See also: niggahita

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Etymology edit

The noun is a specific application of the adjective.

Adjective edit

niggahīta

  1. past participle of niggaṇhāti (to restrain)

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Noun edit

niggahīta n

  1. The nasal consonant ṃ in the Pali language.
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1], 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').

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