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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 नर

  1. नरnaraa being higher than a man, a god; Bhāg.4.6.9.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -इतरः

      1. a being higher than a man, a god; Bhāg.4.6.9.
      2. an animal.
    • नरः narḥ

      1. नॄ-नये-अच्
      2. A man, male person; संयोजयति विद्यैव नीचगापि नरं सरित् । समुद्रमिव दुर्धर्षं नृपं भाग्यमतः परम् ॥ H. Pr.5; Ms.1.96;2.213.
      3. A man or piece at chess.
      4. The pin of a sun-dial.
      5. The Supreme Spirit, the original or eternal man.
      6. Man's length (Equivalent to पुरुष. quod vide, which see).
      7. Name of a primitive sage.
      8. Name of Arjuna; see नरनारायण below.
      9. A horse.
      10. (In Grammar) A personal termination.
      11. The individual soul (जीवात्मा); Mb.12.28.5.
    • -उत्तमः

      1. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
      2. of Buddha.
    • -ऋषभः 'the chief of men', a prince, king.

    • -कपालः a man's skull.

    • -कीलकः the murderer of a spiritual preceptor.

    • -केश

      1. (स)रिन् Masculine
      2. Viṣṇu in his fourth incarnation; Compare नरसिंह below.
      3. the chief of men.
    • -चिह्नम्

      1. the moustaches.
      2. Compound अङ्गः the penis.
      3. eruption on the face.
    • -अधमः a wretch, miscreant.

    • -अधिपः अधिपतिः, -ईशः, -ईश्वरः, -देवः, -पतिः, -पालः a king; नरपतिहितकर्ता द्वेष्यतां याति लोके Pt. नराणां च नराधिपम् Bg.1.27; Ms.7.13; R.2.75;3.42;7.62; Me.39; Y.1.311.

    • -अन्तकः death.

    • -अयनः an epithet of Viṣṇu. नराणामयनं यस्मात् तेन नारायणः स्मृतः Brav.Parasmaipada

    • -अशः a demon, goblin.

    • -आधारः Name of Śiva. (-रा) the earth.

    • -इन्द्रः

      1. a king; R.2.18. नरेन्द्रकन्यास्तमवाप्य सत्पतिं तमोनुदं दक्षसुता इवाबभुः 3.33;6.8; Ms.9.253.
      2. a physician, dealer in antidotes, curer of poisons; तेषु कश्चि- न्नरेन्द्राभिमानी तां निर्वर्ण्य Dk.51; सुनिग्रहा नरेन्द्रेण फणीन्द्रा इव शत्रवः Śi.2.88. (where the word is used in both senses). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमार्गः a high street, main road.
      3. a mineralogist; Latin D. B. लोकः 'the world of men', the earth, terrestrial world.
      4. mankind.
    • -वाहनः an epithet of Kubera; विजयदुन्दुभितां ययुरर्णवा घनरवा नर- वाहनसंपदः R.9.11.

    • -विष्वणः a demon, goblin.

    • -वीरः a brave man, hero.

    • -व्याघ्रः, -शार्दूलः an eminent man.

    • -शृङ्गम् 'man's horn', an impossibility, a chimera, non-entity.

    • -संसर्गः human society.

    • -सखः an epithet of Nārayaṇa; ऊरूद्भवा नरसखस्य मुनेः सुरस्त्री V.1.3.

    • -सिंहः, -हरिः 'man-lion', Viṣṇu in his fourth incarnation; Compare तव करकमलवरे नखमद्भुतशृङ्गं दलितहिरण्यकशिपुतनुभृङ्गम् । केशव धृत- नरहरिरूप जय जगदीश हरे ॥ Gīt.1.

    • -सिंहद्वादशी the 12th day in the light half of फाल्गुन.

    • -स्कन्धः a multitude or body of men.

    • -हयम् a fight or enmity between man and horse.

    • -देवः

      1. the warrior class (क्षत्रिय); शिष्ट्वा वा भूमि- देवानां नरदेवसमागमे Ms.11.82.
      2. a king.
    • -धिः the world.

    • -द्विष् Masculine a demon, goblin; तेन मूर्धानमध्वंसन्नरद्विषः Bk.15. 94.

    • -नारायणः Name of Kṛiṣṇa. (-णौ dual) originally regarded as identical, but in mythology and epic poetry, considered as distinct beings, Arjuna being identified with Nara and Kṛiṣṇa with Nārāyaṇa. [In some places they are called देवौ, पूर्वदेवौ, ऋषी or ऋषिसत्तमौ. They are said to have been practising very austere penance on the Himālaya, which excited the fear of Indra, and he sent down several damsels to disturb their austerities. But Nārāyaṇa put all of them to shame by creating a nymph called Urvaśī from a flower placed on his thigh who excelled them in beauty; Compare स्थाने खलु नारायणमृषिं विलोभयन्त्यस्तदूरुसंभवामिमां दृष्ट्वा व्रीडिताः सर्वा अप्सरस इति V.1.] -पशुः 'a beast-like man', a beast in human form.

    • -पुङ्गवः 'best of men', an excellent man; शैब्यश्च नरपुङ्गवः Bg.1.5.

    • -बलिः a human sacrifice.

    • -भुज् Adjective man-eating, cannibal.

    • -भूः Feminine the Bharatavarṣa,id est, that is India.

    • -मानिका मानिनी, -मालिनी 'manlike woman', a woman with a beard, masculine woman or an amazon.

    • -माला a girdle of skulls.

    • -मेधः a human sacrifice.

    • -यन्त्रम् sun-dial.

    • -यानम्, -रथः, -वाहनम् a vehicle drawn by men, a palanquin; नरयानादवातीर्य Par- ṇāl.4.17; Bhāg.1.59.37.

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    नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।

    navāni gṛhṇāti naro'parāṇi, — The embodied soul casts away old and takes up new bodies as a man changes worn-out raiment for new. 2·22
    • नरःnaraḥnominative singular of the masculine noun nara (man).
    • नराणाम्narāṇāmgenitive plural of the masculine noun nara (man).
    • नरैःnaraiḥinstrumental plural of the masculine noun nara (man).

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Headwords under न

Part 2 of 12 नमित – नाडिकाAll 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