# नकुल (nakula)

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नकुल (nakula) is a Sanskrit word meaning of a particular color, the Bengal mongoose, a son, a particular musical instrument, an epithet of Shiva, name of a Vedic poet. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them The Mongoose Animal, Adjective: Disgraced/Without Family, Pāṇḍava Prince Nakula.

- **Etymology:** E. न not, कुल race or heap, fem. affix ङीष् — E. na not, kula race or heap, fem. affix ṅīṣ
- **SLP1:** `nakula`  **IAST:** nakula  **Devanagari:** नकुल
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakula
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nakula/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** नाकुल (nākula), नकुला (nakulā)

## Meanings by context

### The Mongoose Animal (8 definitions)
- the Bengal mongoose  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > नकुल (nakula) m. the Bengal mungoose or Viverra Ichneumon (enemy of mice and of serpents from whose venom it protects itself by a medic. plant; cf. नाकुली (nākulī) ), Atharva-veda (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=102740 ]
- 1. A mongoose. 2. Name of a son of Pandu.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 135-a1 ] नकुल (nakula) nak-ulá, m. mungoose (exterminator of serpents and mice ); N. of a son of Pāṇḍu : i-kā, f. female mungoose. [ ID=10199 ]
- 1. The Bengal mongoose or ichneumon. 2. A Pandu prince. 3. A son. 4. An epithet of Shiva. 5. The silk-cotton tree. 6. Spikenard. 7. Saffron. 8. Disgraced by a family.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 401-b ] नकुल (nakula) ( लः ) ((laḥ)) 1. m. The Bengal mungoose, ichneumon; a Pāndu prince; a son; Shiva. f. Silk-cotton tree; spikenard; saffron. a. Disgraced by a family. [ ID=20393 ]
- 1. An ichneumon. 2. The fourth Pandava prince.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 365-12 ] न - कुल (na-kula) m. 1. an ichneumon, M. iv.126; 2. name of the fourth Pāṇḍava prince. [ ID=18673 ]
- 1. The mongoose. 2. The female mongoose. 3. The fourth of the Pandu princes.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 0452-b ] नकुल (nakula) nakula, m. 1. The Bengal mungoose, Viverra ichneumon, MBh. 12, 444. 2. f. lī, Its female, 16, 41. 3. The name of the fourth of the five Pāṇḍu princes, 1, 2445. [ ID=7147 ]
- 1. The ichneumon. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. The name of a Pandava.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 258 ] नकुल (nakula) m. the ichneumon ( f. ई (ī) ); E. of Śiva, N. of a Pāṇḍava etc. [ ID=15660 ]
- An ichneumon, an animal similar to a polecat that is often domesticated and is a fierce enemy of snakes and mice.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 179-a ] nakulá, m. Viverra ichneumon, an animal like the polecat, often domesticated, and a bitter foe of serpents and mice. [ ID=2206 ]
- An ichneumon.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 1-408 ] Nakula, ‘ichneumon,’ is mentioned in the Atharvaveda 1 as being able to cut a snake in two and then join it up again. Its knowledge 2 of a remedy against snake poison is also mentioned. The animal figures in the list of sacrificial victims at the Aśvamedha, or ‘horse sacrifice,’ in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās. 3 [ Footnote: 1) vi. 139, 5.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. viii. 7, 23.] [ Footnote: 3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, v. 5, 12, 1; 21, 1; Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, xxiv. 26. 2; Maītrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, iii. 14, 7 In the Taittirīya Saṃhitā, vii. 3, 18, 1; Ṛgveda Prātiśākhya, xvii. 9, nakula denotes a colour — no doubt that of the ichneumon.] [ ID=1472 ]

