Nala, Naḷa, Nāla, Nālā: 46 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Naḷa can be transliterated into English as Nala or Nalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Naal.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNala (नल):—gaṇa jvalādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 140.]
1) m. a) Rohrschilf, Amphidonax Karka Lindl.; es wird 8 bis 12 Fuss hoch. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 493.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 27.] nalādayastṛṇam [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 31.] [GOBH. 1, 5, 20.] yathā ca veṇuḥ kadalī nalo vā phalatyabhāvāya na bhūtaye tmānaḥ [Duaupadīpramātha 5, 9] [?(vgl. STENZLER in Kunde des Morgenlandes 4, 398).] vanāni [Mahābhārata 6, 4898.] sthūla [7, 1390. 8, 693.] [Suśruta 1, 29, 6.110, 8. 137, 19. 143, 17. 2, 102, 17.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 102.] [Pañcatantra I, 108.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 6, 13. 8, 2, 16.] mūla [Suśruta 1, 131, 15. 2, 416, 16.] sāra [Mahābhārata 12, 11156.] Vgl. naḍa, nāla, devanala . — b) Nomen proprium eines Königs ( [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 325]) der Niṣadha (= naḍa [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 206. 324. 1127. 1143 bis 1145. 1233. 1238]), Sohnes des Vīrasena und Gatten der Damayantī, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 10.] [Hārāvalī 138.] [Nalopākhyāna 1, 1. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 379.] von ihm unterschieden wird Nala, der Sohn Niṣadha’s und Vater des Nabha oder Nabhas, [Harivaṃśa 823.] [Raghuvaṃśa 18, 4. 5.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 386.] nalau dvāveva vikhyātau purāṇe bharatarṣabha .. vīrasenātmajaścaiva yaścekṣvākukulodvahaḥ . [Harivaṃśa 830. fg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 380,] [Nalopākhyāna 9.] ein fernerer Nachkomme dieses 2ten Nala, ein Sohn Sudhanvan's und Vater des Uktha (vgl. [Viṣṇupurāṇa 386]) führt nach [Harivaṃśa 826] gleichfalls den Namen Nala. Vgl. naḍa . — c) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Yadu [Viṣṇupurāṇa 416.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 23, 20.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Affen, eines Sohnes des Tvaṣṭar oder Viśvakarman, der für Rāma eine Brücke vom Festlande nach Laṅkā schlug, [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 3, 16287. 16309. fgg.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 78. 16, 13. 4, 13, 4. 31, 29. 5, 94, 14. fgg. 6, 2, 16.] — e) Nomen proprium eines Daitya [Brahmapurāṇa 2 im Śabdakalpadruma] — f) Nomen proprium eines medicinischen Autors [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 941. 1006.] — g) in der Astrol. Bez. einer best. Constellation, bei der alle Planeten in Häusern von doppelter Natur stehen, [VARĀH.] [LAGHUJ. 10, 1.] [BṚH. 12, 2.] nalaja 11. — h) = pitṛdaiva [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = pitṛdeva [Medinīkoṣa] a, deified progenitor [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — i) falsche Schreibart für nalva [Mahābhārata 7, 2440. 12, 1036. 13363.] —
2) f. ī a) ein best. wohlriechender Stoff, = naṭī [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 4, 17.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 19.] — b) rother Arsenik (manaḥśilā, kunaṭī) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa l. 28.] —
3) n. a) die Blüthe von Nelumbium speciosum (padma) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Diese Bed. ist nur wegen nalinī erfunden worden, welches man nach der Analogie von abjinī u. s. w. auf eine Form nala zurückzuführen gedachte. — b) Geruch (vgl. nal) [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]
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Nāla (नाल):—(von nala) = nala gaṇa jvalādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 40.] m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 31.] m. f. (ā) und n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 22.]
