Samnidhana, Saṃnidhāna: 6 definitions
Samnidhana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionarySource: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary
1) Putting down together, juxtaposition.
2) Proximity, vicinity, presence; असत्यामा- काङ्क्षायां संनिधानमकारणम् (asatyāmā- kāṅkṣāyāṃ saṃnidhānamakāraṇam) ŚB. on MS.6.4.23; N.2.53.
3) Perceptibility, appearance.
4) A receptacle.
5) Receiving, taking charge of.
6) Combination, aggregate; दोषाणां संनिधानम् (doṣāṇāṃ saṃnidhānam) (strīyantram) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.191.
8) The object of an organ of sense (indriyaviṣaya).
Derivable forms: saṃnidhānam (संनिधानम्).
See also (synonyms): saṃnidhi.Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Saṃnidhāna (संनिधान).—i. e. sam-ni -dhā + ana, n., and saṃnidhi saṃnidhi, i. e. sam-nidhā (cf. nidhi), m. 1. Proximity, [Hitopadeśa] pr. [distich] 41, M.M. (dhāna); [Pañcatantra] v. [distich] 42 (dhi). 2. Perceptibility, appearance, presence, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 19, 1. (dhāna); [Hitopadeśa] i. [distich] 113, M.M. (dhi); [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 99 (saṃnidhi-ratna-pūrṇa, Full of jewels in close neighbourhood, i. e. round about himself, easily to be caught). 3. Placing, depositing, a receptacle, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 204 (dhāna). 4. Receiving, taking charge of.Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Saṃnidhāna (संनिधान).—[neuter] nearness, neighbourhood, presence, existence.Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1) Saṃnidhāna (संनिधान):—[=saṃ-nidhāna] [from saṃni-dhā] n. juxtaposition, nearness, vicinity, presence (e, with [genitive case] or ifc., ‘in the presence of, near’; āt, with [genitive case], ‘from [one’s presence]’; na-tas ifc. ‘towards’), [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] presence = existence (cf. a-s), [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
3) [v.s. ...] placing down, depositing, [Horace H. Wilson]
4) [v.s. ...] a place of deposit, receptacle, gathering-place, rallying-point, [Mahābhārata; Bhartṛhari; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] receiving, taking charge of [ib.]Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)
Saṃnidhāna (संनिधान) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃnihāṇa.
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