Nagabhid, Naga-bhid: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nagabhid (नगभिद्).—m.

1) an axe.

2) an epithet of Indra; उद्धृतनग नगभिदनुज दनुजकुलामित्र मित्रशशिदृष्टे (uddhṛtanaga nagabhidanuja danujakulāmitra mitraśaśidṛṣṭe) Āchārya-Ṣaṭpadī 4.

3) a crow.

Nagabhid is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naga and bhid (भिद्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nagabhid (नगभिद्).—m. (-d or -t) 1. A plant, (Plectranthus scutellaroides.) 2. An axe, a crow. 3. Indra. E. naga, and bhid, what breaks. nagaṃ bhinatti bhida-kvipa-6 ta0 sa .

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Nāgabhid (नागभिद्).—m. (-bhid) A sort of snake, (Amphisbæna.) E. nāga an elephant, and bhid destroying; the word is sometimes written nāgabhṛt, from bhṛt cherishing.

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

1) Nagabhid (नगभिद्):—[=na-ga-bhid] [from na-ga] m. ‘rock-splitter’, ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) an axe

2) [v.s. ...] a crow

3) [v.s. ...] Indra

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of plant.

5) Nāgabhid (नागभिद्):—[=nāga-bhid] [from nāga] m. ‘elephant-destroyer’, a species of snake ([varia lectio] for -bhṛt?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Nagabhid (नगभिद्):—[naga-bhid] (d-t) 5. m. A plant (Plectranthus); an axe; Indra.

2) Nāgabhid (नागभिद्):—[nāga-bhid] (d) 5. m. Amphisbæna.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nagabhid in German

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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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