### Adjective: Disgraced/Without Family (3 definitions)
- 1. Disgraced or rejected from a family. 2. The mongoose. 3. A proper name of the fourth Pandu prince. 4. A son. 5. An epithet of Shiva. 6. The silk cotton tree. 7. Indian spikenard. 8. A sort of perfume. 9. Saffron. 10. The letter ha in the Tantras.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > न (na) कुल (kula) (nakula) [Printed book page 450 ] न (na) कुल (kula) (nakula) mfn. ( - लः (-laḥ)- ला - लं (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) ) Disgraced, rejected from a family or race. m. ( - लः (-laḥ) ) 1 The Bengal mungoose, ( Viverra ichneumon.) 2 A proper name, NAKULA, the fourth of the five Pāṇḍu princes. 3 A son. 4 A name of ŚIVA. f. ( - ली (-lī) ) 1 Silk cotton tree. 2 Indian spikenard. 3 A sort of perfume: see शङ्खिन (na) ी (śaṅkhinī). 4 Saffron. 5 The letter ह (ha) as used in the Tantras. E. न (na) not, कुल (kula) race or heap, fem. affix ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=20899 ]
- 1. Disgraced or rejected from a family. 2. The Bengal mongoose. 3. A proper name of the fourth Pandu prince. 4. A son. 5. An epithet of Shiva. 6. The silk cotton tree. 7. Indian spikenard. 8. A sort of perfume or saffron. 9. The letter ha as used in the Tantras.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > न (na) कुल (kula) (nakula) [Printed book page 375-a ] न (na) कुल (kula) (nakula) mfn. ( - लः (-laḥ)- ला - लं (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) ) Disgraced, rejected from a family or race. m. ( - लः (-laḥ) ) 1. The Bengal mungoose, (Viverra ichneumon) 2. A proper name, NAKULA, the fourth of the five Pāṇḍu princes. 3. A son. 4. A name of SIVA. f. ( - ली (-lī) ) 1. Silk cotton tree, 2. Indian spikenard. 3. A sort of perfume: see शङ्क्षिन (na) ी (śaṅkṣinī). Saffron. 4. The letter ह (ha) as used in the Tantras. E. न (na) not, कुल (kula) race or heap, fem. affix ङीष् (ṅīṣ). [ ID=20885 ]
- 1. The Bengal mongoose or ichneumon. 2. A son. 3. A Vedic poet. 4. A Sāman. 5. The fourth of the Pandu princes, twin-brother of Sahadeva. 6. A physician and author. 7. An epithet of Shiva.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 0463-c ] नकुल (nakula) nakula, as, ā, am (fr. na-kula, without a family?), rejected from a family or race (?), disgraced (?), coloured like the ichneumon?; ( as ), m. the Bengal mungoose or Viverra Ichneumon (similar to the pole- cat and hostile to mice and serpents, from the poison of which it protects itself by a medicinal plant, cf. gandha-n° and jala-n° ); a son; N. of a Vedic poet with the patronymic Vāma-deva or Vāma-devya Page0464-a+ 76 or Vaiśvāmitra; N. of a Sāman ( Nakulasya Vāma- devasya preṅkhas ); N. of a son of Pāṇḍu or rather of the Aśvins by Pāṇḍu's wife Mādrī, he was twin-brother of Saha-deva, and fourth of the five Pāṇḍu princes; N. of a physician mentioned in the Brahma-vaivarta-Purāṇa, author of a work on horses; an epithet of Śiva; ( ī ), f. a female ichneumon; several plants, Salmalia Malabarica, = kukkuṭī; Nar- dostachys Jatamansi, = jaṭāmāṃsī; saffron, = śaṅ- khinī; a mystical N. of the letter h [cf. nakulīśa ]; ( ā ), f. an epithet of the wife of Śiva; (also read a-kulā, q. v.) —Nakula-tva, am, n. the state or condition of an ichneumon. —Nakulāḍhyā (°la- āḍh°), f. a plant (= gandha-nākulī). —Naku- lāndha-tā (°la-an°), f. or nakulāndhya, am, n. a kind of disease of the eye in which the eye becomes like that of an ichneumon and all objects have a variegated appearance; [cf. nākulāndhya. ] —Na- kulīśa (°lī-īśa), as, or (according to others) na- kuleśa (°la-īśa), as, m. a form of Bhairava re- garded as an attendant on or emanation from Śiva; the letter h used mystically in the Tantras; [cf. nakulī. ] —Nakulīśa-yoga-pārāyaṇa, am, n., N. of a Yoga work. —Nakuleṣṭā or nakuleṣṭakā (°la-iṣ°), f. ‘liked by the ichneumon,’ a plant, = nākulī, gandha-nākulī, (the mungoose if wounded in a conflict with a poisonous snake is supposed to prevent the effects of the venom by the use of this plant.) [ ID=23738 ]

