mn. (fr.nagh-[?] seenaghamāra-;prob. not fr. na-+ kha-in spite of ; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ī-).) a finger-nail, toe-nail, claw, talon, the spur of a cock etc. (khāni-kṛ-,orkḷp-,to cut the nails )
m. part, portion. [ confer, compareGreek , stem ; Latin unguis; Lit.na4gas; Slavonic or Slavonian nogu8ti8; Anglo-Saxon naegel; English nail; German Nagel.]
m. "elephant's nail", a sort of turret or raised mound of earth or masonry protecting the access to the gate of a city or fort (described as furnished with an inner staircase and with loopholes for discharging arrows etc.)
नखः खम् 1 A nail of a finger or of a toe, claw, talon; नखानां पाण्डित्यं प्रकटयतु कस्मिन् मृगपतिः Bv.1.2; R.2.31;12.22. -खम् A kind of perfume; Nm. -2 The number 'twenty'. -3 A eunuch; L. D. B. -खः A part, portion. -Comp. -अङ्कः a scratch, nail-mark; Mv.5.19; कुचकलशयुगान्तर्मामकीनं नखाङ्कम् (आलोकमाना) Bv.2.32. -आघातः a scratch, nail-wound; Māl.5.23 नखाघातः प्रदातव्यो यथास्थानानि नर्मसु Kāmaśāstra. -आयुधः 1 a tiger; प्राचण्ड्यं वहति नखायुधस्य मार्गः Māl.3.17. -2 a lion. -3 a cock. -आशिन् m. an owl. -कुट्टः a barber. -जाहम् the root of a nail. -दारणः a falcon, hawk. (-णम्) a pair of nail-scissors. -निकृन्तनम्, -रञ्जनी a pair of nail-scissors, nail-parer; यथा सोम्यैकेन नखनिकृन्तनेन सर्वं कार्ष्णायसं विज्ञातम् Ch. Up.6.1.6. -न्यासः inserting the claws. -पदम्, -व्रणः a nail-mark, or scratch; नखपदसुखान् प्राप्य वर्षाग्र- बिन्दून् Me.37. -मुचः a bow. -लेखकः a nail-painter. -लेखा 1 a nail-mark. -2 nail-painting. -विषः a man; नखविषा नरादयः. -विष्किरः a bird of prey (tearing with claws); Ms.5.13. -शङ्खः a small shell.
कनखलम् N. of a Tīrtha or sacred place and the hills adjoining it; (तीर्थं कनखलं नाम गङ्गाद्वारे$स्ति पावनम्); तस्माद्गच्छेरनुकनखलं शैलराजावतीर्णां जह्नोः कन्याम् Me.5.
m. n. nail (of finger or toe), claw; talon; spur of a cock: -khâdin, a. biting the nails; -nyâsa, m. impact of the nails; -pada, n. nail-mark, scratch: -sukha, a. soothing to the scratches.
m.n. tip of the nail; -nâ sikâ, f. tip of the nose, -beak; -payodhara, m. teat; -pâda, m. toe; -pûgâ, f. precedence; -bindu, m. first drop; -bhâga, m. upper part, point, top; -bhûmi, f. top storey; highest aim; -mahishî, f. chief consort of a king; -yâyin, a. going before; best of (--°ree;); -vîra, m. chief hero, champion.
a. having five claws; m. beast with five claws; -nada, n. land of the five rivers, Panjâb; m. pl. inhabitants of the Panjâb; sg. N. of a river; -padî, a. f. having (taken) five steps; f. five steps; the five strong cases; -na dîyate, does not accompany him even five steps; -pala, a. weighing five palas: î, f. weight of five palas; -purânîya, a. worth five purânas (a coin); -pushpa maya, a. (î) consisting of five flowers; -phut- tika, a. weaving five phuttikas in a day; m. N.; -bandha, m. fifth part of the value of a thing; -bâna, m. the five-arrowed god, Kâma; -bindu-prasrita, n. kind of figure in dancing.
Denotes either the nail ’ of a man, or the * claw ’ of a wild beast, such as a tiger. The trimming (ηikrηtaηa) of the nails was a regular part of the toilet of the Vedic Indian, especially on occasions of special sanctity, when it accompanied the cleansing of the teeth.
noun (masculine neuter) a finger-nail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
claw (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
talon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the spur of a cock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
toe-nail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a particular disease of the finger-nails (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
agnail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whitlow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a 5-clawed animal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a lion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tiger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tortoise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine feminine neuter) next (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a root or a particular root (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Unguis Odoratus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[erotics] a kind of scratch with the fingernail Frequency rank 12232/72933
noun (neuter) a kind of medicinal herb or vegetable perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a scratch of a particular form made with finger-nails (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of snail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the perfume called Nakhi (Unguis Odoratus) or another kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the shell of the Trochus Perspectivus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) a balconry/bridge supported by a Hastinakha capital (Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (1992), 7)
a kind of capital composed of addorsed elephants (Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (1992), 7)
a sort of turret or raised mound of earth or masonry protecting the access to the gate of a city or fort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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