Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nakha नख – nail

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakhá ·m. n. (adj. --° f. ī) nail (of finger or toe), claw.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakha nakha, as, am, m. n. (said to be fr. rt. 1. nah, perhaps fr. nagh for rt. aṅgh = aṅk, to move in a curve; in Pāṇ. VI. 3, 75, derived fr. na + kha), a nail of a finger or of a toe, a claw, talon, the spur of a cock; an expression for the number twenty; (as), m. a part, portion; (am, ī), n. f. a particular perfume, a dried substance of a brown colour and of the shape of a nail, apparently a dried shell-fish (= śukti) used as a perfume, see dhūpya; (ī), f. a vege- table perfume different from the above though known by the same name, nakhī; [cf. Lith. naga-s, ‘nail;’ Slav. nogŭ-tĭ = Russ. nogotĭ; Gr. ἔ-νυξ; Lat. unguis, ungula; Old Germ. nagal; Angl. Sax. naegel; Hib. ionga, perhaps for nionga.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakhá UṆĀDIS. 5,23. ŚĀNT. 1,6. m.n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu P. 2,4,31. TRIK. 3,5,13. 1〉 m.n. Nagel am Finger oder an der Zehe; Kralle AK. 2,6,2,34. TRIK. 2,6,27. TRIK. 3,3,50. H. 594. H. an. 2,22. MED. kh. 2. yaddhastàyoḥ śa mi̱turyanna̱kheṣù (riptamasti) ṚV. 1,162,9. ṚV. 10,163,5. AV. 2,33,6. des Tigers AV. 4,3,3. su̱pa̱rṇa i̱tthā na̱khamā sìṣā̱yāvàruddhaḥ pari̱pada̱ṃ na si̱ṃhaḥ ṚV. 10,28,10. AIT. BR. 3,26. nakhánirbhinna TS. 1,8,9,1. P. 6,2,48, Sch. na̱khānì nikṛ̱ntatè TS. 2,5,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,1,31. nakhāgra ŚAT. BR. 11,5,7,4. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,2,16. HARIV. 4774. PRAB. 67,1. nakhāni kar KAUŚ. 54. kḷptakeśanakhaśmaśru M. 4,35. M. 6,52. na cchindyānnakhalomāni dantairnotpāṭayennakhān M. 4,69. BHĀG. P. 6,18,46. ˚cchedana SUŚR. 1,316,3. — HIḌ. 3,14. MBH. 4,353. MBH. 7,4527. ŚĀK. 74. ŚĀK. 138. ŚĀK. 162. RAGH. 2,31. RAGH. 12,22. BHĀG. P. 2,1,35. nakhendumayūkha BHĀG. P. 3,8,26. ˚kṣata TRIK. 3,3,5. nakhāghāta KĀMAŚĀSTRA_im_ŚKDR. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ī (die Erscheinung des Wortes im gaṇa kroḍādi zu P. 4,1,56 fällt wegen P. 4,1,58 auf; das Wort findet sich auch im gaṇa bahvādi zu P. 4,1,45 und hat demnach im fem. ā oder ī́; aber ob ein comp. gemeint ist?) MBH. 1,3295. MBH. 9,2649. R. 5,17,31. MĀRK. P. 21,18. in einem nom. pr. f. ā P. 4,1,58. Zur Bezeichnung der Zahl zwanzig gebraucht SŪRYAS. 2,34. Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,558. Wird P. 6,3,75 in na + kha zerlegt. — 2〉 ein best. Parfum (śukti), n. AK. 2,4,4,18. TRIK. 3,3,50. H. an. n. und f. (ī) MED. nakhaturuṣkau VARĀH. BṚH. S. 76,14. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,62; vgl. cakra˚, dvīpi˚, vyāghra˚. — 3〉 m. Theil H. an. — Vgl. ku˚, giriṇakha, gṛdhranakhī, tarunakha, dru˚, druma˚, dhvāṅkṣanakhī, nīlanakha, pañca˚, śūrpaṇakhā.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakhá — 1〉 m. n. — a〉 Nagel am Finger oder an der Zehe; Kralle. nakhāni kar oder kalp die Nägel beschneiden. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ī. — b〉 Bez. der Zahl zwanzig. — 2〉 (*n. und f. ī) Unguis odoratus VARĀH. BṚH. S. 77,8. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 104,61. HEMĀDRI 1,435,12. — 3〉 *m. Theil.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nakhaḥ, -khaṃ 1 A nail of a finger or of a toe, claw, talon; nakhānāṃ pāṃḍityaṃ prakaṣṭayatu kasminmṛgapatiḥ Bv. 1. 2; R. 2. 31; R. 12. 22. 2 The number ‘twenty’. — khaḥ A part, portion. Comp. — aṃkaḥ a scratch, nail-mark; Bv. 2. 32. — āghātaḥ a scratch, nailwound; Māl. 5. 23. — āyudhaḥ 1 a tiger; Māl. 3. 17. 2 a lion. 3 a cock. — āśin m. an owl. — kudṛḥ a barber. — jāhaṃ the root of a nail. — dāraṇaḥ a falcon, hawk. — (ṇaṃ) a pair of nail-scissors. — nikṛṃtanaṃ, — raṃjanī a pair of nail-scissors, nailparer. — padaṃ, -vraṇaḥ a nail-mark, or scratch; nakhapadasukhān prāpya varṣāgrabiṃdūn Me. 35. — mucaḥ a bow. — lekhakaḥ a nail-painter. — lekhā 1 a nailmark. 2 nail-painting. — viṣaḥ a man; nakhaviṣā narādayaḥ. — viṣkiraḥ a bird of prey (tearing with claws). — śaṃkhaḥ a small shell.