### Pāṇḍava Prince Nakula (3 definitions)
- Nakula, the son of the Ashvins and Madri, twin brother of Sahadeva, and fourth of the Pandu princes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of the Aśvins and Mādrī (twin-brother of Saha-deva and fourth of the Pāṇḍu princes), Mahābhārata (Title); Harivaṃśa (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=102744 ]
- Pandava  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 497-1 ] Nakula, Pāṇḍava. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, †200 ( Mādrī- sutaṃ ).—§ 71 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇap.): I, 61, 2267 (conquered the western region, cf. § 285).—§ 83 (Ādivaṃśāvatāraṇa): I, 63, 2445 ( Yamau…N°ḥ Sahadevaś ca, born from the Aśvins, cf. § 192).—§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2747 ( N. and Sahadeva are portions of the Aśvins).—§ 157 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95, ††3816 ( N. and Sahadeva are born by Mādrī from the Aśvins, cf. § 192).—§ 159 (do.): I, 95, ††3827 (with Draupadī, father of Śatānīka), ††3831 (married to Kareṇu- matī and father of Niramitra).—§ 192 (Pāṇḍavotpatti): I, 124, 4851 ( N. and Sahadeva are born by Mādrī (the wife of Pāṇḍu) from the Aśvins), 4854 (the elder of the twins).— [§ 205 c (Droṇa): N. and Sahadeva excelled everyone in handling the sword: I, 132, 5271 ( Yamajau ).]—§ 210 e (Sambhavap.): Taught by Droṇa, N. became an atiratha : I, 139, 5533.—§ 214 (Hiḍimbavadhap.): I, 154, 6019, 6025.—§ 235 (Svayaṃvarap.): I, 191, †7139 (elder than Sahadeva).—§ 253 (Haraṇāharaṇap.): I, 221, 8044 (with Draupadī, father of Śatānīka).—§ 272 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 13, 524.—§ 278 (Digvijayap.): II, 25, 992 (conquered the western region, cf. § 285).—§ 285 (do.): N. assailed Rohītaka and vanquished there the Mattamayūrakas, etc.; Vāsudeva and Śalya accepted his sway, etc.; 10,000 camels carried with difficulty the treasures he had earned when he returned to Indraprastha (II, 32 ): II, 32, 1183, 1200 ( Kuruśreṣṭhaḥ ), 1202.—§ 286 (Rājasūyikap.): II, 33, 1258 ( Pāṇḍavaṃ ).—§ 287 (do.): II, 34, 1260 ( Pāṇḍavaḥ ).— § 288 (do.): II, 35, 1294.—§ 292 (do.): II, 45 α, 1608 (accompanied Subala and his son).—§ 294 (Dyūtap.): II, 48, 1716.—§ 298 (do.): II, 65, †2152, †2153 (lost by Yudhiṣṭhira at the game).—§ 301 (do.): II, 70, †2363; 71, †2383.—§ 302 (Anudyūtap.): II, 74, 2465.—§ 304 (do.): II, 77, 2555, (2556) (promised to slay the Dhārta- rāṣṭras).—§ 305 (do.): II, 78, 2569 ( arthasaṅgrahī ).— § 306 (do.): II, 80, 2625, (α), 2637 (had gone away, staining himself with dust, that he might not steal the hearts of the ladies).—§ 325 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 27, 1020, 1021.—§ 327 (do.): III, 35, 1389, 1402.—§ 342 (Indra- lokābhigamanap.): III, 51, 1971 ( devaputrau…N°ḥ Sahadevaś ca ).—§ 356 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 80, 4012 ( Pāṇḍunandanaḥ ), (4013).—§ 419 (Gandhamādanapr.): III, 140, 10845, 10862.—§ 420 (do.): III, 141, 10875 ( °āt pūrvajaṃ, i.e. Arjuna).—§ 423 (do.): III, 143, 10978, 10990, (10991).—§ 424 (Bhīmakadalīkhaṇḍapr.): III, 146, 11102.—§ 433 (Saugandhikāharaṇa): III, 155, 11426.