masculine · nigaṇṭha 1 · nigaṇṭha 2
an ascetic, specifically mahāvīra; an ascetic, especially one who is a follower of mahāvīra, a Jain
Nigaṇṭha [BHS nirgrantha (Divy 143, 262 etc.) "freed from all ties," nis + gaṇṭhi. This is the customary (correct°) etymology Prākrit niggantha, cf. Weber, Bhagavatī page 165] a member of the Jain order (see M I 370-375, 380 and cf. jaṭila) Vin I 233 (Nātaputta, the head of that Order, cf. D I 57; also Sīho senāpati n-sāvako); S I 78, 82 (°bhikkhā); A I 205 f. (°uposatha), cf. 220; II 196 (°sāvaka); III 276, 383; V 150 (dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgata); Snp 381; Ud 65 (jaṭilā, n., acelā, ekasāṭā, paribbājakā); Ja II 262 (object to eating flesh); Sv I 162; Dhp-a I 440; III 489; Vv-a 29 (noun nāma samaṇajāti). — feminine nigaṇṭhī D I 54 (nigaṇṭhi-gabbha).
【陽】 尼乾陀（耆那教的一個成員）。
(masc, masc, from gaṇṭha) Jain; naked ascetic member of the Jain Order, Naked ascetic [lit.] free from ties Construction: ni + √ganth > gaṇṭh + a
(masc, masc, from gaṇṭha) epithet of Mahāvīra [lit.] free from ties Construction: ni + √ganth > gaṇṭh + a