As a deity name
Name 201 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 822 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
न्यग्रोध · noun · masculine
वट वृक्ष । बरगद · शमी वृक्ष · बाहु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘growing downwards’ the Banyan or Indian fig-tree, Ficus Indica (it belongs to the kṣīra-vṛkṣas, q.v.; fibres descend from its branches to the earth and there take root and form ne…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nyagrodha" is the vocative of "nyagrodhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nyag—rodha m. (√ rudh = ruh), ‘growing downwards’ the Banyan or Indian fig-tree, Ficus Indica (it belongs to the kṣīra-vṛkṣas, q.v.; fibres descend from its branches to the earth and there take root and form new stems), AV. &c. &c.
Prosopis Spicigera or Mimosa Suma, L.
a fathom (measured by the arms extended), L.
N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, BhP.
of a son of Ugra-sena (also ˚dhaka), Hariv.; Pur.
nyag—rodhā (ā), f. Salvinia Cucullata or some other plant, Car.
Alternative readings
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