— § 435 (Jaṭāsuravadhap.): III, 157, 11478 (carried off by Page497-b+ 63 Jaṭāsura).—§ 438 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 161, 11774.— § 450 (Ājagarap.): III, 179, 12432 ( N°aḥ Sahadevaś ca Yamau ), 12443.—§ 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 270, †15709 ( yasyottamaṃ rūpam āhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ, v. 15708); 271, 15725, 15731 (slew Kṣemaṅkara and Mahāmukha), 15734, 15735, 15736 (slew Suratha).—§ 548 (Āraṇeyap.): III, 311, 17240; 312, 17246, 17248, 17251, 17254, 17255, 17257, 17274; 313, 17408, 17409, 17410, 17412, 17414, 17415, 17417 (when the four Pāṇḍavas had been slain by the Yakṣa, Yudhiṣṭhira chose that N. should revive); 315, 17472.—§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapraveśap.): IV, 3, 61, (62) (will under the name of Granthika serve Virāṭa as horse-keeper); 5, 166 (etymology of the name: kule nāsti samo rūpe yasyeti N°ḥ smṛtaḥ ), 170; 12, (317) (became under the name Granthika the horse-keeper of Virāṭa).—§ 550 (Samayapā- lanap.): IV, 13, 334, 368.—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 31, 1024 (the four Pāṇḍavas in disguise mounted chariots and partook in the encounter with the Trigartas); 33, 1100 (slew 700 Trigartas); 43, 1353 ( °syaitad āyudhaṃ ), 1358 ( °sya kalāpaḥ ), 1365 ( °syaiṣa nistriṃśaḥ ); 44, 1363, 1372 ( aśvabandhaḥ ); 50, 1564.—§ 553 (Vaivāhikap.): IV, 71 α, 2290, (β), 2294 ( aśvabandhaḥ ).—§ 556 e (Sañjayayānap.): Yudhiṣṭhira said to Sañjaya: “ N. was formerly sent under your eye to conquer the Śibis and the Trigartas, and brought the western region under my power”: V, 23, †709.— § 556 (do.): V, 26, †763; 29, †854 (all. to Dyūtap.).— § 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 48, †1832, †1833.—§ 561 f (do.): N. had vanquished the whole western region teeming with Mlecchas: V, 50, 1996.—§ 561 l (do.): N. was borne by excellent steeds presented by Mahendra, and like to the Wind ( Vāyu ) in might and speed: V, 56, †2229 ( Mādrī- sutaṃ ).—§ 561 (do.): V, 57, 2254 ( Mādravatīsutaḥ, will have Ulūka, etc., for his matches in the battle), (ο), 2262. —§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 80, (2844); 90, 3168, 3169, 3170.—§ 567 (do.): V, 126, 4220.—§ 569 (do.): V, 138, 4681; 140, 4748; 141 γ, 4778, 4791 ( N°ḥ Sahadevaś ca Mādrīputrau…śamitraṃ…kariṣyataḥ ); 143 ι, 4871.—§ 570 (Sainyaniryāṇap.): V, 151, 5108 (proposed to elect Drupada to be generalissimo).—§ 571 (Ulūkadūtā- gamanap.): V, 160, 5476; 163, 5679, 5696; 164 ε, 5707 (is pitted against Kṛtavarman).—§ 573 (Ambopākhyānap.): V, 196 ν, 7635.—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 19 ε, 709 (among the leaders of the Pāṇḍava army); 25 κ, 845 (blew his conch Sughoṣa).—§ 577 (Bhīṣmavadhap.): VI, 43, (1545), 1555.—§ 578 (do.): VI, 44 β, 1655; 45 5, 1690, 1693 (fought with Duḥśāsana and got his horses slain); 50 π, 2085 (in the left wing of the Pāṇḍava array); 51 αα, 2116 (= v. 845).—§ 581 (do.): VI, 62 θ, 2755 (followed Bhīmasena).—§ 582 (do.): VI, 72 ε, 3168 ( Mādrīputraḥ, engaged in battle with the Trigartas).—§ 583 (do.): VI, 75 α, 3282 ( N. and Sahadeva stationed in the eyes of the makaravyūha).