nīla नील – dark blue

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nīlá ·m. n. resting-place, esp. a bird's nest; the interior or seat of a carriage.

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nī́la ·a. dark-coloured, esp. dark-blue or black. --m. sapphire; N. of a serpent-demon, sev. men, etc.; f. nīlā a woman's name, nīlī indigo (plant or dye); n. dark colour or substance, indigo.

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Nīla, as, ā or ī, am (probably fr. niś + la = niśla = nilla = nīla; according to Pāṇ. IV. 1, 42, the fem. form nīlā is used in relation to clothes &c., and nīlī in relation to plants, animals, &c.; in proper names either form is allowed), of a dark colour, (especially dark-blue or black); dyed with indigo; (as), m. dark-blue or black (the colour); a gem, the sapphire; the Indian fig-tree (= vaṭa); a species of bird, the blue or hill Maina; an ox or bull of a dark colour; one of the nine Nidhis or divine treasures of Kuvera; N. of a man, the prince of Māhiṣmatī; of a son of Yadu; of a historian of Kaśmīra; an epithet of Mañju-śrī; N. of a Nāga; of one of the monkey-chiefs attending on Rāma, (said to be a son of Agni); the blue mountain, one of the principal ranges of mountains dividing the world into nine portions and lying immediately north of Ilāvṛta or the central division [cf. nīlādri]; (ā), f. the indigo plant, Indigofera Tinctoria [cf. nīlī]; a species of Boerhavia with blue blossoms (= nīla- punar-navā); a species of blue fly [cf. nīlī]; the two arteries in front of the neck, (in this sense nīle, f. du.); a black and blue mark on the skin (either from a bruise or a disease?); a Rāgiṇī or mode of music, personified as the wife of Rāga Mallāra; (ī), f. the indigo plant; another plant, Blyxa Saivala (= śaivala; cf. jala-nīlī); a species of blue fly; a kind of disease (= nīlī-roga, nīlikā); N. of the wife of Aja-mīḍha [cf. nīlinī, nalinī]; (am), n. darkness (Ved.); indigo, the dye; black salt (= kāca-lavaṇa); blue vitriol (= tuttha); antimony (= sauvīrāñjana); poison (= tālīśa-pattra); a peculiar position in dancing; a kind of metre con- sisting of four times sixteen syllables; [cf. Lat. niger for nigro = niś-ra.]

