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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Nīlagala (नीलगल) refers to “blue-necked”, and is used as an epithet for Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.27. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] once a great sacrifice was started by Dakṣa, [...] In the meantime, Dadhīci a devotee of Śiva, realising that lord Śiva was not there became dispirited and spoke thus:—‘[...] The bull-bannered, blue-necked (Nīlagala) eternal Puruṣa the great Īśa is not seen here. Great scholars have affirmed, that all auspicious results happen due to Him alone’”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Nīlagala (नीलगल):—[=nīla-gala] [from nīla > nīl] m. ‘blue-necked’, Name of Śiva (cf. -kaṇṭha), [Harivaṃśa]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nilagāla (ನಿಲಗಾಲ):—[noun] a period of time between two points of time, events, etc.; intervening period; interval.

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Nīlagaḷa (ನೀಲಗಳ):—[noun] = ನೀಲಕಂಠ - [nilakamtha -] 1 & 7.

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Nīḷagaḷa (ನೀಳಗಳ):—

1) [noun] any male peafowl, esp., one of a species (Pavo cristatus) with black or dark blue neck; peacock.

2) [noun] Śiva, whose neck is blue.

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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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Partial matches: Gala, Nila.

Starts with: Nilagalamala, Nilagalasala.

Full-text: Nilagalamala, Mayageha.

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Rudra-Shiva concept (Study) (by Maumita Bhattacharjee)

2.11. Rudra as Nīlagrīva or Nīlakaṇṭha < [Chapter 6a - The Epithets of Rudra-Śiva]

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