपnidāna—pradīpa m. N. of wk.
nidānasaṃgrahaनिदानसंग्रहni-°dāna—saṃgraha m. N. of a medic. wk.