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nīla 1〉 adj. f. ā und ī (nach P. 4,1,42 ī́ in anderer Verbindung als mit Kleidern, nach dem Vārtt. zu diesem Sūtra in Verbindung mit Pflanzen und lebenden Wesen) dunkelfarbig; namentlich blau, dunkelblau, schwarzblau AK. 1,1,4,23. H. 1397. H. an. 2,495 (wo nīlo va˚ zu lesen ist). HALĀY. 4,49. n. das Dunkle, Schatten AV. 14,2,48. nīlàmasyo̱dara̱ṃ lohìtaṃ pṛ̱ṣṭham AV. 15,1,7. AV. 15,1,8. nāsya̱ nīla̱ṃ na ha̱ro vyèti TS. 3,1,1,2. śuklam, nīlam ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,12. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,20. CHĀND. UP. 1,6,5. CHĀND. UP. 8,6,1. KAUṢ. UP._in_Ind. St. 1,410. nīlatoyamadhyasthā vidyullekhā TAITT. ĀR. 10,13. TAITT. ĀR. 1,9,1. KAUŚ. 18. KAUŚ. 93. dhenu KAUŚ. 126. vṛṣa (vgl. nīlaṣaṇḍa und unten u. 2,d) M. 11,136. YĀJÑ. 3,271. pataṃga ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 4,4. nāga R. 5,18,11. makṣikā AK. 2,5,26. kānana R. 2,55,8. R. 3,11,2. nīlābhirvanarājibhiḥ R. 5,54,3. śādvalāni R. 3,9,5. nadī nīlā R. 4,44,81. samudrasya salilam R. 5,7,16. jalasrāva SUŚR. 2,305,7. MEGH. 42. vaidūrya R. 2,91,29. maṇi R. 3,58,26. kuṣṭha SUŚR. 2,68,8. śoṇita SUŚR. 1,45,3. megha HIḌ. 4,29. HIḌ. 1,37. N. 16,13. R. 3,28,19. R. 3,58,25. PRAB. 95,1. VET. in LA. 5,9. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 186,14. netra DHŪRTAS. 91,14. pakṣman BHARTṚ. 1,59. mūrdhajāḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,4. BHĀG. P. 2,2,11. nīlāṅga R. 3,58,26. R. 1,58,10. (śivam) kaṇṭhaprabhāsaṅgaviśeṣanīlāṃ kṛṣṇatvacaṃ granthimatiṃ dadhānam KUMĀRAS. 3,46. nīlāṃ patākām MBH. 4,1738. mahānīla (dhvaja) INDR. 1,8. nīlavastraprāyaścitta VĀRĀHA-P._in_Verz. d. B. H. No. 485. nīlā jhiṇṭī AK. 2,4,2,55. HALĀY. 2,50. ānīlamukhaṃ stanadvayam RAGH. 3,8. mit Indigo gefärbt P. 4,2,2, Vārtt. 2. MED. l. 29. — 2〉 m. a〉 Sapphir H. an.; vgl. nīlaṃ maṇim R. 3,58,26 und nīlamaṇi. — b〉 der indische Feigenbaum (vaṭa) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 ein best. Vogel, the blue or hill Maina WILS. nach ŚABDAR. — d〉 = nīlavṛṣa ein dunkelfarbiger Stier Verz. d. B. H. No. 1227. — e〉 N. eines der 9 Schätze Kuveraʼs TRIK. 1,1,79. H. 193. H. an. MED. — f〉 N. pr. eines Mannes gaṇa tikādi zu P. 4,1,154. Fürst von Māhiṣmati MBH. 1,2697. MBH. 1,6990. MBH. 2,1124. MBH. 3,15250. MBH. 5,79. MBH. 5,592. anūpādhipatiścaiva nīlaḥ MBH. 6,4153. HARIV. 8019. nīlaṃ cāpi nadīsutam 8098. ein Sohn Yaduʼs HARIV. 