Nyac: 2 definitions
Introduction:
Nyac 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Nyach.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarNyac (न्यच्).—Going lower, subordinate, the word is used in the sense of upasarjana as a technical term in the Jainendra Vyākarana, cf. वोक्तं न्यक् (voktaṃ nyak) Jain. Vy.I.1.93.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNyac (न्यच्).—bend down; drop, sink.
Nyac is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and ac (अच्).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Nyaachche, Nyacai, Nyacam, Nyacananucuna-gari-khanu, Nyacanyaca-parnu, Nyacaunu, Nyacca-hunu, Nyacca-thicnu, Nyacce, Nyacch-hunu, Nyacch-thichnu, Nyaccha, Nyachany-parnu, Nyachaouchung-gari-khanu, Nyachara, Nyachyakdauchuk, Nyacnu, Nyacyakanucuka.
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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda XIII, adhyaya 2, brahmana 7 < [Thirteenth Kanda]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
3. The teaching of Emptiness (śūnyatā) < [Part 3 - The Prajñā and the teaching of the Dharma]
Part 14 - The omniscient Buddha < [Chapter IV - Explanation of the Word Bhagavat]
Liberation in early Advaita Vedanta (by Aleksandar Uskokov)
7. Brahma-Sūtra, Liberation and the Two Great Upaniṣads < [Chapter 4 - Liberation in the Brahma-sūtra]