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Pali
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Etymology
The noun is a specific application of the adjective.
Adjective
niggahīta
- past participle of niggaṇhāti (“to restrain”)
Declension
Declension table of "niggahīta" (masculine)
Declension table of "niggahītā" (feminine)
Declension table of "niggahīta" (neuter)
Noun
niggahīta n
- The nasal consonant ṃ in the Pali language.
c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], 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').
Declension
Declension table of "niggahīta" (neuter)
Descendants