1843. VP. 416, N. 2. Ajamīḍhaʼs VP. 453. BHĀG. P. 9,21,30. Bhuvanarājaʼs RĀJA-TAR. 7,253. — LIA. II, 955. fg. Geschichtschreiber von Kāśmīra RĀJA-TAR. 1,14. RĀJA-TAR. 1,16. — g〉 Bein. Mañjuśrīʼs TRIK. 1,1,21. — h〉 N. pr. eines Nāga MBH. 1,1552. RĀJA-TAR. 1,28. RĀJA-TAR. 1,182. fg. — i〉 N. pr. eines Affen im Gefolge Rāmaʼs, eines Sohnes des Feuergottes, H. an. MED. MBH. 3,16287. R. 1,16,14. R. 4,13,4. R. 4,31,29. R. 4,41,3. R. 6,2,29. R. 6,22,2. BHĀG. P. 9,10,19. — k〉 N. pr. eines Gebirges H. 947, Sch. H. an. MED. antarā niṣadhaṃ nīlaṃ ca videhāḥ H. 1538, Sch. MBH. 3,12918. MBH. 6,198. MBH. 6,247. MBH. 13,1700. MBH. 13,7658. MBH. 14,1174. HARIV. 9736. HARIV. 11447. VP. 167. VP. 180, N. 3. BHĀG. P. 5,16,8. BHĀG. P. 5,19,16. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 148,b,16. Vgl. nīlādri. — 3〉 f. ā und ī P. 4,1,42, Vārtt. 3. a〉 nīlā α〉 die Indigopflanze H. an. RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.; vgl. nīlī. — β〉 eine blaublühende Boerhavia (nīlapunarnavā) ebend. — γ〉 eine blaue Fliegenart nach den Erklärern zu AK. 2,5,26, während das Wort dort offenbar adj. ist; vgl. nīlī. — δ〉 du. die beiden hervortretenden Schlagadern vorn am Halse: grīvādhamanyau (u. dhamani 2 am Ende ist aus Unachtsamkeit nach dieser Stelle dhamani mit grīvā gleichgesetzt) prāgnīle H. 587. — ε〉 Flecken (als Krankheit?) H. an. — ζ〉 die Gemahlin des Rāga Mallāra BṚHADDHARMA-P. 44_im_ŚKDR. — b〉 nīlī α〉 die Indigopflanze AK. 2,4,3,13. AK. 3,4,14,82. MED. M. 10,89. SUŚR. 1,162,14. SUŚR. 1,163,2. SUŚR. 2,25,14. SUŚR. 2,151,19. SUŚR. 2,285,12. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 76,5. ˚rasa PAÑCAT. 62,24. ˚varṇa PAÑCAT. 63,1. — β〉 Blyxa Saivala (śaivala) H. 1167; vgl. jalanīlī. — γ〉 eine blaue Fliegenart COLEBR. und LOIS._zu_AK. 2,5,26. — δ〉 eine best. Krankheit, = rugbheda MED.; vgl. nīlīroga, nīlikā. — ε〉 N. pr. der Gemahlin Ajamīḍhaʼs MBH. 1,3722. HARIV. 1756; vgl. nalinī und nīlinī. — 4〉 n. a〉 Indigo YĀJÑ. 3,38. Diese Bed. geben ŚKDR. und WILS. nach MED., aber hier heisst es nīlaṃ nīlīrakte; s. u. 1 am Ende. — b〉 schwarzes Salz (kācalavaṇa). — c〉 blauer Vitriol (tuttha). — d〉 Antimonium (sauvīrāñjana). — e〉 Gift. — f〉 = tālīśapattra RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — g〉 eine best. Stellung beim Tanze, nṛtyāṅgāṣṭottaraśatakaraṇāntargatakaraṇaviśeṣaḥ SAṂGĪTAD._im_ŚKDR. — h〉 ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 162 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. XI, 6). Das Geschlecht ist nicht angegeben, doch ist das n. wahrscheinlicher. — Nach H. an. giebt WILSON für das n. auch die Bedeutung a mark, a characteristick sign und a medical plant, apparently distinct from the Indigofera. Beide Bedeutungen kommen aber dem f. nīlā zu. Die ganze Stelle lautet: nīlavarṇe (lies nīlo va˚) maṇau śaile nidhivānarabhedayoḥ . nīlauṣadhyāṃ (d. i. nīlā o˚) lāñchane ca .. — Vgl. kāṃsya˚, kākanīlā.

