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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry नकुल

  1. नकुलnakula(नकुलीश) N. of a Bhairava living in the temple of Kālī.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ईशः

      1. (नकुलीश) Name of a Bhairava living in the temple of Kālī.
      2. A mode of worship in Tantraśāstra.

    • नकुलः nakulḥ

      1. 1 The mungoose, an ichneumon; यदयं नकुलद्वेषी सकुलद्वेषी पुनः पिशुनः Vās.
      2. Name 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. Name of a physician (author of a work on horses).

    • -ली

      1. A female mungoose.
      2. Saffron.

    • -इष्टा इष्टका a kind of medicinal plant (Marâthî मुंगुस- वेल).

    In the Gita1·16

    नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ ॥

    nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau. — The King Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, blew Anantavijaya, Nakula and Sahadeva blew Sughosha and Manipushpaka. 1·16
    • नकुलःnakulaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun nakula (Nakula, the fourth son of Pandu).
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Headwords under न

Part 1 of 12 न – नमस्युAll parts
  1. न – नमस्यु
  2. नमित – नाडिका
  3. नाडिकेल – निंस्
  4. निःक्षत्र – निग्रह्
  5. निग्रह – निफेनम्
  6. निब – निरुध्
  7. निरूढ – निर्मोक्ष
  8. निर्मोचनम् – निविशेष
  9. निविष्ट – निष्क्काथ
  10. निष्क्रम् – नीवर
  11. नीवाक – नैर्मल्यम्
  12. नैर्लज्जम् – न्योजस्