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निग्गहीत

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निग्गहीत

  1. Devanagari script form of niggahīta, which is past passive participle of निग्गण्हाति (niggaṇhāti, to restrain)

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Noun

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निग्गहीत n

  1. Devanagari script form of niggahīta (“niggahita”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1] (overall work in Pali), page 5; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      अं इति निग्गहीतं नाम।
      Aṃ iti niggahītaṃ nāma.
      The 'ṃ' is called 'niggahīta' (lit. 'restrained').
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[2] (overall work in Pali), page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      ठपेत्‍वा अट्ठ सरे सेसा अक्खरा ककारादयो निग्गहीतन्ता व्यञ्जना नाम होन्ति।
      Ṭhapetvā aṭṭha sare sesā akkharā kakārādayo niggahītantā vyañjanā nāma honti.
      Putting aside the eight vowels, the remaining letters, starting with 'k' and ending with niggahita are called consonants.

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