naraH [ nF-naye-ac ] 1 A man, male, person; saMyojayati vidyEva nIcagApi naraM sarit . samudramiva durDarzaM nfpaM BAgyamataH paraM H. Pr. 5 ; Ms. 1. 96 ; 2. 213. 2 A man or piece at chess. 3 The pin of a sun-dial. 4 The Supreme Spirit, the original or eternal man. 5 Man's length (= puruza q. v. ). 6 N. of a primitive sage. 7 N. of Arjuna; see naranArAyaRa below. 8 A horse. 9 (In gram. ) A personal termination. Comp. — aMgaH 1 the penis. 2 eruption on the face. — aDamaH a wretch, miscreant. — aDipaH, -aDipatiH, -ISaH, -ISvaraH, -devaH, -patiH , — pAlaH a king; Bg. 10. 27 ; Ms. 7. 13 ; R. 2. 75 , 3. 42 ; 7. 62 ; Me. 37 ; Y. 1. 311. — aMtakaH death. — ayaRaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — aSaH a demon, goblin. — ADAraH N. of Śiva. — (rA) the earth. — itaraH 1 a being higher than a man. 2 an animal. — iMdraH 1 a king; R. 2. 18 , 3. 33 , 6. 80 ; Ms. 9. 253. 2 a physician, dealer in antidotes, curer of poisons; tezu kaScinnareMdrABimAnI tAM nirvarRya Dk. 51 ; sunigrahA nareMdreRa PaRIMdrA iva SatravaH Śi. 2. 88 (where the word is used in both senses). °mArgaH a high street, main road. — uttamaH 1 an epithet of ( pb ) Viṣṇu. 2 of Buddha. — fzaBaH ‘the chief of men’, a prince, king. — kapAlaH a man's skull. — kIlakaH the murderer of a spiritual preceptor. — keSarin m. 1 Viṣṇu in his fourth incarnation; cf. narasiMha below. 2 the chief of men. — DiH the world. — dviz m. a demon goblin; Bk. 15. 94. — nArAyaRaH N. of Kṛṣṇa. ( — RO dual) originally regarded as identical, but in mythology and epic poetry, considered as distinct beings, Arjuna being identified with Nara and Kṛṣṇa with Nārāyaṇa. [In some places they are called devO, pUrvadevO , fzI or fzisattamO . They are said to have been practising very austere penance on the Himālaya, which excited the fear of Indra, and he sent down several damsels to disturb their austerities. But Nārāyaṇa put all of them to shame by creating a nymph called Urvaśī from a flower placed on his thigh who excelled them in beauty; cf. sTAne Kalu nArAyaRamfziM viloBayaMtyastadUrusaMBavAmimAM dfzwvA vrIqitAH sarvA apsarasa iti V. 1. ] — paSuH ‘a beast-like man’, a beast in human form. — puMgavaH ‘best of men’, an excellent man. — baliH a human sacrifice. — Buj a. man-eating, cannibal. — BUH f. the Bharata-Varṣa, i. e. India. — mAnikA, -mAninI, -mAlinI ‘manlike woman’, a woman with a beard, masculine woman or an amazon. — mAlA a girdle of skulls. — meDaH a human sacrifice. — yaMtraM sun-dial. — yAnaM , — raTaH, -vAhanaM a vehicle drawn by men. — lokaH 1 ‘the world of men’, the earth, terrestrial world. 2 mankind. — vAhanaH an epithet of Kubera; R. 9. 11. — vizvaRaH a demon, goblin. — vIraH a brave man, hero. — vyAGraH , — SArdUlaH an eminent man. — SfMgaM ‘man's horn’, an impossibility, a chimera, non-entity. — saMsargaH human society. — saKaH an epithet of Nārāyaṇa; V. 1. 3. — siMhaH, -hariH ‘manlion’, Viṣṇu in his fourth incarnation; cf. tava karakamalavare naKamadButaSfMgaM dalitahiraRyakaSiputanuBfMgaM . keSava DftanaraharirUpa jaya jagadISa hare .. Gīt. 1. — skaMDaH a multitude or body of men. — hayaM a fight or enmity between man and horse.