Nara, Nārā, Narā, Ñaṟā, Naṟa, Naṟā: 40 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchNara (नर):—[Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 18,] [Scholiast]
1) m. a) = nar [?1. Yāska’s Nirukta 5, 1. Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 1. Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 358. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 337. Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 433. Medinīkoṣa r. 53. Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 1, 12, 1. The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9, 3, 1, 3.] devapitṛnarebhyaḥ [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 14.] buddhimatsu narāḥ śreṣṭhā nareṣu brāhmaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 96.] svabhāva eva nārīṇāṃ narāṇāmiha dūṣaṇam [2, 213.] dārghā~llaghūṃścaiva narānagrānīkeṣu yodhayet [7, 193.] īpsito naranārīṇām [Nalopākhyāna 1, 4.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 6. 88.] [Sânkhya Philosophy 18.] [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 5.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 2, 40. 20.] Vgl. vaiśvā, śikṣā, svarṇara . — b) Schachfigur u.s.w. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — c) Zeiger an der Sonnenuhr [Sūryasiddhānta 13, 21.] [Algebra 106.] Vgl. narayantra . — d) in der Gramm. Person, Personalendung [KĀŚIKĀ] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 85.] Vgl. puruṣa . — e) Mannslänge, ein best. Längenmaass: śirādho naradvaye in einer Tiefe von zwei Nara [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 8. 11. fgg.] Vgl. puruṣa . — f) der Urmensch, Urgeist: āpo nārā (v. l. narā) iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ . tā yadasyāyanaṃ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1,] [?10; vgl. Mahābhārata 3, 12952. 15819. 5, 2568. 12, 13168. Harivaṃśa 36. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 27.] Stets in Verbindung mit nārāyaṇa (patron. von nara) dem Menschensohne genannt; diese beiden mythologischen Personen erhalten die Beiwörter: devau, pūrvadevau, ṛṣī, purāṇāvṛṣisattamau, tāpasau, mahāmunī; bisweilen wird nārāyaṇa als Gott, nara als Weiser und als der beste unter den Menschen bezeichnet; sie sind Söhne des Dharma von der Mūrti oder Ahiṃsā; gelten für Spaltungen eines und desselben Wesens und zwar Viṣṇu’s (nara = aja, acyuta [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]); mit Nara wird Arjuna (nara = arjuna [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 709.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]), mit Nārāyaṇa Kṛṣṇa identificirt [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Mahābhārata 1, 1176. 8301. fgg. 2, 72] (wo naranārāyaṇau zu lesen ist). [?3,506. 1888.5,1921. fgg. 1936. 3461. fgg.6,3050.7,422. 2894. 3139. 9479.8,4451. fgg. 12,12657. fgg. 12964. 13165. fgg. Harivaṃśa 13209. 14515. Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio.2,58,10. Bhāgavatapurāṇa.1,2,4.3,4,22.4,1,52. VĀMANA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher in Oxforder Handschriften 45,b, Kapila 6.] — g) pl. Bez. bestimmter mythischer Wesen, eine Art Gandharva [Mahābhārata 2, 396.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 42.] Nach [WILSON im Viṣṇupurāṇa] Centauren, Wesen mit Pferde-Gliedern und menschlichem Rumpfe. Vgl. kiṃnara . — h) Nomen proprium eines der 10 Pferde des Mondes [VYĀḌI] zu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 104.] — i) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Manu Tāmasa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 1, 27.] — k) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Viśvāmitra [Harivaṃśa 1467.] — l) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Gaya und Vaters des Virāj [Viṣṇupurāṇa 165.] — m) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Sudhṛti und Vaters des Kevala [Viṣṇupurāṇa 353.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 2, 29. 30.] — n) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Bhavanmanyu (Manyu) und Vaters des Saṃkṛti [Viṣṇupurāṇa 450.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 21, 1.] — o) Nomen proprium zweier Könige von Kāśmīra [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 197. 250. 340.] —
2) f. narī = nārī Weib [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) n. ein best. wohlriechendes Gras (rāmakarpūra).
