Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nabhas नभस् – sky; space

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

nábhas ·n. mist, vapour, clouds, atmosphere, sky; a cert. month in the rainy season (*m.); du. heaven and earth.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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Nabhas, as, n. fog, vapour; a cloud; sky, atmo- sphere, ether or heaven; ether as one of the five ele- ments; N. of a month in the rainy season (= śrā- vaṇa) or July-August, (according to lexicographers in this sense m.); period of life, age; the vapour or fluidity of the Soma (Ved.); water (Ved.); the sun (according to Nir. II. 14); (ās), m. a cloud, the rains or the rainy season; the nose, smell; the fibres in the root of a lotus or a rope made of lotus fibres; a spitting-pot; N. of a prince, son of Nala and father of Puṇḍarīka; (asī), n. du. both worlds, heaven and earth.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nábhas UṆĀDIS. 4,210. 1〉 n. Nebel, Dunst, Gewölk NAIGH. 1,12. yatpa̱rjanyàḥ kṛṇu̱te va̱rṣya1̱̀ṃ nabhàḥ ṚV. 5,83,2. ṚV. 2,4,6. kṛṣṇam ṚV. 8,85,14. ṚV. 9,74,4. tasmai̱pra bhā̀ti̱ nabhàso̱ jyotìṣmāntsva̱rgaḥ panthā̀ḥ AV. 18,4,14. bhi̱ndhīdaṃ divyaṃ nabhàḥ AV. 7,18,1. AV. 5,13,3. jyotìṣmatī̱ pratì muñcate̱ nabho̱ rātrī̀ de̱vī sūryàsya vra̱tānì TS. 4,3,11,3. nabho̱ na rū̱paṃ jàri̱mā mìnāti vor dem Alter schwindet die Schönheit wie Dunst ṚV. 1,71,10. — VS. 2,22. VS. 6,21. ŚAT. BR. 10,6,4, TAITT. ĀR. 3,11,19. TAITT. ĀR. 6,1,12. TAITT. ĀR. 6,12,2. pl. AV. 4,15,3. nabhàsa̱spatìḥ AV. 6,79,1. AV. 6,79,2. Dunst, Duft des Soma: indrā̀gnī̱ ā gàtaṃ su̱taṃ gī̱rbhirnabho̱ varèṇyam ṚV. 3,12,1. ṚV. 9,71,3. nabho̱ vasā̀na̱ḥ parì yāsyadhva̱ram ṚV. 9,83,5. svàrjajñā̱no nabhàsā̱bhyàkramīt ṚV. 9,86,14. m. Wolke MED. s. 25. Regenzeit H. an. 2,584. MED. Dunkel ist die Bed. des Wortes in den Stellen VS. 5,9. VS. 5,32. — 2〉 n. Luftraum, Himmel AK. 1,1,2,1. AK. 3,4,30,234. TRIK. 1,1,4. H. 163. H. an. MED (ādityam) madhyaṃ nabhaso gatam M. 4,37. HIḌ. 3,6. nabhaścyuta SUND. 4,19. ARJ. 8,5. INDR. 1,3. BHAG. 1,19. N. 17. N. 10. MBH. 7,8221. R. 3,58,36. SUŚR. 1,20,7. SUŚR. 1,23,2. SUŚR. 1,20,3. SUŚR. 1,81,16. ṚT. 1,11. patitāṃ nabhastaḥ RAGH. 5,29. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,2. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2,9. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,31. VID. 97. VID. 114. VID. 116. VID. 320. BHĀG. P. 1,18,23. nabhastha BHĀG. P. 3,23,38. angebl. Sonne NAIGH. 1,4. NIR. 2,14. — 3〉 n. du. nabhasī so v. a. rodasī die beiden Welten, Himmel und Erde NAIGH. 3,30. u̱bhe ènaṃ dviṣṭo̱ nabhàsī̱ caràntam AV. 5,18,5. AV. 5,20,7. AV. 11,5,8. AV. 12,3,5. AV. 12,3,6. tvaṃ śo̱ciṣā̱ nabhàsī̱ vi bhā̀si AV. 17,1,16. pṛthivī nabhasī cobhe viśrute viśvatomukhe MBH. 12,13240. — 4〉 n. Aether, als eines der fünf Elemente: mahābhūtāni pañcaiva bhūrāpo 'gnirmarunnabhaḥ BHĀG. P. 3,26,12. nabho nabhasīva BHĀG. P. 15,33. — 5〉 N. eines Monats in der Regenzeit, = śrāvaṇa P. 4,4,128, Vārtt. 2, Sch.; nach den Lexicographen masc., in den Texten lautet der nom. nabhas. AK. 1,1,3,16. AK. 3,4,30,234. H. 154. H. an. MED. VS. 7,30. nabhàśca nabha̱syàśca̱ vārṣìkāvṛ̱tū VS. 14,15. VS. 22,31. ŚAT. BR. 4,3,1,16. nabhonabhasyau varṣāḥ SUŚR. 1,19,9. sa jahāra tayormadhye maithilīṃ lokaśoṣaṇaḥ . nabhonabhasyayorvṛṣṭimavagraha ivāntare .. RAGH. 12,29. RAGH. 17,41. RAGH. 18,5. VP. 225. — 6〉 n. Lebensalter (vayas) BALA beim Schol. zu NAIṢ. 1,97. — 7〉 m. = ghrāṇa wohl eher Nase als Geruch, wie WILSON das Wort hier wiedergiebt. — 8〉 m. ein Strick von Lotusfasern (visatantu). — 9〉 m. Spucknapf (patadgraha) H. an. MED. Diese Bed. giebt WILS. dem f. nabhā und hat hier Vogel statt Spucknapf, was auf einer Verwechselung von patadgraha mit pataṃgama zu beruhen scheint. — 10〉 m. N. pr. eines Fürsten, eines Sohnes des Nala und Vaters des Puṇḍarīka (vgl. nabha), RAGH. 18,5. VP. 386. — Führen wir nabhas auf 1. nabh zurück, so wäre das Gewölk nach seiner Zerreissbarkeit und Unterbrochenheit benannt worden. So sagt man auch von einer auseinandergeriebenen, Gewölk darstellenden Augensalbe, dass sie bhinna sei. WEBER_in_Z. d. d. m. G. 4,297, N. 1 und Ind. St. 4,407 hat nabhas auf nabh = nah zurückführen wollen. Vgl. ūrdhva˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

