nikāya निकाय – collection; group; body
substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
collection; group; body
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
nikāya ·m. group, class, troop, assemblage, multitude.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
nikāya ni-kāya, as, m. (fr. rt. 1. ci with ni), a heap, an assemblage, a group, class, association or set of persons who perform like duties; a congre- gation, a school; a flock, multitude in general; a house, dwelling-place, habitation, hiding-place; the body; (according to Mahī-dhara) the air, wind (Ved.); a butt, aim, mark; the universal Soul, Supreme Being.
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
nikāyá (von 1. ci mit ni); Accent eines auf nikāya ausgehenden comp. P. 6,2,94. 1〉 Gruppe, Klasse, Verein P. 3,3,42. AK. 2,5,42. TRIK. 3,3,314. H. 1413. H. an. 3,491. MED. y. 86. HALĀY. 4,1. de̱vāndevanikāyāṃśca (u. devanikāya falsch erklärt) M. 1,36. devanikāyānāṃ sendrāṇāṃ ca divaukasām MBH. 1,4804. MBH. 2,482. SUNDOP. 3,29. HARIV. 183. sarvadevanikāyāśca siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ MBH. 4,1772. MBH. 9,2499. divaukasāṃ nikāyāśca śataśo 'nye samāgatāḥ HARIV. 7215. caturvidhāmartya˚ H. 63. nikāyā bhūtasaṃghānām MBH. 9,2473. MBH. 9,2497. bhūtanikāyāḥ MBH. 7,2409. MBH. 7,2420. sarvasattva˚ BHĀG. P. 3,5,8. sakalajīva˚ BHĀG. P. 5,1,27. bhikṣuka˚ P. 3,3,42, Sch. mauṇḍi˚, brāhmaṇa˚ P. 6,2,94, Sch. Schule HIOUEN-THSANG I, 204. ˚sabhāga VYUTP. 59. Haufe, Menge überh. MED. mahāngomayanikāyaḥ P. 3,3,41, Sch. taptahema˚ BHĀG. P. 4,24,25. — 2〉 Wohnort VOP. 26,174. TRIK. H. an. MED. kāśī˚ P. 3,3,41, Sch. H. 94. Schlupfwinkel: tasya sarvanikāyeṣu nirjhareṣu guhāsu ca . rāvaṇaḥ saha vaidehyā mārgitavyastatastataḥ R. 4,44,31. — 3〉 Körper (nach ŚAṂK.): yathānikāyam ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 3,7. — 4〉 Wind (nach MAHĪDH.) VS. 15,5. — 5〉 Ziel H. an. MED. — 6〉 die Allseele diess.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
nikāyá m. — 1〉 Gruppe, Klasse, Verein. — 2〉 *Schule (buddh.). — 3〉 Haufe, Menge. — 4〉 Schlupfwinkel. — 5〉 *Wohnort. — 6〉 der Körper. — 7〉 Wind. — 8〉 *Zeit. — 9〉 *die Allseele.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
nikāyaḥ [ni-ci-ghañ kutvam] 1 A heap, an assemblage, a class, multitude, flock, group in general; Mv. 1. 2 A congregation, school, an association of persons who perform like duties. 3 A house, ([Page 0618-a]) habitation, dwelling-place; kāśīnikāyaḥ &c. 4 The body. 5 Aim, butt, mark. 6 The Supreme Being. 7 Ved. Air, wind.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
nikāya m. Gruppe, Verein, Haufen, Menge.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
nikāya nikāya m. (ni; ci) assemblage, multitude; réunion de personnes, assemblée. Mire, but. Habitation, maison. L'Etre universel et suprême.
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