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakhaḥ, -khaṃ 1 A nail of a finger or of a toe, claw, talon; nakhānāṃ pāṃḍityaṃ prakaṣṭayatu kasminmṛgapatiḥ Bv. 1. 2; R. 2. 31; R. 12. 22. 2 The number ‘twenty’. — khaḥ A part, portion. Comp. — aṃkaḥ a scratch, nail-mark; Bv. 2. 32. — āghātaḥ a scratch, nailwound; Māl. 5. 23. — āyudhaḥ 1 a tiger; Māl. 3. 17. 2 a lion. 3 a cock. — āśin m. an owl. — kudṛḥ a barber. — jāhaṃ the root of a nail. — dāraṇaḥ a falcon, hawk. — (ṇaṃ) a pair of nail-scissors. — nikṛṃtanaṃ, — raṃjanī a pair of nail-scissors, nailparer. — padaṃ, -vraṇaḥ a nail-mark, or scratch; nakhapadasukhān prāpya varṣāgrabiṃdūn Me. 35. — mucaḥ a bow. — lekhakaḥ a nail-painter. — lekhā 1 a nailmark. 2 nail-painting. — viṣaḥ a man; nakhaviṣā narādayaḥ. — viṣkiraḥ a bird of prey (tearing with claws). — śaṃkhaḥ a small shell.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakhá m. n. (adj. —˚ f. ī) Nagel (an Finger und Zehe), Kralle.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

nakha nakha m. n. ongle. — M. partie, portion. — F. nakhī et. n. nakha sorte de parfum. Gr. ὄνυξ; lat. unguis. nakhakuṭṭa m. (kuṭṭ) barbier; pédicure. nakhadāraṇa m. (dhṛ) faucon. nakhamuca m. (muc) arc. nakhara m. (sfx. ra) ongle. Sorte de parfum. Germ. nagel. nakharāyudha m. (āyudha) lion; bête de proie, en gén. nakhaśaṅkha m. petite coquille. nakhāṅka m. (aṅka) sorte de parfum. nakhāli m. (āli) petite coquille. nakhāśin m. (aś) chouette [qui se sert de ses griffes pour manger].

Occurrences in source texts (4)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.48-2.50: Sūryabhedana 1 occurrence

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HTK 3 occurrences
HTK 10.5*1–6*1: Sūryabhedana / Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.6*2–9*1: Ujjāyī / Ujjāyikā and Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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HTK 10.14*2–17*1: Śītalī and Antaraṅgaka-kumbha 1 occurrence

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