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Entry अनल

अनलanalaFire.
[नास्ति अलः पर्याप्तिर्यस्य, बहुदाह्यदहनेऽपि तृप्तेरभावात् Tv.; Compare नाग्निस्तृप्यति काष्ठानाम्; said by some to be from अन् to breathe].
1. Fire.
2. Agni or the god of fire. See अग्नि.
3. Digestive power, gastric juice; मन्दः संजायतेऽनलः Suśr.
4. Wind.
5. Bile.
6. One of the 8 Vasus, the fifth.
7. Name of Vāsudeva.
8. Names of various plants; चित्रक, रक्तचित्रक Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, भल्लातक the marking-nut tree.
9. The letter र्.
10. The number three.
11. (Astr.) The 5th year of Bṛhaspati's cycle.
12. The third lunar mansion कृत्तिका.
13. A variety of Pitṛideva or manes (कव्यवाहोऽनलः सोमः).
14. अनान् प्राणान् लाति आत्मत्वेन The soul (जीव).
15. Name of Viṣṇu (न नलति गन्धं प्रकटयति न बध्यते वा नल्-अच्).
16. The Supreme Being. Compare अनेलो राज्ञि नाले च पुंस्यग्न्यौषधिभेदयोः Nm.
17. Anger; करिणां मुदे सनलदानलदाः Ki.5.25.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आत्मजः Name of Kārtikeya; Mb.9.44.11.
- -आनन्दः Name of a Vedāntic writer, author of Vedānta-Kalpataru.
- -द
  
  Adjective अनलं द्यति
  
  removing or destroying heat or fire;
  
  Equivalent to अग्निद quod vide, which see
- -दीपन Adjective अनलं दीपयति promoting digestion, stomachic.
- -प्रभा अनलस्य प्रभेव प्रभा यस्य Name of a plant (ज्योतिष्मती) Helicacabum Cardiospermum. (Marâthî लघुमालकांगोणी).
- -प्रिया Name of Agni's wife स्वाहा.
- -वाटः Name of ancient Paṭṭaṇa.
- -सादः loss of appetite, dyspepsia.
In the Gita3·39 7·4

कामरूपेण कौन्तेय दुष्पूरेणानलेन च ॥

kāmarūpeṇa kaunteya duṣpūreṇānalena ca. — Enveloped is knowledge, O Kaunteya, by this eternal enemy of knowledge in the form of desire which is an insatiable fire. 3·39
- अनलेनanalenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun anala (fire)
- अनलःanalaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun anala (fire)
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