नील a. (ला -ली f.; the former in relation to clothes &c., the latter in relation to animals, plants &c.) 1 Blue, dark-blue; नीलस्निग्धः श्रयति शिखरं नूतनस्तोयवाहः U.1.33. -2 Dyed with indigo. -लः 1 the dark-blue or black colour. -2 Sapphire. -3 The Indian fig-tree. -4 N. of a monkey-chief in the army of Rāma. -5 'The blue mountain', N. 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. -1 An auspicious sound or proclamation. -ला 1 The indigo plant. -2 A Rāgiṇī. -ले f. (du.) 1 The two arteries in front of the neck. -2 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. -Comp. -अक्षः 1 a goose. -अङ्गः the Sārasa bird. -अञ्जनम् 1 antimony. -2 blue vitriol. -अञ्जना, -अञ्जसा lightning. -अब्जम्, -अम्बुजम्, -अम्बु- जन्मन् n. the blue lotus. -अभ्रः a dark-cloud. -अम्बर a. dressed in dark-blue clothes. (-रः) 1 a demon, goblin. -2 the planet Saturn. -3 an epithet of Balarāma. -अरुणः early dawn, the first dawn of day. -अश्मन् m. 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 प्रिये$हम् Subhāṣ. -2 an epithet of Śiva. -3 a kind of gallinule. -4 a blue-necked jay. -5 a wag-tail -6 a sparrow. -7 a bee. (-ठम्) a radish. ˚अक्ष = रुद्राक्ष q. v. -केशी the indigo plant. -ग्रीवः an epithet of Śiva. -छदः 1 the date-tree. -2 an epithet of Garuḍa. -जम् blue steel. -जा N. of the river Vitastā. -तरु the cocoanut tree. -तालः, -ध्वजः the Tamāla tree. -पङ्कः, -पङ्कम् darkness. -पटलम् 1 a dark mass, a black coating or covering. -2 a dark film over the eye of a blind man; Pt.5. -पत्रः the pomegranate tree. (-त्रम्), -पद्मम् the blue water-lily. -पिच्छः a falcon. -पिटः a collection of annals and royal edicts; Buddh. -पुष्पिका 1 the indigo plant. -2 linseed. -फला the egg-plant (Mar. वांगें). -भः 1 the moon. -2 a cloud. -3 a bee. -मणिः, -रत्नम् 1 the sapphire; नेपथ्योचित- नीलरत्नम् Gīt.5; Bv.2.42. -2 an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa; also नीलमाधवः. -मीलिकः a fire-fly. -मृत्तिका 1 iron pyrites. -2 black earth. -राजिः f. a line of darkness, dark mass, thick darkness; निशाशशाङ्कक्षतनीलराजयः Ṛs. 1.2. -लोहित a. dark-blue, purple. (-तः) 1 a purple colour. -2 an epithet of Śiva; ममापि च क्षपयतु नीललोहितः पुनर्भवं परिगतशक्तिरात्मभूः Ś.7.35; Ku.2.57. -वर्ण a. dark-blue, bluish. (-र्णम्) a radish. -वसन, -वासस् a. dressed
in dark-blue clothes; see नीलाम्बर. -वसनः the planet Saturn. -वृन्तकम् cotton. -स्नेहः (= दृढस्नेहः) Intense love. (नीलो नीलीरागः तत्सदृशः स्नेहः । नीलीरागः स्थिरप्रेमा इति यादवः) गृहं विक्रयकाले$पि नीलस्नेहेन रक्षति Chārudatta 3.12.
नीलकम् 1 Black salt. -2 Blue steel. -3 Blue vitriol. -कः 1 A dark-coloured horse. -2 (In alg.) The third unknown quantity (corresponding to z of European Algebra).
a. swarthy, black; esp. dark blue; m. sapphire; Indian fig-tree; N.; n. indigo; -kantha, a. blue-necked; m. peacock; ep. of Siva; N., esp. of a commentator on the Mahâ bhârata; -giri, m. Blue Mountain, N. of a mountain-range (Nîlgiri); -gâ, f. ep. of the river Vitastâ; -tâ, f. blueness; dark-blue colour; -nikolin, a. wearing a dark cloak; -nîraga, n. blue lotus; -pakshman, n. fea thered with black eyelashes; -pata, m. dark garment; -patala, n. dark film (on a blind eye); -pura, n. N. of a town; -purâna, n. T. of a Purâna; -bhânda-svâmin, m. indigo vat proprietor; -bhû, f. N. of a river; -mani, m. sapphire; -ratna, n. id.; -râgi,f. dark streak, darkness; -lohitá, a. dark-blue and red, dark red; -vat, a. blackish, dark; -varna, a. blue-coloured: -srigâla vat, ad. like the blue jackal; -vasana, n. blue cloth; -vrisha, m. dark-coloured bull; -sam dhâna-bhânda, n. vat for preparing indigo; -saroruha, n. blue lotus; -½amsuka, n. blue garment; -½a&ndot;ga, a. dark-bodied; -½abga, n. blue lotus; -abhra-samvrita, pp. obscured by dark clouds; -½ambhoga, n. blue lotus.
noun (neuter) a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular position in dancing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
antimony (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any dark substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
black salt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blue vitriol (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dark (the colour) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
darkness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indigo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a lotion for treating kuṣṭha
poison (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sapphire (Ray, Mira (1991), 134)
[medic.] masī (schwarze Reste vom Abwischen der Patina eines Metalls)
añjana
kācalavaṇa
sauvīrāñjana
tuttha Frequency rank 4812/72933
noun (masculine) a species of bird the blue or hill Maina (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ox or bull of a dark colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Nāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Ajamīḍha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Bhuvanarāja (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Yadu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an historian of Kaśmīra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Mañjuśrī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the monkey-chiefs attending on Rāma (said to be a son of Agni) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the prince of Māhishmatī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva
one of the 9 Nidhis or divine treasures of Kubera (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indian fig-tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the mountain Nīla or the blue mountain (immediately north of Ilāvṛta or the central division) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sapphire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] a kind of guggulu; nīlaka Frequency rank 2613/72933
adjective black (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dark-blue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dark-green (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dyed with indigo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
of a dark colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Antilope Picta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a blue-flowered Eclipta prostrata
a dark-coloured horse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of deer
a male bee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Semecarpus anacardium Linn.
Terminalia Tomentosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] a kind of guggulu Frequency rank 15841/72933
noun (masculine) Ardea Sibirica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of alchemical preparation
a peacock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sparrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wagtail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (as having a black throat from swallowing the poison produced at the churning of the ocean) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the blue-necked jay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a mixture of blue and red (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a purple colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Kalpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Bauhinia Tomentosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Scirpus Kysor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the pomegranate tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Clitoria Ternatea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Convolvulus Argenteus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Indigofera tinctoria Linn. Frequency rank 19546/72933
noun (masculine neuter) a blue-flowered Eclipta prostrata
a kind of bdellium (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sapphire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Nāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Verbesina Scandens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a particular tree resembling the Terminalia Tomentosa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Eclipta Prostrata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sapphire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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