1) adj. aus Rohrschilf gebildet, bestehend: vana [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 11, 8.] —
2) n. ein hohler Stengel, insbes. ein Lotusstengel [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 22. 1, 2, 3, 41.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1182.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 494.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 28.] [Suśruta 1, 224, 19.] tila [32, 13.] abjayavādīnām [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 33.] (nalinīm) maṇinālojjvalāmbujām [Mahābhārata 2, 88.] padma [3, 13567. 5, 437. fg. 6, 2599. 7, 1299. 8, 2261. 12, 6836.] [Harivaṃśa 2930.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 22, 25. 6, 91, 16.] [Suśruta 1, 29, 5. 2, 30, 7.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 89.] [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 13.] [Meghadūta 74.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 18, 19. 9, 37. 6, 13, 15.] [Pañcatantra 50, 10. 255, 18.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 208.] [Gītagovinda 4,14.] mṛṇālanālalalitabhujā [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 6.] [Pañcatantra 52, 8.] vināla [Mahābhārata 7, 1567. 8, 615.] sanāla [7, 1105.] nālā f. dass. [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 41.] [Medinīkoṣa] nālī f. dass. [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 22.] [Śabdakalpadruma] Gemüsestengel [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) n. Röhre überh.: kaṇṭha Kehle [Prabodhacandrodaja 55,] [?5; vgl. Raghuvaṃśa 15, 52], wo diese Verbindung Hals als Lotusstengel bedeutet. yantra ein künstliches Rohr, ein rohrartiges Geräthe (vgl. nāḍīyantra): yathā toyārthinastoyaṃ yantranālādibhiḥ śanaiḥ . āpibeyuḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 39, 43.] Stiel: ghaṇṭāpatākāmaṇivajranālā (śakti) [Mahābhārata 9, 909.] Stäbchen (?): (ratham) yuktaṃ vaidūryanālaiśca [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 75, 28.] —
4) n. Harnröhre [Suśruta 2, 215, 21. 524, 15.] —
5) n. = tāla, āla Auripigment [SVĀMIN] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 104.] [Śabdakalpadruma] —
6) f. ā Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Mahābhārata 6, 339] [?(Viṣṇupurāṇa 184).] —
7) f. ī (vgl. auch u. 1.) a) ein Werkzeug, das zum Durchlöchern der Elephantenohren gebraucht wird, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 39.] — b) = ghaṭī eine metallene Platte, an der die Stunden angeschlagen werden, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 121.] In der 2ten Aufl. nimmt [WILSON] ghaṭī hier in der Bed. von ein Zeitraum von 24 Minuten. — c) = padma Lotusblume [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. khara, dhvaninālā, gandhanālī, cārunālaka, tūlanālī, dīrghanāla, deva, nābhinālā .
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Nala (नल):—
1) a) [Z. 4] lies tmanaḥ st. tmānaḥ . — i) an allen drei Stellen durch das Metrum bedingt; an der ersten Stelle erklärt es [Nīlakaṇṭha] durch hasta, an der zweiten durch nalva, an der dritten durch aṅgula mit Erwähnung einer Lesart tala . — k) N. des 50ten Jahres im 60jährigen Jupitercyclus [Oxforder Handschriften 332,a,5.] — Vgl. mahā .
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Nāla (नाल):—
3) śaṅkhaṃ ca jāmbūnadacitranālam (so die ed. Bomb.) [Mahābhārata 7, 75.] — Vgl. brahma .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNala (नल):——
1) m. — a) Rohrschilf , Amphidonax Karka. — b) ein best. Längenmaass. — c) eine best. Constellation , bei der alle Planeten in Häusern von doppelter Natur stehen. — d) das 50ste Jahr im 60Jährigen Jupitercyclus. — e) Nomen proprium — α) eines neben Yama genannten göttlichen Wesens [Karmapradīpa 2,23.] = pitṛdeva oder pitṛdaiva [Hemacandra's Anekārthasaṃgraha ] [Medinikośa. ] — β) eines Daitya. — γ) verschiedener Fürsten , insbes. eines Sohnes des Vīrasena , Fürsten der Niṣadha und Gatten der Damayantī , und eines Sohnes des Nischadha. — δ) eines medic. Autors. — ε) eines Affen. —
2) f. ī — a) ein best. wohlriechender Stoff [Rājan 12,163.] [Materia medica of the Hindus 311.] — b) *rother Arsenik. —
3) *n. — a) die Blüthe von Nelumbium speciosum. — b) Geruch.
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Nāla (नाल):——
1) Adj. aus Rohrschilf gebildet , — bestehend (Wald). —
2) (*f. ā und ī) und n. — a) ein hohler Stengel , insbes. ein Lotusstengel. — b) Röhren , ein röhrenartiger Gegenstand überh. [Bālarāmāyaṇa 28,3.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium eines Flusses. nīlā v.l. —
4) f. ī — a) Gemüsestengel. — b) ein Werkzeug zum Durchbohren der Elephantenohren. — c) ein Zeitraum von 24 Minuten. — d) Lotusblüthe. — e) Hibiscus cannabinus [Materia medica of the Hindus 311.] —
5) n. — a) Harnröhre. — b) Stiel. Nur am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ā) [Mahābhārata 7,2,24.] — c) eine best. Verzierung an einem Wagen. — d) *Auripigment.
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Starts with (+255): Nal-am-poyyukam, Nal-amvarunam, Nal-ancatanku, Nala amida, Nala Vagga, Nala-bhumi, Nala-kashina, Nala-niratu, Nala-tirtava, Nalabanda, Nalabandi, Nalabha, Nalabhumipalanataka, Nalabhumipalarupaka, Nalabi, Nalabohok, Nalacampu, Nalacarita, Nalacaritra, Nalacaruti.
Ends with (+205): Aattukanala, Abanala, Adanala, Adatakalanala, Advaitakalanala, Aharanala, Akkanala, Alamboronala, Ambavajilinala, Amdanala, Amrinala, Anala, Ancanala, Anilanala, Annanala, Apalinala, Aranala, Ashrunala, Attukanala, Aurvanala.
Full-text (+839): Nali, Damayanti, Naishadha, Nada, Bahuka, Nabhinala, Padmanala, Nalam, Ashvavid, Pranala, Dhvaninala, Nalapattika, Nalya, Karkotaka, Nalavamsha, Nalada, Devanala, Nadi, Shirnanala, Nalaccuruttu.
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