Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nāsikā नासिका – nose

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

nā́sikā ·f. nostril; nose (mostly du.).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Nāsikā, f. the nose, (originally nāsikā, sing. = a nostril; nāsike, du. = the two nostrils or the nose); the trunk of an elephant; a proboscis; any nose- shaped object [cf. carma-n˚]; a projection, the upper timber of a door; an epithet of the nymph Aśvinī; [cf. a-nāsika, kāka-nāsikā, carma-n˚.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

nāsikā nāsikā. See p. 480, col. 3.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nā́sikā f. 1〉 Nasenloch, du. Nase ṚV. 10,163,1. AV. 10,2,6. AV. 10,9,14. VS. 25,2. AIT. BR. 5,22. ŚAT. BR. 1,4,1,2. ŚAT. BR. 3,8,2,6. AIT. UP. 1,4. ṚV. PRĀT. 14,3. VS. PRĀT. 1,74. BHĀG. P. 2,10,20. BHĀG. P. 3,26,63. BHĀG. P. 4,29,8. BHĀG. P. 4,29,9. Nasenloch TS. 2,3,8,2. dakṣiṇā savyā ŚAT. BR. 11,2,6,4. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,13. BHĀG. P. 5,23,6. Später auch sg. für Nase AK. 2,6,2,40. TRIK. 2,6,28. H. 580. H. ś. 120. M. 2,90. YĀJÑ. 3,91. SUŚR. 1,60,10. SUŚR. 1,115,5. SUŚR. 1,155,5. KATHĀS. 13,126. PAÑCAT. 38,2. VET. in LA. 26,6. BHĀG. P. 8,20,26. beim Esel MBH. 13,1875. Rüssel des Elephanten MBH. 13,4900. Im Comp.: ˚mūla Nasenwurzel VS. PRĀT. 1,82. mukhanāsikāvacano 'nunāsikaḥ P. 1,1,8. VID. 80. nāsikāntaprāptajīvita PAÑCAT. 70,12. anunāsikānāṃ mukhanāsikam AV. PRĀT. 1,26. hanulocanabāhunāsikam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 67,89. am Ende eines adj. comp.: aśvān — śukanāsikān MBH. 2,1824. f. ā und ī́ P. 4,1,55. ā R. 5,17,29. — 2〉 = nāsā R. 5,17,2. ŚABDAR._bei_WILS. — 3〉 Bein. der Aśvini (vgl. nāsikya 2,d) WILS. — Vgl. anāsika, kākanāsikā, kārpāsa˚, carma˚, natanāsika.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nāsikā 1〉 sg. Nase AV. PRĀT. 1,26.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nā́sikā f. — 1〉 Sg. Nasenloch und Nase (später); Du. Nase. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā und *ī. — 2〉 *= nāsā 2〉. — 3〉 *Bein. der Aśvinī, der Mutter der beiden Aśvin.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nāsikā III. 2〉 DHARMAŚARM. 17,99. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

nāsikā [nās-ṇvul] 1 The nose see nāsā. 2 Any nose-shaped object. 3 The trunk of an elephant. 4 The upper timber of a door. 5 A projection. 6 An epithet of the nymph Aśvinī. Comp. — malaḥ the mucus of the nose.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

nā́sikā f. Nasenloch; Nase (gew. Du.).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

nāsikā nāsikā f. (sfx. ika) nez. Linteau de porte. Surn. d'Aśvinī. nāsikāsthāna a. nasal, tg. nāsikāgra n. (agra) le bout du nez. nāsikāmala n. morve, mucus nasal.

Occurrences in source texts (4)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 1 occurrence

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SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.43–3.45: Prāṇa and Returning Within 1 occurrence

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  • SS 3.44 Segment 1

    Attested form: nāsikā Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.8-2.9: Raft and Reins of Breath 1 occurrence

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