—§ 584 (do.): VI, 81 1, 3556 ( N. and Sahadeva proceeded against Śalya); 83 4, 3684 ( N. and Sahadeva fought with Śalya); 86, 3802 ( rathaṃ… N°sya ).—§ 585 (do.): VI, 89, 3962 ( N. and Sahadeva attacked the cavalry).—§ 586 (do.): VI, 99 ε, 4508 ( N°ḥ Sahadevaś ca Mādrīputrau ); 101 θ, 4586, 4589; 105 ο, 4776, (ρ), 4797 (pierced Śalya); 106 σ, 4803 (pierced by Bhīṣma), 4805 (pierced Bhīṣma).—§ 587 (do.): VI, 108 β, 5013; 110 ζ, 5099 (attacked Bhīṣma), 5104 (resisted by Vikarṇa); 111, 5173, 5174 (fought with Vikarṇa).—§ 588 (do.): VI, 121 γ, 5809.—§ 589 (Droṇābhiṣekap.): VII, 10 κ, 335 (proceeded against Droṇa).—§ 590 (do.): VII, 14, 525 Page498-a+ 63 ( svasrīyaṃ, sc. Śalya's), 526 (fought with Śalya); 16 γ, 645 (pierced by Droṇa).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 23 ο, 956 (description of his horses), (π), 1033 ( śarabhaṃ pṛṣṭhasauvarṇaṃ N°sya mahādhvajaṃ ), (ρ), 1040 (held [the bow] Vaiṣṇava); 32 ζζ, 1443 (protected Sātyaki).—§ 593 (Abhimanyuvadhap.): VII, 34 α, 1487 (is praised by Sañjaya), 1491; 39 ν, 1657.—§ 599 (Jayadrathavadhap.): VII, 98 κ, 3661 (protected Sātyaki); 106, 3976 (attacked by Vikarṇa); 107, 4042 (defeated Vikarṇa); 109 π, 4111, 4113 (partook in the encounter with Alambuṣa); 111 ν, 4284; 114 ψ, 4501 (pierced Kṛtavarman); 124 κκ, 4983; 143 ιιι, 5997.—§ 600 (Ghaṭotkacavadhap.): VII, 154 β, 6650 (proceeded against Droṇa); 156 θ, 6763 (pierced by Droṇa); 165, 7364 (resisted by Śakuni); 168, 7522 ( °sya sutaḥ, i.e. Śatānīka); 169, 7559, 7561, 7568, 7570 ( Pāṇḍu- nandanaḥ ), 7573 (do., fought with Śakuni, whom he defeated and wounded), 7577; 170 νν, 7672; 177 ψψ, 8060; 178 ωω, 8080 (pierced the Rākṣasas, who were followers of Alāyudha), (ααα), 8084 (do.).—§ 601 (Droṇavadhap.): VII, 184 α, 8367.—§ 602 (do.): VII, 187, 8567, 8571, 8572 (fought with Duryodhana, whom he defeated); 188, 8596 ( °sya…rathaṃ ).—§ 604 (Karṇap.): VIII, 5 ζ, 118 (had slain the son of Bhagadatta).—§ 605 (do.): VIII, 11 αα, 427 (in the ardhacandravyūha of the Pāṇḍavas); 13, 491 (proceeded against Karṇa); 22 ηη, 870, 877, 879 (slew the Aṅga king), 881, 883, 888; 24, 915, 916, 919, 923, 927, 929 bis, 931, 932, 940, 944, 958 (fought with Karṇa and was defeated; Karṇa, however, spared his life, remembering his promise to Kuntī).—§ 608 (do.): VIII, 46, 2156 (proceeded against Vṛṣasena), (η), 2205; 48, 2267, 2268, 2270, 2273, (π), 2281; 54, 2624 (checked by Duryodhana); 56, 2698, 2700 (fought with Duryodhana), (ππ), 2756; 61, 3078 (proceeded against Vṛṣasena), 3102, 3103 (fought with Vṛṣasena), 3107; 62 ζζζ, 3148; 63, 3184, 3188 (fought with Karṇa), 3212; 73, 3732; 75, †3814 ( Mādrī- putraḥ, attacked Kṛtavarman); 78, 3955, 3958 (pierced Karṇa); 79 νʹ, 4029; 83, †4247; 84, †4281 (fought with Vṛṣasena), †4282, †4283, †4285, †4287, †4288, †4289, †4291, †4293, †4294, †4297, †4302, †4303, †4304 (Vṛṣasena slew his horses and defeated him); 85, †4305, †4329, †4331 ( Mādrīsutaṃ ); 96 βα 1, 5030.