nabhas 4〉 nabhodhāraṇā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 237,a,5. — 5〉 MEGH. 4.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nábhas — 1〉 n. — a〉 Nebel, Dunst, Gewölk. — b〉 Duft (des Soma). — c〉 Luftraum, Himmel. nabhastas vom H. herab. — d〉 Du. Himmel und Erde. — e〉 Aether (Als Element). — f〉 ein best. Monat in der Regenzeit. Nach den Lexicographen m. — g〉 *Lebensalter. — h〉 von unbekannter Bed. VS. 5,9. VS. 5,32. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Wolke. — b〉 *Regenzeit. — c〉 *Geruch oder *Nase. — d〉 *ein Faden aus dem Wurzelschoss des Lotus. — e〉 *Spucknapf. — f〉 [Page3-179-a] N. pr. eines Fürsten.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nabhas n. [nahyate meghaiḥ nah-asun bhaścāṃtādeśaḥ; cf. Uṇ. 4. 210] 1 The sky, atmosphere; R. 5. 29; Bg. 1. 19; Rs. 1. 11. 2 A cloud. 3 Fog, vapour. 4 Water. 5 Period of life, age. — m. 1 The rains or rainy season. 2 The nose, smell. 3 N. of the month of Śrāvaṇa (corresponding to July-August), (said to be n. also in this sense); pratyāsanne nabhasi dayitājīvitālaṃbanārthī Me. 4; R. 12. 29; R. 17. 41; R. 18. 6. 4 The fibres in the root of the lotus. 5 A spittingpot. -(Dual) Both the worlds, heaven and earth. Comp. — aṃbupaḥ the Cātaka bird. — ketanaḥ, -pāṃthaḥ the sun. — krātin m. a lion. — ga a. going in the sky (as a star, god, bird &c.). — gajaḥ a cloud. — gati f. soaring, flying. — cakṣus m. the sun. — camasaḥ 1 the moon. 2 magic. — cara a. moving in the sky; Ku. 5. 23. — (raḥ) 1 a god or demi-god; R. 18. 6. 2 a bird. — talaṃ 1 the atmosphere. 2 the lower region of the sky. — duhaḥ a cloud. — dṛṣṭi a. 1 blind. 2 looking towards the sky. — dvīpaḥ, -dhūmaḥ a cloud. — nadī the celestial Ganges. — prāṇaḥ wind. — maṇiḥ the sun. — maṃḍalaṃ the firmament, the atmosphere; nedaṃ nabhomaṃḍalamaṃburāśiḥ S. D. 10. ˚dīpaḥ the moon. — yoniḥ an epithet of Śiva. — rajas n. darkness. — reṇuḥ f. ([Page 0608-a]) fog, mist. — layaḥ smoke. — lih a. licking the sky, lofty, very high; cf. abhrāṃliha. — śvāsaḥ wind. — sad m. 1 a bird. 2 a star. 3 a god; Śi. 1. 11. — sarit f. 1 the milky way. 2 the celestial Ganges. — sthalaḥ an epithet of Śiva. — sthalī the sky. — spṛś a. reaching the sky, lofty.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

nábhas n. Gewölk, Luftraum, Himmel; ein best. Regenmonat. Du. Himmel und Erde.

Occurrences in source texts (7)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.66-3.72: Jālandhara and the Bandhas 1 occurrence

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SiSa 6 occurrences
SiSa 1.71-1.81: Avidyā und Elemente 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2.1-2.5: Körperkosmos 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.29-5.35: Pratīka-upāsanā 4 occurrences

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