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nīla 2〉b〉 nīlaṃ vanaspatim Spr. 3605. — h〉 Verz. d. Oxf. H. 348,b, No. 818. — 3〉a〉η〉 N. pr. einer Göttin WILSON, Sel. Works 1,145. — b〉α〉 auch Indigo Spr. 4955. ˚vastra ein mit Indigo gefärbtes Gewand Verz. d. Oxf. H. 282,b,2 v. u. — Vgl. mahā˚.

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nīla , nāsya pāpaṃ cakruṣo (so lesen wir) mukhānnīlaṃ vyeti (wohl so zu lesen) KAUṢ. UP. 3,1; vgl. TS. 3,1,1,2.

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nī́la — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā und *ī) — a〉 dunkelfarbig, namentlich blau, dunkelblau, schwarzblau. — b〉 *mit Indigo gefärbt. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Sapphir RĀJAN. 13,183. — b〉 der indische Feigenbaum RĀJAN. 11,119. — c〉 *= nīlavṛkṣa RĀJAN. 9,78. — d〉 *ein best. Vogel. — e〉 ein dunkelfarbiger Stier. — f〉 *Name eines der 9 Schätze Kuberaʼs. — g〉 Bein. Mañjuśrīʼs. — h〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Schlangendämons. — β〉 verschiedener Männer. — γ〉 eines Affen im Gefolge Rāmaʼs. — δ〉 eines Gebirges. — 3〉 f. nīlā — a〉 *die Indigopflanze RĀJAN. 4,82. — b〉 eine blau blühende Boerhavia RĀJAN. 5,121. — c〉 *schwarzer Kümmel. RĀJAN. 6,61. — d〉 *eine blaue Fliegenart RĀJAN. 19,128. — e〉 *Du. die beiden hervortretenden Schlagadern vorn am Halse. — f〉 *Flecken. — g〉 N. pr. — α〉 einer Göttin. — β〉 der Gattin des Rāga Mallāra. — γ〉 eines Flusses MBH. 6,9,31. nālā v. l. — 4〉 f. nīlī — a〉 die Indigopflanze und Indigo (Spr. 5843). — b〉 *Blyxa octandra. — c〉 *eine blaue Fliegenart. — d〉 *eine best. Krankheit. — e〉 N. pr. der Gemahlin Ajamīḍhaʼs. — 5〉 n. — a〉 die dunkle Farbe TS. 3,1,1,2. KAUṢ. UP. 3,1. ein dunkler Stoff ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,20. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,12. CHĀND. UP. 8,6,1. — b〉 Indigo. — c〉 = tāliśapattra 2〉 RĀJAN. 6,185. — d〉 *schwarzes Salz RĀJAN. 6,95. — e〉 *blauer Vitriol RĀJAN. 13,104. — f〉 *eine Salbe von Spiessglanz RĀJAN. 13,89. — g〉 *Gift. — h〉 eine best. Stellung beim Tanze. — i〉 ein best. Metrum.

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nīla a. (lā-lī f.; the former in relation to clothes &c., the latter in relation to animals, plants &c.) 1 Blue, dark-blue; nīlasnigdhaḥ śrayati śikharaṃ nūtanastoyavāhaḥ U. 1. 33. 2 Dyed with indigo. — laḥ 1 The dark-blue or black colour. 2 Sapphire. 3 The Indian fig-tree. 4 N. of a monkey-chief in the army of Rāma. 5 ‘The blue mountain’, N. of one of the principal ranges of mountains. 6 A kind of bird, the blue Mainā. 7 An ox of a dark-blue colour. 8 One of the nine treasures of Kubera; see navanidhi. 9 A mark. 10 An auspicious sound or proclamation. — lā 1 The indigo plant. 2 A Rāgiṇī. — le f. du. 1 The two arteries in front of the neck. 2 A black and blue mark on the skin; (for other senses see nīlī.) — laṃ 1 Black-salt. 2 Blue vitriol. 3 Antimony. 4 Poison. 5 Indigo, indigo dye. 6 Darkness. Comp. — akṣaḥ a goose. — aṃgaḥ the Sārasa bird. — aṃjanaṃ 1 antimony. 2 blue vitriol. — aṃjanā, -aṃjasā lightning. — abjaṃ, -aṃbujaṃ, -aṃbujanman n., utpalaṃ the blue lotus. — abhraḥ a dark cloud. — aṃbara a. dressed in dark blue clothes. — (raḥ) 1 a demon. goblin. 2 the planet Saturn. 3 an epithet of Balarāma. — aruṇaḥ ([Page 0646-b]) early dawn, the first dawn of day. — aśman m. a sapphire. — upalaḥ the blue stone, lapis lazuli. — kaṃṭhaḥ 1 a peacock; Māl. 9. 30; Me. 79. 2 an epithet of Śiva. 3 a kind of gallinule. 4 a blue-necked jay. 5 a wag-tail. 6 a sparrow. 7 a bee. — (ṭhaṃ) a radish. ˚akṣa = rudrākṣa q. v. — keśī the indigo plant. — grīvaḥ an epithet of Śiva. — chadaḥ 1 the date-tree. 2 an epithet of Garuḍa. — jaṃ blue steel. — taruḥ the cocoanut tree. — tālaḥ, -dhvajaḥ the Tamāla tree. — paṃkaḥ, -kaṃ darkness. — paṭalaṃ 1 a dark mass, a black coating or covering. 2 a dark film over the eye of a blind man; Pt. 5. — patraḥ the pomegranate tree. (-traṃ) -padmaṃ the blue water-lily. — picchaḥ a falcon. — puṣpikā 1 the indigo plant. 2 linseed. — bhaḥ 1 the moon. 2 a cloud. 3 a bee. — maṇiḥ, -ratnaṃ 1 the sapphire; nepathyocitanīlaratnaṃ Gīt. 5; Bv. 2. 42. 2 an epithet of Kṛṣṇa; also nīlamādhavaḥ. — mīlikaḥ a fire-fly. — mṛttikā 1 iron pyrites. 2 black earth. — rājiḥ f. a line of darkness, dark mass, thick darkness,; niśāśaśāṃkakṣatanīlarājayaḥ Rs. 1. 2. — lohita a. dark-blue, purple. — (taḥ) 1 a purple colour. 2 an epithet of Śiva; Ś. 7. 35; Ku. 2. 57. — varṇa a. dark-blue, bluish. — (rṇaṃ) a radish. — vasana, -vāsas a. dressed in darkblue clothes; see nīlāṃbara. — vṛṃtakaṃ cotton.

