Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -लः

  1. the dark-blue or black colour.
  2. Sapphire.
  3. The Indian fig-tree.
  4. Name of a monkey-chief in the army of Rāma.
  5. 'The blue mountain', Name of one of the principal ranges of mountains.
  6. A kind of bird, the blue Mainā.
  7. An ox of a dark-blue colour.
  8. One of the nine treasures of Kubera; see नवनिधि.
  9. A mark.
  10. An auspicious sound or proclamation.

• -ला

  1. The indigo plant.
  2. A Rāgiṇī.

• -ले

  1. Feminine (Dual)
  2. The two arteries in front of the neck.
  3. A black and blue mark on the skin; (for other senses see नीली.)

• -लम्

  1. Black-salt.
  2. Blue vitriol.
  3. Antimony.
  4. Poison.
  5. Indigo, indigo dye.
  6. Darkness.
  7. Compound अक्षः a goose.

• -अङ्गः the Sārasa bird.

• -अञ्जनम्

  1. antimony.
  2. blue vitriol.

• -अञ्जना, -अञ्जसा lightning.

• -अब्जम्, -अम्बुजम्, -अम्बुजन्मन् Neuter the blue lotus.

• -अभ्रः a dark-cloud.

• -अम्बर

  1. Adjective dressed in dark-blue clothes.
  2. (रः) a demon, goblin.
  3. the planet Saturn.
  4. an epithet of Balarāma.

• -अरुणः early dawn, the first dawn of day.

• -अश्मन् Masculine a sapphire.

• -उल्पलम् a blue lotus; ध्रुवं स नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया समिल्लतां छेत्तुमृषिर्व्यवस्यति Ś.1.18.

• -उपलः the blue stone,lapis lazuli

• -कण्ठः

  1. a peackock; केकाभिर्निलकण्ठस्तिर- यति वचनम् Māl.9.3; Me.81; कस्त्वं, शृली, मृगय भिषजं, नीलकण्ठः प्रियेऽहम् Subhāṣ.
  2. an epithet of Śiva.
  3. a kind of gallinule.
  4. a blue-necked jay.
  5. a wag-tail
  6. a sparrow.
  7. a bee. (-ठम्) a radish. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअक्ष Equivalent to रुद्राक्ष quod vide, which see

• -केशी the indigo plant.

• -ग्रीवः an epithet of Śiva.

• -छदः

  1. the date-tree.
  2. an epithet of Garuḍa.

• -जम् blue steel.

• -जा Name of the river Vitastā.

• -तरु the cocoanut tree.

• -तालः, -ध्वजः the Tamāla tree.

• -पङ्कः, -पङ्कम् darkness.

• -पटलम्

  1. a dark mass, a black coating or covering.
  2. a dark film over the eye of a blind man; Pt.5.

• -पत्रः the pomegranate tree. (-त्रम्), -पद्मम् the blue water-lily.

• -पिच्छः a falcon.

• -पिटः a collection of annals and royal edicts; Buddh.

• -पुष्पिका

  1. the indigo plant.
  2. linseed.

• -फला the egg-plant (Marâthî वांगें).

• -भः

  1. the moon.
  2. a cloud.
  3. a bee. मणिः, रत्नम् the sapphire; नेपथ्योचित- नीलरत्नम् Gīt.5; Bv.2.42.
  4. an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa; also नीलमाधवः.

• -मीलिकः a fire-fly.

• -मृत्तिका

  1. iron pyrites.
  2. black earth.

• -राजिः Feminine a line of darkness, dark mass, thick darkness; निशाशशाङ्कक्षतनीलराजयः Ṛs. 1.2.

• -लोहित

  1. Adjective dark-blue, purple. ( तः) a purple colour.
  2. an epithet of Śiva; ममापि च क्षपयतु नीललोहितः पुनर्भवं परिगतशक्तिरात्मभूः Ś.7.35; Ku.2.57.

• -वर्ण Adjective dark-blue, bluish. (-र्णम्) a radish.

• -वसन, -वासस् Adjective dressed in dark-blue clothes; see नीलाम्बर.

• -वसनः the planet Saturn.

• -वृन्तकम् cotton.

• -स्नेहः (Equivalent to दृढस्नेहः) Intense love. (नीलो नीलीरागः तत्सदृशः स्नेहः । नीलीरागः स्थिरप्रेमा इति यादवः) गृहं विक्रयकालेऽपि नीलस्नेहेन रक्षति Chārudatta 3.12.

• नील nīla

  1. ला lā ङ्गुः ṅguḥ, (ला) ङ्गुः 1 A kind of insect.
  2. An insect in general.
  3. A kind of fly.
  4. A jackal.
  5. A large (black) bee.
  6. A flower.