m. (f. /ī-) a nāga- or serpent-demon (the race of kadru- or su-rasā- inhabiting the waters or the city bhoga-vatī- under the earth;they are supposed to have a human face with serpent-like lower extremities [see especially ];their kings are śeṣa-, vāsuki-, and takṣaka-; 7 or 8 of the nāga-s are particularly mentioned etc.;with Buddhists they are also represented as ordinary men )
mf(ā-,or ī-)n. formed of snakes, relating to serpents or serpents-demons, snaky, serpentine, serpent-like etc. (with āsana-n.a particular attitude in sitting ; ā-f.[ scilicetvīthī-] equalsnāga-v-,below )
नाग a. (-गी f.) Serpentine, formed of snakes, snaky. -2 Elephantine. -गः [न गच्छति इत्यगः न अगो नागः] 1 A snake in general, particularly the cobra; नासुरो$यं न वा नागः Ki.15.12. -2 A fabulous serpentdemon or semi-divine being, having the face of a man and the tail of a serpent, and said to inhabit the Pātāla; अनन्तश्चास्मि नागानाम् Bg.1.29; R.15.83. -3 An elephant; दिङ्नागानां पथि परिहरन् स्थूलहस्तावलेपान् Me.14,36; Si.4.63; V.4.25. -4 A shark. -5 A cruel or tyrannical person. -6 (At the end of comp.) Any pre-eminent or distinguished person, e. g. पुरुषनागः . -7 A cloud. -8 A peg projecting from a wall to hang anything upon. -9 N. of several plants as Mesua Roxburghii, Rottlera Tictoria, Piper betel; (Mar. नागचाफा, नागकेशर, पानवेल, नागरमोथा etc.); Bhāg.8.2.18; Rām.7. 42.4. -1 One of the five vital airs of the body, that which is expelled by eructation. -11 The number 'seven'. -12 A trumpet (see नागवेला). -गम् 1 Tin. -2 Lead. -3 One of the astronomical periods (Karaṇas) called ध्रुव -4 The effects of that period on anything done during it. -5 The asterism called आश्लेषा. -6 A captivating act of females (स्त्रीबन्धः), gesticulation; L. D. B. -7 A kind of coitus; Nm. -गी 1 A female Nāga. -2 A female elephant; -Comp. -अङ्गम् Hastināpura. -अङ्गना 1 a female elephant. -2 the proboscis of an elephant. -अञ्चला, -अञ्जना = नागयष्टि q. v. -अञ्जना a female elephant. -अधिपः an epithet of Śeṣa. -अन्तकः, -अरातिः, -अरिः 1 an epithet of Garuḍa. -2 a peacock. -3 a lion. -अशनः 1 a peacock; Pt.1.159. -2 an epithet of Garuḍa. -3 a lion. -आख्यः = नागकेसर q. v. -आननः an epithet of Ganeśa. -आनन्दम् a drama by Śrīharṣa. -आरूढ a. Riding upon an elephant. -आह्वः Hastināpura. -इन्द्रः 1 a lordly or superior elephant; नागेन्द्रहस्तास्त्वचि कर्कशत्वात... कदलीविशेषाः Ku. 1 36. -2 Airāvata, Indra's elephant; कुथेन नागेन्द्रमिवेन्द्रवाहनम् Śi. -3 an epithet of Śeṣa. -ईशः 1 an epithet of Śeṣa. -2 N. of the author of Paribhāṣenduśekhara and several other works. -3 N. of Patañjali. -उदम्, -उदरम् 1 a breast-plate. -2 a peculiar disease of pregnancy (गर्भोपद्रवभेद). -कन्यका, -कन्या a serpent-virgin. -कर्णः the castor-oil plant. -किंजल्कः = नागकेसर q. v. -कुमारी Rubia Munjiṣṭā (Mar. मंजिष्ठ). -केतुः An epithet of Karṇa (?); समरमधि- गतार्थः प्रस्थितो नागकेतुः Karṇabhāra 1.3. -केसरः