Mahanila, Mahānīlā, Mahānila, Mahānīla, Maha-anila, Maha-nila: 14 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahānīla (महानील):—[(ma + nīla)]
1) adj. dunkelblau, dunkelschwarz: dhvaja [Mahābhārata 3, 1721.] śiroruhāḥ [Spr. 2211.] —
2) m. a) eine Art Sapphir (maṇibhid) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 294.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 160.] [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 41.] [Spr. 2211.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 80, 5.] [PAÑCAR. 3, 10, 17.] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 44.] Unterschieden von indranīla Vie de [Hiouen-Thsang 253.] = indranīlaviśeṣa [Mallinātha] zu [Śiśupālavadha 4, 44.] siṃhalasyākarodbhūtā mahānīlāstu te matā iti bhagavānagastyaḥ ebend. — b) eine Art Bdellion [Bhāvaprakāśa]; s. u. guggulu . — c) = bhṛṅgarāja [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Verbesina scandens Roxb. (Eclipta prostrata Lin.) [WILSON.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Nāga [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1311,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Harivaṃśa 229.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 149,] [Nalopākhyāna 16.] — e) Nomen proprium eines Berges [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 55, 4.] —
3) f. ā eine best. Pflanze, = mahājambū [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) f. ī Name zweier Pflanzen: = nīlāparājitā und bṛhannīlī [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Mahānīla (महानील):—
5) n. ein best. Augenmittel [CARAKA 8, 24.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahānila (महानिल):—m. Nomen proprium eines Schlangendämons [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 2,74.]
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Mahānīla (महानील):——
1) Adj. dunkelblau , -schwarz. —
2) m. — a) Sapphir [Rājan 13,181.] [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,608,1.] — b) *eine Art Bdellium [Bhāvaprakāśa 1.186.] — c) *Verbesina scandens [Rājan 4,142.] — d) Nomen proprium — α) eines Schlangendämons. — β) eines Berges. —
3) *f. ā eine best. Pflanze. [Rājan 11,26.] —
4) *f. ī — a) eine blaue Varietät von Cittoria ternatca [Rājan 3,78.] — b) * = bṛhannīlī. —
5) n. ein best. Augenmittel.
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Partial matches: Maha, Anila, Nila.
Starts with: Mahanilabhrajaliy, Mahanilabhrajaliya, Mahanilamaya, Mahanilatantra.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 1 - Characteristics of Sapphire (nila) < [Chapter XVII - Gems (5): Nila (sapphire)]
Part 1 - Characteristics of Bhisma-Mani (a kind of anti-poisonous quartz) < [Chapter XXVI - Gems (16): Bhisma-mani]
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
1.2. Materials (e): Indranīla (Sapphire) < [Chapter 3 - Ornaments]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 9 - Śiva’s incarnations as Yogācāryas < [Section 7.2 - Vāyavīya-saṃhitā (2)]
Chapter 32 - Description of Creation (3): The family of Kaśyapa < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter LXXII - Tests of Sapphires < [Agastya Samhita]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)