Nakulaka: 4 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nakulaka (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 Dictionary

1) 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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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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