N. of a tree with fragrant flowers, Mesua Roxburghii; कतकं नक्रनखरं नलदं नागकेसरम् Śiva B.3.14. -रम् a kind of steel. -गर्भम् red lead. -चूडः an epithet of Śiva. -जम् 1 red lead. -2 tin. -जिह्विका red arsenic. -जीवनम् tin. (-नः) orpiment. -दन्तः, -दन्तकः 1 ivory. -2 a peg or bracket projecting from a wall and used to hang things upon; N.18.15. -दन्ती 1 a kind of sun-flower. -2 a harlot. -द्वीपम् N. of a द्वीप in Bharatavarṣa. -नक्षत्रम्, -नायकम् the constellation called Āśleṣā. (-कः) the lord of serpents; अनन्तो वासुकिः पद्मो महापद्मो$पि नक्षकः । कर्कोटः कुलिकः शङ्ख इत्यष्टौ नागनायकाः ॥ Trikāṇdaśeṣa. -नामकम् Tin. -नामन् m. holy basil (तुलसी). -नासा the proboscis of an elephant. -निर्यूहः a large pin or bracket projecting from a wall. -पञ्चमी 1 N. of a festival on the fifth day in the bright half of Śrāvaṇa. -2 the fifth day in the dark half of Āsāḍha. -पतिः an epithet of (1) Airāvata. (2) Śesa. -पदः a mode of sexual enjoyment (रतिबन्ध). पादौ स्कन्धे तथा हस्ते क्षिपेल्लिङ्गं भगे लघु । कामयेत् कामुको नारीं बन्धो नागपदो मतः ॥ Ratimañjarī. -पर्णी the betel plant. -पाशः 1 a sort of magical noose used in battle to entangle an enemy. -2 N. of the noose or weapon of Varuṇa. -पाशकः a kind of coitus (रतिबन्ध). स्वजङ्घाद्वयमध्यस्थां हस्ताभ्यां धारयन् कुचौ । रमेन्निःशङ्कितो नारीं बन्धो$यं नागपाशकः ॥ Ratimañjarī. -पुरम् 1 Hastināpura. -2 N. of a city in Pātāla. -पुष्पः 1 the Champaka tree. -2 the Punnāga tree. -बन्धः 1 a snake as a chain. -2 N. of a metre, resembling the coilings of a snake. -बन्धकः
an elephant-catcher. -बन्धुः the holy fig-tree. -बलः an epithet of Bhīma. -भूषणः an epithet of Śiva. -मण्डलिकः 1 a snake-keeper. -2 a snake-catcher. -मल्लः an epithet of Airāvata. -मारः a species of pot-herb (Mar. माका). -यष्टिः f., -यष्टिका 1 a graduated pole or post for showing the depth of water in a newly-dug pond. -2 a boring-rod driven into the earth. -रक्तम्, -रेणुः red lead. -रङ्गः the orange. -राजः 1 an epithet of Śeṣa. -2 a large elephant; अधस्तान्नागराजाय सोमायोर्ध्वं दिशं ददौ Hariv. -रिपुः (see नागान्तकः) Garuḍa; शार्ङ्गचक्रायुधः खड्गी सर्वनागरिपुध्वजः Mb.13.147.15. -रुकः the orange tree. -लता 1 the penis. -2 the piper betel. -वल्लरी, -वल्ली piper betel. -वेला the hour when a serpent-like instrument is blown; नागवेलायामागन्तव्य...... । यस्मिन् ग्रामे न नागाः...... तस्मिन्नपि स एव कालः । तत्र हि आगमनं क्रियते । ŚB. on MS.1.8.69. -लोकः the world of serpents, the race of serpents collectively, one of the regions below the earth called Pātāla. -वारिकः 1 a royal elephant. -2 an elephant-driver. -3 a peacock. -4 an epithet of Garuḍa. -5 the chief of a herd of elephants. -6 the chief person in an assembly. -वीथी that part of the moon's path which contains the asterisms अश्विनी, भरणी and कृत्तिका; अश्विनी कृत्तिका याम्या नागवीथीति शब्दिता V. P. -संभवम्, -संभूतम् red lead. ...... मञ्जिष्ठां नागसंभवम् Śiva. B.3.19. -साह्वयम् Hastināpura.
