nīla

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[apte] 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...

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√ṇīla णील

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agastiyaratnapariksa Agnipurana Amarakosa Anandakanda Apastambagrhyasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astanganighantu Astasahasrika Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Bijanighantu Bodhicaryavatara Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Divyavadana Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gitagovinda Gudharthadipika Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Kalikapurana Kathasaritsagara Kausikasutra Kavyadarsa Kavyalamkara Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Madanapalanighantu Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manimahatmya Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Meghaduta Mugdhavabodhini Natyasastra Nighantusesa Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasadhyaya Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasaratnasamuccayatika Rasarnava Rasasamketakalika Rasatarangini Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rasendrasarasamgraha Rasikasamjivani Ratnadipika Rtusamhara Samkhyatattvakaumudi Samvitsiddhi Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sarngadharasamhita Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satakatraya Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Sukasaptati Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Syainikasastra Tantraloka Tantrasara Tarkasamgraha Todalatantra Varahagrhyasutra Varahapurana Vetalapancavimsatika Vimsatikavrtti Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogaratnakara atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda

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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...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 10
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DCS: rejecting an act of homage

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Rājanighaṇṭu surface: nīlā

nīlapuṣpī mahānīlā syān nīlā girikarṇikā
Ānandakanda surface: nīlā

nīlā vacā balā kanyā kṛṣṇonmattastathākulī
Ānandakanda surface: nīlā

śālmalītvagghastikandanīlāmūlamunicchadam