Nagadanta, Nāgadanta, Naga-danta: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNāgadanta (नागदन्त):—(1. nāga 1, b + danta)
1) m. a) Elephantenzahn, Elfenbein [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 111.] [Medinīkoṣa t. 203.] [Mahābhārata 12, 3630.] — b) Pflock in der Wand zum Anhängen von Sachen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1011.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Pañcatantra 116, 19. 252, 10.] —
2) f. ā (adj. comp.) Nomen proprium einer Apsaras [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 91, 17.] —
3) f. ī (adj. comp.) a) Name einer Pflanze, Tiaridium indicum Lehm. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Ratnamālā 35.] [Suśruta 1, 138, 12. 2, 62, 6. 102, 9. 284, 8. 387, 16.] — b) = kumbhā [Medinīkoṣa], welches [Śabdakalpadruma] und [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] hier durch Hure erklären: aber [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] hat statt dessen kumbhākhyabheṣaja eine best. Arzeneipflanze.
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Nāgadanta (नागदन्त):—
1) b) [Kathāsaritsāgara 76, 24.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNāgadanta (नागदन्त):—1. m. —
1) Elephantenzahn , Elfenbein. —
2) ein Pflock in der Wand zum Anhängen von Sachen.
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Nāgadanta (नागदन्त):—2. —
1) Adj. elfenbeinern [Mahābhārata 1,127,72] (anders [Nīlakaṇṭha]). —
2) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Apsaras. nāgadattā v.l. —
3) f. ī — a) Tiaridium indicum. — b) *Heliotropium indicum [MED.t.203.]
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