—§ 611 (Śalyap.): IX, 10, 468 (fought with Citrasena, the son of Karṇa), 472 (slew Citrasena), 475, 477, 486 (fought with Suṣeṇa and Satyasena, sons of Karṇa), 491, 494, 496 (slew Satyasena), 502, 503, 507, 510 (slew Suṣeṇa), 511; 11, 561 (pierced Śalya); 13 ο, 661 (do.), 663 (pierced by Śalya), 677 (attacked Śalya), 680 ( °preritāṃ śaktiṃ ), 688; 15, 764 ( Mādrinandanaḥ, rushed against Śalya), 765, 767, 771; 16, 800; 17, 893 (Śalya cut off the shaft of N.'s chariot— ratheṣāṃ ); 22 λλ, 1139 (pierced by Duryodhana), 1142 (pierced Duryodhana), 1157, 1158 (fought with Ulūka); 27 σσ, 1446; 28, 1527 (pierced by Śakuni).—§ 613 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 32 β, 1882; 33 ε, 1890, 1900.—§ 617 (Aiṣīkap.): X, 10, †568 ( N. is sent to bring Draupadī to the camp); 11, 577, 602.—§ 618 (Jalapradānikap.): XI, 14 ξ, 376; 15 ο, 393 ( hatāśve N°e Vṛṣasenena, all. to VIII, ch. 84 ), 397 ( hatāśvaṃ N°ṃ Vṛṣasenena, do.).—§ 619 (Strīvilāpap.): XI, 18 γ, 540 (all. to Dyūtaparvan): 23 θ, 635 ( °mātulaḥ, sc. Śalya).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 11, 333, (335).—§ 637 (do.): XII, 40, 1446; 41, 1478 (appointed to supervise the army); 44, 1526 (got the palace of Durmarṣaṇa).—§ 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166, 5120 ( b: N. was an accomplished swordsman), (6121), 6128 ( b: N. was the disciple of Droṇa), 6231, Page498-b+ 63 (6232) ( °-Sahadevau ).—§ 780 (Aśvamedhikap.): XIV, 14 β, 356.—§ 783 (Anugītāp.): XIV, 52 ε, 1524.—§ 785 (do.): XIV, 66 μ, 1954; 72, 2102, 2108 (together with Bhīma he protected the city during the horse-sacrifice); 85, 2514.— § 787 (Āśramavāsap.): XV, 16, 455; 17 χ, 481.—§ 788 (do.): XV, 24 β, 646.—§ 793 (Mausalap.): XVI, 7 λ, 179. —§ 794 (Mahāprasthānikap.): XVII, 2, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63 (on the Pāṇḍavas' mahāprasthāna N. fell down on account of his having boasted of his beauty); 3, 92 (all. to § 548).— § 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 2 ε, 67; 4 κ, 133 (in heaven). Cf. Āśvineya (dual), Aśvinīsuta (dual), Aśvisuta (dual), Ājamīḍha 3, Bhārata, Bharataśreṣṭha, Bharatarṣabha, Dāmagranthi, Granthika, Kuruśreṣṭha, Mādravatīputra (dual), Mādravatīsuta (sg. and dual), Mādreya (sg. and dual), Mādrinandana (sg. and dual), Mādrinandanaka (dual), Mādrī- putra (sg. and dual), Mādrīsuta (sg. and dual), Mādrītanūja (dual), Pāṇḍava (sg. and dual), Pāṇḍaveya, Pāṇḍunandana, Pāṇḍuputra, Pāṇḍusuta, Yama (dual), Yamaja (dual). [ ID=7528 ]
- One of the Pandava brothers, born to Madri through the favor of the Ashvins.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > नकुल (nakula) [Printed book page 2-190 ] Nakula — born to Mādrī (Mādravatī) through the favour of the Aśvins: father of Śatānīka and Niramitra, the latter by Kareṇumatī; 1 felt joy at Kṛṣṇa's visit to Indra- prastha; was sent to the northern countries, for gathering provisions for Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya; 2 approved of Drau- padī's desire to release Aśvathāma; 3 consoled by Kṛṣṇa while in forest; 4 heard from Bhiṣma the secret of the cycle of births and deaths. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IX. 22. 28-9, 32; Br. III. 71. 135; M. 46. 10; 50. 50; Vā. 96. 154; 99. 245; Vi. IV. 14. 38; 20. 40.] [ Footnote: 2) Bhā. X. 71. 27; 72. 13; 75. 4.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. I. 7. 50; 10. 9.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. X. 58. 4; 64. 9.] [ Footnote: 5) Vi. III. 7. 8-13.] [ ID=6802 ]