नागर a. (-री f.) [नगरे भवः अण्] 1 Town-born, town-bred. -2 Relating to a town, civic. -3 Spoken in a town. -4 Polite, civil. -5 Clever, sharp. -6 Bad, vile, one who has contracted the vices of a town. नाग- नागरयोर्मध्ये वरं नागो न नागरः । नागो दशति कालेन नागरस्तु पुनः पुनः ॥ Subhāṣita. -7 Nameless. -रः 1 A citizen (पौर); यः पण्यस्त्रीरतिपरिमलोद्गारिभिर्नागराणामुद्दामानि प्रथयति शिलावेश्मभि- र्यौवनानि Me.25; Śānti.4.19; Bhāg.1.56.17. -2 A husband's brother. -3 A lecturer. -4 An orange. -5 Fatigue; hardship, toil. -6 Desire of final beatitude. -7 A term applied to a prince engaged in war under certain circumstances and also to a planet when in opposition to other planets (in astrol.) -8 Denial of knowledge. -रम् 1 Dry ginger; खर्बूरं मरिचं पूर्णं देवदारु च नागरम् Śiva B.3.16. पिप्पली सैन्धवं चैव नागरं च गुडान्वितम् । प्रातर्दत्तं तुरङ्गाणां नस्यं श्लेष्मविनाशनम् ॥ Śālihotra. -2 A kind of coitus. -3 One of the three styles of architecture; it is quadrangular in shape; चतुरस्राकृतिं यत्तु नागरं तत् प्रकीर्तितम् Māna.18.94. -री 1 The character in which Sanskrit is generally written; cf. देवनागरी. -2 A clever, intriguing or shrewd woman; हन्ताभीरीः स्मरतु स कथं संवृतो नागरीभिः Ud. D.16. -3 The plant स्नुही -Comp. -आह्लम् dry ginger.
नागरक नागरिक a. [नगरे भवः वुञ्] 1 Town-bred, town-born. -2 Polite, courteous, courtly; नागरिकवृत्त्या संज्ञापयैनाम् Ś.5; साधु आर्य नागरिको$सि V.2. -3 Clever, shrewd, cunning (विदग्ध). -कः 1 A citizen. -2 A polite or courteous man, a gallant, one who shows exaggerated attention to his first mistress while he is courting some one else. -3 One who has contracted the vices of a town. -4 A thief. -5 An artist. -6 The chief of the police; V.5; Ś.6. -7 A city-superintendent; cf. नागरिक- प्रणिधिः Kau. A. -8 A kind of coitus; ऊरुमूलोपरि स्थित्वा योषिदूरुद्वयं रमेत् । ग्रीवां धृत्वा कराभ्यां च बन्धो नागरको मतः ॥ Ratimañjarī. -9 (pl.) planets opposite to each other. -कम् 1 Dry ginger. (-रिकम्) The toll levied from a town. -Comp. -वृत्तिः a courtly manner or style; नागरिकवृत्त्या संज्ञापयैनाम् Ś.5.1/2.
नागरेयक a. (-की f.) [नगर्यां भवः ठकञ्] Belonging to a town, civic.
नागरीटः nāgarīṭḥ नागवीटः nāgavīṭḥ
नागरीटः नागवीटः 1 A libertine, rake. -2 A paramour. -3 A match-maker.
