Nakhavisha, Nakhaviṣa, Nakha-visha: 6 definitions
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Nakhavisha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
The Sanskrit term Nakhaviṣa can be transliterated into English as Nakhavisa or Nakhavisha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarynakhaviṣa (नखविष).—n (S) pop. nakhavikha n Poison of the nails; injurious quality supposed to inhere in the nails and to produce festering of a part scratched. v bādha, dhāva, lāga.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishnakhaviṣa (नखविष).—n nakhavikha n Poison of the nails.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNakhaviṣa (नखविष).—a man; नखविषा नरादयः (nakhaviṣā narādayaḥ).
Derivable forms: nakhaviṣaḥ (नखविषः).
Nakhaviṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nakha and viṣa (विष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryNakhaviṣa (नखविष):—[=nakha-viṣa] [from nakha] mfn. having venom in the n° or claws, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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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