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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नाभिnābhiभी [bhī], भी m., f. [नह्-इञ् भश्चान्तादेशः cf. Uṇ.4.125]
    1. भी bhī, भी Masculine, Feminine नह्-इञ् भश्चान्तादेशः Compare Uṇ.4.125
    2. The navel; गङ्गावर्तसनाभिर्नाभिः Dk.2. etc.; निम्ननाभिःMe.84,28; R.6.52; अरा इव रथनाभौ प्राणे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् Praśn. Up.
    3. Any navel-like cavity. -Masculine
    4. The nave of a wheel; अरैः संधार्यते नाभिर्नाभौ चाराः प्रतिष्ठिताः । स्वामिसेवकयोरेवं वृत्तिचक्रं प्रवर्तते ॥ Pt.1.81.
    5. The centre, focus, chief point; समुद्रनाभ्यां शाल्वोऽभूत् सौभमास्थाय शत्रुहन् Mb.3.2.17.
    6. Chief, leader, head; कृत्स्नस्य नाभिर्नृपमण्डलस्य R.18.2.
    7. Near relationship, community (of race etc.); as in सनाभि quod vide, which see
    8. A paramount sovereign or lord; उपगतोऽपि च मण्डलनाभिताम् R.9.15.
    9. A near relation.
    10. A Kṣatriya
    11. Home.
    12. A field; Nm.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भिः Feminine Musk. (id est, that is मृगनाभी). [Name B. नाभि at the end of Bahuvrîhi comp. becomes नाभ when the comp. is used as epithet; as पद्मनाभः.] -Compound

    • -आवर्तः the cavity of the navel.

    • -कण्टकः, -कूपिका, -गु (-गो) -लकः ruptured navel.

    • -गन्धः the odour of the musk; नाभिगन्धैर्मृगाणाम् Me.54.

    • -जः, -जन्मन्

      1. Masculine,-भूः epithets of Brahmā. नाडी, नालम् the umbilical cord; तदङ्कशय्याच्युतनाभिनाला R.5.7.
      2. rupture of the navel.
    • -मूलम् the part of the body immediately under the navel.

    • -वर्धनम्

      1. cutting or division of the umbilical cord. प्राङ् नाभिवर्धनात् पुंसो जातकर्म विधीयते Ms.2. 29.
      2. rupture of the navel.
      3. corpulency.
    • -वर्षम् Name of one of the nine वर्षs belonging to Jambudvīpa and named after Nābhi, the son of Agnīdhra.

    • -वीथिः a road proceeding from the central part of a village or town; Kāmikāgama 25.1.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नाभिnābhi[nấbhi] f., (C.) m. navel, navel-cord (also î); nave of a wheel (also î); hub, centre; home; relationship…

    [nấbhi] feminine; also equal for, (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) masculine navel, navel-cord (also î); nave of a wheel (also î); hub, centre; home; relationship; relative; masculine musk animal; chief (especially among kings); -krintana, neuter cut ting the navel-cord; -gandha, masculine scent of musk; -tva, neuter condition of a navel.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नाभिnābhif. (prob. fr. √1. नभ्, "to burst asunder or into a hole"; ifc. f(इ or ई). Va1m. v, 49) the navel (also n…
    1. feminine (probably from √1. नभ्, "to burst asunder or into a hole"; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(इ or ई). Va1m. v, 49) the navel (also n navel-string confer, compare -कृन्तन), a navel-like cavity fg-veda etc. etc. (in later language also masculine gender and f(that the rest of a word is to be suppliedभी).)
    2. feminine the nave of a wheel ibidem (also masculine gender Lexicographers, and 605657 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedभी feminine)
    3. feminine centre, central point, p point of junction or of departure, home, origin, especially common o origin, affinity, relationship
    4. feminine a near relation or friend ibidem (masculine gender Lexicographers)
    5. feminine musk: (Equivalent to मृर-न्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender or feminine musk-deer Megh. 53 (?) BhP.
    7. masculine gender a chief (Equivalent to central point) of (genitive case) Ragh. xviii, 19 (confer, compare मण्डल-नाभि-ता)
    8. masculine gender a sovereign or lord paramount (Equivalent to मुख्य-राज्) Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender a Kshatriya क्षत्रिय Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender Name of a grandson of Priya-vrata प्रिय-व्रत (son of Agni7dhra अग्नीध्र and father of R2ishabha ऋषभ) Pur.
    11. masculine gender of the father of R2ishabha ऋषभ (first Arhat अर्हत् of the present Avasarpin2i1 अवसर्पिणी) Lexicographers [confer, compare Anglo-Saxon nafu, nafela; German naba, Nabe, nabolo, Nabel; English nave, navel .]
  2. अधस्तान्नाभिadhastānnābhiind. below the navel, MaitrS.

    indeclinable below the navel, MaitrS.

  3. अधोनाभिadhonābhi([MaitrS.]) ind. below the navel.

    ([MaitrS.]) indeclinable below the navel.

  4. अनुपूर्वनाभिanupūrvanābhimfn. having regular hair, regularly shaped limbs, regular teeth, a regularly shaped navel, regular lines in…

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having regular hair, regularly shaped limbs, regular teeth, a regularly shaped navel, regular lines in the hands (all these are epithets given to Buddha बुद्ध, some of them also to Maha1vi1ra महावीर) Buddh. and Jain.

  5. अन्नाभिरुचिannābhirucif. desire of food, appetite, Sus3r.

    feminine desire of food, appetite, Sus3r.

  6. अन्यनाभिanyanābhi(अन्य्/अ-) mfn. of another family AV. i, 29, 1.

    (अन्य्/अ-) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective of another family AV. i, 29, 1.

  7. अपनाभिapanābhimfn. "without a navel", without a focal centre (as the Vedi वेदि) TS.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "without a navel", without a focal centre (as the Vedi वेदि) TS.

  8. अपूपनाभिapūpanābhi(अपूप्/अ-) m. having a navel consisting of a cake AV. x, 9, 5.

    (अपूप्/अ-) masculine gender having a navel consisting of a cake AV. x, 9, 5.