अनागत a. [न आगतः, न. त.] 1 Not come or arrived; तावद्भयस्य भेतव्यं यावद्भयमनागतम् H.1.54. -2 Not got or obtained; वर्धिष्णुमाश्रयमनागतमभ्युपैति Śi.5.14; so ˚आर्तव. -3 Future, to come; see compounds below. -4 Not learnt or attained, unknown. -तम् The future time, future; ˚तं यः कुरुते स शोभते Pt.3.164 he shines (thrives, prospers) who provides for the future; अनागतवतीं चिन्तामसंभाव्यां करोति यः Pt.5.17. -Comp. -अवेक्षणम् looking to the future, provident thought, foresight. -आबाधः [अनागतः आबाधः दुःखम्] future (physical) trouble or calamities, illness &c. affecting the body in times to come; ˚प्रतिषेधनीयम् N. of chapter 24 of the चिकित्सास्थान in Suśruta. -आर्तवा [स्त्रीपुष्पविकासनम् आर्तवम्, न आगतमार्तवं यस्याः] a maiden who has not yet arrived at puberty. -विधातृ m. [अनागतम् उद्दिश्य विदधाति] one who provides for the future, provident, prudent (used as the name of a fish in Pt.1.138; H.4.6); अनागत- विधाता च प्रत्युत्पन्नमतिस्तथा । द्वावेतौ सुखमेधेते यद्भविष्यो विनश्यति ॥ (where Dr. Peterson translates the three names by 'Mr. Provider-against-a-future-evil', 'Mr. Cool-head', and 'Mr. what-will-be-will-be').
अनागम a. 1 Not come, not present. -2[न. ब.] (In law) Without the title-deed or document of possession (such as purchase deed &c.), anything possessed from time immemorial and without any documentary proof; ˚उपभोगः enjoyment of property without such a deed. -मः 1 Non-arrival. -2 Non-attainment.
उपनागरिका A variety of वृत्यनुप्रास. It is formed by sweet-sounding letters (माधुर्यव्यञ्जकवर्ण); e. g. cf. the example cited in K. P. 9; अपसारय घनसारं कुरु हारं दूर एव किं कमलैः । अलमलमालि मृणालैरिति वदति दिवानिशं बाला ॥
m. serpent, esp. as name of fabu lous serpents with human faces inhabiting the city of Bhogaratî in the infernal regions; elephant; a vital air (causing vomiting); N. of several plants; N.
f. a tree; N.; -lekhâ, f. N.; -loka, m. world or abode of the Nâgas; coll. the serpents; -vatta, m. N.; -vall&ibrevcirc;, f. the betel plant, piper betel; -vasâ, f. female elephant; -sûra, m. N.; -sthala, n. N. of a village; -svâmin, m. N.
m. chief of serpents; -nâyaka, m. id.; -pati, m. id.; -pâla, m. N.; -pura, n. Elephant-city (=Hâstina-pura); -bandha, m. a serpent as a fetter; -maya, a. consisting of elephants.
pp. not arrived; impending, future; not to be found: -m kri, provide for the future; -vat, a. referring to the future; -vidhâtri, a. providing for the future, provi dent; m. N. of a fish; -vidhâna, n. provision for the future.
m. elephant of the quar ters; -nâtha, m. regent of a quarter; -mand ala, n. circle of the quarters, horizon; -mâ ta&ndot;ga, m. elephant of the quarters; -mâtra, n. mere indication, mere example; -mukha, n. point of the compass; place, location; -moha, m. bewilderment as to the cardinal points.
m. acquisition of wealth, income; -½âdhya, a. rich: -tâ, f. wealth; -½adhika, a. rich; -½adhipa, -½adhipati, m. ep. of Kubera; -½adhyaksha, m. treasurer: -½anvita, pp. wealthy; -½âpti, f. acquisition of treasure.
