[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Materia Medica (pharmacological lexica)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu) › [Early nighaṇṭus, many known from citations](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina) › Nighantu (Indu) # Nighantu (Indu) (Nighaṇṭu (Indu)) निघण्टु (इन्दु) Medical lexicon known from quotations in various commentaries on lexica - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 1000–1099 CE - **Author:** [Indu](https://indike.org/pramana/person/indu-c11) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina.nighantu-indu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.pracina.nighantu-indu) · Pramāṇa