Nakulaka: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNakulaka (नकुलक).—m., (1) = prec. (1), some musical instru-ment: Mahāvastu ii.322.14; iii.70.15; 82.5 (°kāṃ, acc. pl.); 270.5 (iii.70.15 prose, the others verses); (2) money-bag or purse: °ko (°kaḥ) kaṭyāṃ (133.23 adds upari) baddhas Divyāvadāna 124.2; 128.29; 133.23; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.241.8. See under (3). Hertel, ZDMG 67.125, states that nakula is used in this sense in Jain Sanskrit (3) °kaḥ Mahāvyutpatti 6024, according to Japanese a purse (compare 2) made out of a mongoose's skin (adding that in India purses [Page288-1b+ 18] are so made). However, Tibetan glosses rgyan (ornament) ne-ḥu le (mongoose) can (having, with), the whole [compound] interpreted by [Tibetan-English Dictionary] as ornament made in the shape of a weasel's head. Not only Tibetan rgyan, which seems to mean only ornament, or at least not purse, but also the context supports this general sense; it occurs in the midst of a long list of what are certainly ornaments.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nakulaka (नकुलक):—[from nakula] mn. an ornament shaped like an ichneumon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of purse (?), [Divyāvadāna]
3) Nākulaka (नाकुलक):—[from nākula] mfn. worshipping Nakula, [Pāṇini 4-3, 99; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
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Starts with: Nakulakannika.
Ends with: Danashilatapabhavanakulaka, Parnakulaka.
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