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nakula: masculine vocative singular stem: nakula

Amarakosha Search

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Word	Reference	Gender	Number	Synonyms	Definition

āḍambaraḥ	3.3.176	Masculine	Singular	piṅgalaḥ, vipulaḥ, nakulaḥ, viṣṇuḥ

Monier-Williams Search

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nakula

mfn. (in spite of

prob. notfr. na-+ kula-) of a particular colour (perhaps that of the ichneumon)

nakula

m. the Bengal mungoose or Viverra Ichneumon (enemy of mice and of serpents from whose venom it protects itself by a medicine plant; see nākulī-)

etc.

nakula

m. a son

nakula

m. a particular musical instrument

nakula

m. Name of śiva-

nakula

m. of a son of the aśvin-s and mādrī- (twin-brother of saha-deva- and fourth of the pāṇḍu- princes)

nakula

m. of a Vedic poet with the patronymic vāma-deva- (vya-) or vaiśvāmitra- (lasya- vāmadevasya preṅkha- m.Name of a sāman-)

nakula

m. of a physician (author of a work on horses)

nakula

n. a myst. Name of the sound h-

nakulaka

mn. an ornament shaped like an ichneumon

nakulaka

m. a kind of purse (?)

nakulatva

n. the state of an ichneumon

avataptenakulasthita

n. an ichneumon's standing on hot ground (metaphorically said of a person's inconstancy)

gandhanakula

m. the musk rat of Bengal (Sorex moschatus)

gehanakula

m. (equals gṛha-babhru-) the musk rat

hīnakula

mfn. of low family, base-born, plebeian ( hīnakulatva -tva- n.)

hīnakulatva

n. hīnakula

jalanakula

m. an otter

pāṇḍavanakula

m. Name of a poet

pānīyanakula

m. "water-ichneumon", an otter

senakula

n. the family of the sena-s (id est of persons and princes whose names end in sena-; see under senā-)

śriyānakula

m. or n. Name of a place

śvanakula

n. sg. a dog and an ichneumon

vaikartanakula

n. the solar race

veśmanakula

m. the musk rat or shrew

Apte Search

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nakulaḥ

नकुलः 1 The mungoose, an ichneumon; यदयं नकुलद्वेषी सकुलद्वेषी पुनः पिशुनः Vās. -2 N. of the fourth Pāṇḍava prince; the twin-brother of Sahadeva and a son of Mādr&imacr. अहं तस्य अतिशयितदिव्यरूपिणो नकुलस्य दर्शनेनोत्सुका जाता Ve.2 (where नकुल has really sense 1, but is taken in sense 2 by Duryodhana). -3 A son. -4 An epithet of Śiva. -5 Born of a base family; नकुलः पाण्डुतनये सर्पभुक् कुलहीनयोः Nm. -6 N. of a physician (author of a work on horses). -ली 1 A female mungoose. -2 Saffron. -Comp. -इष्टा, इष्टका a kind of medicinal plant (Mar. मुंगुस- वेल). -ईशः (-नकुलीश) 1 N. of a Bhairava living in the temple of Kālī. -2 A mode of worship in Tantraśāstra.

Macdonell Search

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nakula	m. mungoose (exterminator of serpents and mice); N. of a son of Pându: i-kâ, î, f. female mungoose.

Vedic Index of
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nakula	‘ Ichneumon,’ is mentioned in the Atharvaveda as being able to cut a snake in two and then join it up again. Its knowledge of a remedy against snake poison is also mentioned. The animal figures in the list of sacrificial victims at the Aśvamedha, or ‘ horse sacrifice,’ in the Yajurveda Samhitās.

Vedabase Search

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nakula	Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Antya 2.18

nakula brahmacārī	Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Adi 10.57

nakula brahmacārī	Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Adi 10.57

nakula-brahmacārī	a person known as Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Antya 2.16

nakula-brahmacārī	a person known as Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Antya 2.16

nakula-brahmacārīra	of a brahmacārī named Nakula	CC Antya 2.5-6

nakula-brahmacārīra	of a brahmacārī named Nakula	CC Antya 2.5-6

nakula-hṛdaye	in the heart of Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Antya 2.17

nakula-hṛdaye	in the heart of Nakula Brahmacārī	CC Antya 2.17

nakulaḥ	Nakula	BG 1.16-18

		SB 1.7.50

		SB 10.75.4-7

		SB 9.22.26

		SB 9.22.32

nakulaiḥ	by mongooses	SB 3.21.44

nakulam	Nakula	SB 10.72.13

DCS with thanks

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nakula	noun (masculine) a particular musical instrument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) a son (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a physician (author of a wk. on horses) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of a son of the Aśvins and Mādrī (twin-brother of Sahadeva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) the Bengal mungoose or Viverra Ichneumon (enemy of mice and of serpents from whose venom it protects itself by a medic. plant) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988)) Frequency rank 1708/72933

nakulapriyā	noun (feminine) the ichneumon plant Frequency rank 36076/72933

Ayurvedic MedicalDictionary Dr. Potturu with thanks

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nakula	weasel, small flesh-eating mammal; mongoose; weasel belongs to mongoose family.

Wordnet Search

"nakula" has 8 results.


nakula	nakulaḥ, piṅgalaḥ, sarpahā, babhruḥ, sūcīvadanaḥ, sarpāri, lohitānanaḥ jantuviśeṣaḥ yaḥ sarpam atti। biḍālaḥ nakulam atti।
nakula	nakulaḥ paṇḍoḥ caturthaḥ putraḥ। nakulaḥ sahadevaśca mādrīgarbhāt jātau।
nakula	udraḥ, jalamārjāraḥ, jalanakulaḥ, pānīyanakulaḥ, nīrajaḥ, nīrākhuḥ nirmalajalastha māṃsāhārī sastanajantuḥ। udrasya lomāḥ kṛṣṇavarṇīyāḥ santi।
nakula	nakulauṣṭhī prācīnaḥ vādyaprakāraḥ। nakulauṣṭhīṃ tantryā vādayanti sma।
nakula	nakulakaḥ alaṅkāraviśeṣaḥ। prācīnakāle nakulakaḥ upayujyante sma।
nakula	nakulakaḥ syūtaviśeṣaḥ। nakulake rūpyakāṇi sthāpyante।
nakula	prācīnakulaḥ ṛṣiviśeṣaḥ। prācīnakulasya varṇanaṃ purāṇeṣu prāpyate।
nakula	pāṇḍavanakulasya ullekhaḥ vivaraṇapustikāyām asti pāṇḍavanakula । ekaḥ kaviḥ

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