Nagabali, Nāgabali: 6 definitions

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Nagabali means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Nagabali [নগাবালি] in the Assamese language is the name of a plant identified with Mussaenda roxburghii Hook.f. from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family. For the possible medicinal usage of nagabali, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Nagabali [নগাবালি] in the Assamese language is the name of a plant identified with Mussaenda glabra Vahl from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Mussaenda andersonii, Mussaenda frondosa var. glabra (Vahl) Miq..

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nāgabali (नागबलि).—m (S) pop nāgabaḷa & nāgabaḷī f A propitiatory offering to serpents by one who himself or of whom one of the family has killed a serpent.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nāgabali (नागबलि).—m pop. nāgabaḷa & nāgabaḷī f A propitiatory offering to serpents by one who has killed a serpent.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Nāgabali (नागबलि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[dharma] Burnell. 151^b. Oppert. Ii, 5516.
—attributed to Śaunaka. B. 1, 226. Burnell. 150^b (Nāgabaliprayoga).

2) Nāgabali (नागबलि):—ibid.
—from the Viśvaprakāśapaddhati. Cs. 479.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nāgabali (नागबलि):—[=nāga-bali] [from nāga] m. an oblation to the Nāgas (a [particular] marriage ceremony), [Āpastamba-gṛhya-sūtra ii, 15 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of [work] attributed to Śaunaka, [Catalogue(s)]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nāgabali (ನಾಗಬಲಿ):—[noun] the first chewing of betel-nut at a marriage, that takes place on its last day.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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