### Other Individuals Named Nakula (2 definitions)
- 1. Name of a Vedic poet. 2. Name of a Saman.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > नकुल (nakula) m. of a Vedic poet with the patr. Vāma-deva ( ° व्य (°vya) ) or Vaiśvāmitra ( ° लस्य वामदेवस्य प्रे (°lasya vāmadevasya pre) ङ्ख (ṅkha) m. N. of a Sāman), Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa (Title) [ ID=102745 ]
- a physician and author of a work on horses  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > [Printed book page 524,1] नकुल (nakula) m. of a physician (author of a wk. on horses), Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=102746 ]

### A Son (general) (1 definition)
- a son  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a son, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=102741 ]

### A Specific Color (1 definition)
- of a particular color  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 523,3] न (na) कुल (kula) (nakula) mfn. (in spite of Pāṇini (Author) vi, 3, 75 prob. not fr. न (na) + कुल (kula) ) of a partic. colour (perhaps that of the ichneumon), Taittirīya-saṃhitā (Title); Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title) [ ID=102739 ]

### Feminine Form 'Nakulī' (Reference) (1 definition)
- See below  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > नकुली (nakulī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. See below [ ID=102748 ]

### Musical Instrument (1 definition)
- a particular musical instrument  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a partic. musical instrument, Lalita-vistara (Title) [ ID=102742 ]

### Mystical Symbol ('ह') (1 definition)
- a mystical name for the sound h  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > नकुल (nakula) n. a myst. N. of the sound ह् (h), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=102749 ]

### Name of Śiva (1 definition)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Śiva, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=102743 ]

### Name of Śiva's Consort (Nakulā) (1 definition)
- Shiva's wife  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 524,1] नकुला (nakulā) f. N. of Śiva's wife, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=102747 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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