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Nāra (नार):—(von nar oder nara)
1) adj. vom Menschen kommend, zum Menschen gehörig: asthi Menschenknochen [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 87.] kapāla [Prabodhacandrodaja 65,10.] [Oxforder Handschriften 103,b,7.] Nach [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] auch geistig. —
2) m. a) = nar Mann in der v.l. śunaṃ nārāḥ [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 6, 6, 6]; vgl. [Ṛgveda 4, 57, 41.] — b) Wasser [Medinīkoṣa r. 54.] āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ . tā yadasyāyanaṃ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 10]; vgl. [Mahābhārata 3, 12952. 15819. 12, 13168.] [Harivaṃśa 36.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 27.] Die Bed. ist offenbar eine zur Erklärung von nārāyaṇa erdachte. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] führt [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 10] als Aut. für das Geschlecht (n. f.) auf; hier heisst es aber: atha kamalaṃ nīraṃ nārā striyāmirāḥ nārā kann füglich für nārāḥ stehen und striyām auf irā bezogen werden. [Śabdakalpadruma] nennt für das f. nārā [Śabdaratnāvalī] als Aut. — c) Kalb [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) f. nārī gaṇa śārṅgaravādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 73.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 4, 26.] a) Weib, Eheweib (in der älteren Sprache auch nāri) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 49, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 503.] tamu ci.nārī.naryaṃ sasūva [Ṛgveda 7, 20, 5. 55, 8.] nṛbhyo.nāribhyo.attave [8, 66, 8.] nārīravidha.āḥ su.atnīḥ [10, 18, 7. 86, 10. 11.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 23, 36.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 14, 2, 13. fgg.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 34.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 107.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 32. 2, 213. 3, 56.] [Nalopākhyāna 1, 4. 15, 12.] [Brāhmaṇavilāpa 2, 14.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 27. 88.] [Suśruta 1, 126, 12. 174, 21.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 45, 54.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 71, 1. 5. 6.] Weib so v. a. weibliches oder weiblich benanntes Ding: nāryasi [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 5, 22. 11, 10.] auch nārirasi [37, 1.] [Taittirīyāraṇyaka 4, 2, 3.] — b) nāryaḥ unter den Synonymen von yajña Opfer [das 3, 17.] — c) ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal ¯ ¯ ¯ [Colebrooke II, 158 (III, 1).] — d) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Meru's [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 2, 22.] —
4) n. [Siddhāntakaumudī.249,b,1.] a) eine Versammlung von Männern oder Menschen [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 358.] — b) getrockneter Ingwer ebend.
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Nara (नर):—
1) p) Bhāradvāja, Verfasser von [Ṛgveda 6, 35. fg.]
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Nāra (नार):—
3) c) 4 Mal {Ç} [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 367.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungNara (नर):——
1) m. — a) = ^1. nar
1) Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — b) Ehemann , Gatte [193,1.] — c) Held [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 4,31.] [Bālarāmāyaṇa 241,12.] — d) *Schachfigur. — e) Zeiger an der Sonnenuhr. — f) in der Grammatik Person , Personalendung. — g) Manneslänge , ein best. Längenmaass. — h) der Urmensch , Urgeist. Stets in Verbindung mit nārāyaṇa. Beide werden bald Götter , bald Ṛṣi genannt ; sie sind Söhne Dharma’s und gelten für Spaltungen eines und desselben Wesens und zwar Viṣṇu's. Mit nara wird Arjuna , mit nārāyaṇa Kṛṣṇa identificirt. — i) Pl. Bez. bestimmter mythischer Wesen , eine Art Gandharva. — k) Nomen proprium — α) verschiedener Männer. — β) *eines der 10 Rosse des Mondgottes. —
2) *f. narī = nārī Weib. —
3) *n. ein best. wohlriechendes Gras.
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Nāra (नार):——
1) Adj. — a) vom Menschen kommend , zum M. gehörig [Kṣemīśvara’s Caṇḍakauśika 70,10.74,1.] — b) *geistig. —
2) m. — a) Mensch , Mann. — b) Pl. Wasser. Auch *f. ā. — c) = ^1. nārāyaṇa
1) [Indische studien von Weber 14,141.] — d) *Kalb. —
3) f. nārī — a) Weib , Eheweib , ein weibliches oder weiblich benanntes Ding. Vgl. nāri. — b) bez. zweier Metra. — c) *Opfer. — d) Nomen proprium einer Tochter Meru's. —
4) *n. — a) eine Versammlung von Männern oder Menschen. — b) getrockneter Ingwer.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Popular etymologies of ‘Nārāyaṇa’ < [Appendices]
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Verse 2.264 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Manifestation at the House of Śrīvāsa and the Inauguration of Saṅkīrtana]
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