nārá, mf(ī)n. (fr. nara) relating to or proceeding from men, human, mortal Mn. Kāv. ; spiritual (?) W. ; ► p. 536c

nārá, m. a man TĀr. (v.l.) ; ► p. 536c

nārá, m. (pl.) water (also sg. n. and f(ā). L.) Mn. i, 10 (prob. invented to explain nārāyaṇa) ; ► p. 536c

nārá, m. = nārāyaṇa L. ; a calf L. ; ► p. 536c

nārī́, f. See nārī ; ► p. 536c

nārá, n. a multitude of men L. ; dry ginger L. ► p. 536c

nára, m. (cf. nṛ) a man, a male, a person (pl. men, people) TS. &c. &c. ; husband Mn. ix, 76 ; hero VarBṛS. iv, 31 Bālar. viii, 56 ; a man or piece at chess or draughts &c. L. ; the pin or gnomon of a sun-dial Sūryas. (cf. -yantra) ; person, personal termination Kāś. on Pāṇ. 3-1, 85 (cf. puruṣa) ; the primeval Man or eternal Spirit pervading the universe (always associated with Nārāyaṇa, “son of the primeval man” ► p. 529a; both are considered either as gods or sages and accordingly called devau, ṛṣī, tāpasau &c.; in ep. poetry they are the son, of Dharma by Mūrti or A-hiṃsā and emanations of Vishṇu, Arjuna being identified with Nara, and Kṛishṇa with Nārāyaṇa) Mn. (cf. -sūnu) MBh. Hariv. Pur. ; (pl.) a class of myth. beings allied to the Gandharvas and Kiṃ-naras MBh. Pur. ; N. of a son of Manu Tāmasa BhP. ; of a son of Viśvāmitra Hariv. ; of a son of Gaya and father of Virāj VP. ; of a son of Su-dhṛiti and father of Kevala Pur. ; of a son of Bhavan-manyu (Manyu) and father of Saṃkṛiti ib. ; of Bhāradvāja (author of RV. vi, 35 and 36) Anukr. ; of 2 kings of Kaśmīra Rājat. ; of one of the 10 horses of the Moon L. ; ► p. 529a

nárī, f. a woman (= nārī) L. ; ► p. 529a

nára, n. a kind of fragrant grass. ► p. 529a