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nidanas

nidanas is the plural of nidana.

Meaning of nidana

Noun

nidana (plural nidanas)

  1. The standard introduction to a sutra, stating the location and occasion of a particular teaching of the Buddha.
  2. (Hinduism) A first cause.

Questions about nidanas

What is nidanas the plural of?
Nidanas is the plural of nidana.

Words near nidanas in the dictionary

  1. nidality
  2. nidamenta
  3. nidamental
  4. nidamentum
  5. nidana
  6. nidanas
  7. Nidas
  8. nidate
  9. nidated
  10. nidates
  11. nidating

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