Appears once in the Satapatha Brāhmana in the form mahāηāga, where ‘ great snake ’ or ‘ great elephant ’ may be meant. In the Brhadāranyaka Upanisad, and in a citation found in the Aitareya Brāhmana the sense of ‘elephant’ is clearly intended. In the Sūtras the mythic Nāga already occurs.
noun (masculine) a cruel man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Nāga or serpent-demon (the race of Kadru or Surasā inhabiting the waters or the city Bhogavatī under the earth) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Coluber Naga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cloud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a district (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a dynasty of 9 or 10 princes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Sādhya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a teacher (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several other men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several plants (Mesua Roxburghii, Rottlera Tinctoria etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the numbers 7 or 8 (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the 5 airs of the human body (which is expelled by eructation) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shark (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the best or most excellent of any kind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective formed of snakes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating to serpents or serpents-demons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
serpentlike (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) nāgakesara
a kind of coitus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of poison
lead (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a district of Bhāratavarsha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 3rd invariable Karaṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the effects of that period on anything happening during it (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of talc (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the kañcukas of mercury Frequency rank 476/72933
noun (feminine) Sida alba Linn.
Sida spinosa Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Sida veronicaefolia Lam. (Surapāla (1988), 288)
Uraria lagopodioides (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) Alpinia Nutans Rosc. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Artemisia Vulgaris Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Crinum asiaticum Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566)
Pupalia lappacea Moq. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566)
serpent-spell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a peg in the wall to hang things upon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
elephant's tusk or ivory (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra Frequency rank 19499/72933
noun (masculine) Calophyllum inophyllum Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566)
Mesua roxburghii Wight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ochrocarpus longifolius Benth. et Hook.F. ex T. Anders (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566)
the buds of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Nees (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566)
the immature fruit of Cinnamomum cassia Blume (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566)
the immature fruit of Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 566) Frequency rank 10684/72933
noun (feminine) name of a woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Piper Betle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the penis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) the race of these beings collectively (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the world of serpents or serpents-demons (called Pātāla and thought to be under the earth) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of Surasā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the goddess Manasā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red arsenic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
manaḥśilā Frequency rank 24348/72933
noun (masculine) a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of magical noose (used in battles) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Varuṇa's weapon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a citizen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a husband's brother (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of coitus
a lecturer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a prince engaged in war under particular circumstances (opp. to yāyin etc. and also applied to planets opposed to each other) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an orange (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
denial of knowledge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
desire of final beatitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fatigue (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
toil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a kind of coitus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular written character (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a rectangular building
dry ginger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several places (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the root of Cyperus Pertenuis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[arch.] a kind of temple Frequency rank 2091/72933
adjective bad (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
civic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
civil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clever (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cunning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dexterous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nameless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
polite (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relating or belonging to a town or city (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spoken in a town (said of a particular Apabhraṃśa dialect) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
town-bred (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
town-like (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
townborn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vile (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a citizen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a hedonist
a thief (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an artist (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
applied to planets opposed to each other (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
chief of a town (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
police-officer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a species of Cyperus grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cyperus scariosus R. Br. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 567) Frequency rank 36161/72933
noun (feminine) Mussaenda frondosa Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 567)
Mussaenda glabrata Hutchinson ex Gamble (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 567)
name of a work (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Piper Betle Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) non-accession (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
non-arrival (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
non-attainment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective future (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not arrived (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not attained (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not come (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not learnt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unknown (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective (in law) not constituting an accession to previous property, but possessed from time immemorial, and therefore without documentary proof (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not come (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not present (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a nutmeg (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a white elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a white lotus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any distinguished man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Calophyllum inophyllum Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Rottleria Tinctoria Frequency rank 5924/72933
noun (masculine neuter) a kind of snail or snail-shell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a small species of earthworm in contrast with bhūlatā a larger species Frequency rank 3057/72933
noun (masculine) name of a son of Hiraṇyākṣa
name of Vātsyāyana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the elephants that support the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] a form of Śiva Frequency rank 29602/72933
noun (masculine) a kind of Rākṣasa or demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a young elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a young snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of Magadha (his descendants) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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