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nī́la dunkelfarbig, blau, schwarzblau, schwarz. m. Sapphir; männl. Name. f. nīlā weibl. Name. nīlī Indigo. n. dunkle Farbe, dunkler Stoff.

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nīla nīla a. noir, violet, bleu. — S. m. couleur bleue [foncée]; esp. d'oiseau; saphir. Np. d'une des chaînes de montagnes qui séparent les dvīpas; elle confine vers le nord de l'ilāvṛta. Un des trésors de Kuvera. Np. d'un chef des Singes. — S. f. nīlā mouche bleue. — S. f. nīlī tache bleue, meurtrissure; maladie de l'œil. Indigotier. — S. n. nīla marque bleue ou noirâtre. Sulfate de cuivre. Indigo. nīlaka n. acier bleu; sulfate de cuivre. — M. le nilgau ou antilope picta. Pentaptera tomentosa, bot. nīlakaṇṭha m. paon, geai bleu, poule d'eau; hoche-queue, passereau. Moringa hyperanthera, bot. Surn. de Śiva. nīlakamala n. lotus bleu. nīlakuruṇṭaka m. barleria cœrulea. nīlakrauñca m. esp. de héron. nīlagriva m. surn. de Śiva. nīlaygu m. insecte, en gén. Esp. de ver. Chacal. nīlajhiṇṭī f. barleria bleu, bot. nīlapaṅka n. [m à m. boue noire] obscurité. hīlapatra n. lotus bleu. nīlapadma n lotus bleu. nīlapiccha m. faucon. nīlapṛṣṭha m. cyprinus denticulatus, esp. de poisson. nīlabha m. (bhā) Lune. Nuage. Abeille. nīlamaṇi m. saphir. nīlaloha n. acier bleu. nīlalohita m. couleur violette. Ép. de Śiva. — F. esp. de plante. nīlavasana m. la planète de Saturne. nīlavastra m. [ép. de Balarāma] aux vêtements bleus. nīlavāsas m. la planète de Saturne. nīlākṣa m. (akṣa œil) oie. nīlāṅga m. (aṅga) grue indienne; geai bleu. nīlāṅgu m. insecte, en gén. Esp. d'insecte. Chacal. — F. nīlāṅgu taon. nīlāñjana n. (añj) sulfate de cuivre. — F. éclair. nīlāñjasā f. éclair. Np. d'une rivière. Np. d'une Apsaras. nīlābhra n. (abhra) nuage sombre. nīlāmbara m. (ambara vêtement) surn. de Balarāma, de la planète Saturne, d'un Rākṣasa. nīlāmbujanman n. lotus bleu. nīlāyāmi, nīlāye (dénom.) devenir bleu ou sombre. nīlikā f. (sfx. ika) contusion. Indigotier; nyctanthes tristis, bot. nīlinī f. (sfx. in) indigotier, bot. nīlīrāga m. ami constant [m à m. teint à l'indigo, c-à-d. bon teint]. nīlopala n. (utpala) lotus bleu.