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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नकुलnakula1 The mungoose, an ichneumon; यदयं नकुलद्वेषी सकुलद्वेषी पुनः पिशुनः Vās.
    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).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ली

      1. A female mungoose.
      2. Saffron.

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

    • -ईशः

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

    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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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नकुलnakula[nak-ulá] m. mungoose (exterminator of serpents and mice); N. of a son of Pându: i-kâ, î, f. female mungoose.

    [nak-ulá] masculine mungoose (exterminator of serpents and mice); noun of a son of Pându: i-kâ, î, feminine; also equal for female mungoose.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नकुलnakulamfn. (in spite of Pa1n2. 6-3, 75 prob. not fr. न + कुल) of a partic. colour (perhaps that of the ichneumon)…
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (in spite of Pa1n2. 6-3, 75 probably not from न plus कुल) of a particular colour (perhaps that of the ichneumon) TS. RPra1t.
    2. masculine gender the Bengal mungoose or Viverra Ichneumon (enemy of mice and of serpents from whose venom it protects itself by a medicine plant; confer, compare नाकुली) AV. MBh. etc.
    3. masculine gender a son Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender a particular musical instrument Lalit.
    5. masculine gender Name of S3iva शिव Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender of a son of the As3vins अश्विन् s and Ma1dri1 माद्री (twin-brother of Saha-deva सह-देव and fourth of the Pa1n2d2u पाण्डु princes) MBh. Hariv. Pur.
    7. masculine gender of a Vedic poet with the patronymic Va1ma-deva वाम-देव (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedव्य) or Vais3va1mitra वैश्वामित्र (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedलस्य वामदेवस्य प्रे*ङ्ख masculine gender Name of a Sa1man सामन्) A1rshBr.
    8. masculine gender of a physician (author of a work on horses) catalogue or catalogues
    9. neuter gender a myst. Name of the sound ह् Lexicographers
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  2. अवतप्तेनकुलस्थितavataptenakulasthitan. an ichneumon's standing on hot ground (metaphorically said of a person's inconstancy) Pa1n2. 2-1, 47 Sch.

    neuter gender an ichneumon's standing on hot ground (metaphorically said of a person's inconstancy) Pa1n2. 2-1, 47 Scholiast or Commentator

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  3. अहिनकुलिकाahinakulikāf. the natural enmity between a snake and an ichneumon Pat.

    feminine the natural enmity between a snake and an ichneumon Pat.

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  4. ऐन्द्राग्नकुलायaindrāgnakulāyam. a particular Eka1ha एकाह (q.v.) Ka1tyS3r. xxii, 11, 13.

    masculine gender a particular Eka1ha एकाह (quod vide) Ka1tyS3r. xxii, 11, 13.

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  5. गन्धनकुलgandhanakulam. the musk rat of Benga1l Bengal (Sorex moschatus) L.

    masculine gender the musk rat of Benga1l Bengal (Sorex moschatus) Lexicographers

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  6. गेहनकुलgehanakulam. (= गृह-बभ्रु) the musk rat L.

    masculine gender (Equivalent to गृह-बभ्रु) the musk rat Lexicographers

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  7. जलनकुलjalanakulam. an otter L.

    masculine gender an otter Lexicographers

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  8. नकुलकnakulakamn. an ornament shaped like an ichneumon L.
    1. mn. an ornament shaped like an ichneumon Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender a kind of purse (?) DivyA7v.
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