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. iii, 1, 85] (cf. puruṣa)
the primeval Man or eternal Spirit pervading the universe (always associated with Nārāyaṇa, ‘son of the primeval man’ ; both are considered either as gods or sages and accordingly called devau, ṛṣī, tāpasau &c.; in ep. poetry they are the sons of Dharma by Mūrti or A-hiṃsā and emanations of Viṣṇu, Arjuna being identified with Nara, and Kṛṣṇa 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-dhṛti and father of Kevala, [Pur.]
of a son of Bhavan-manyu (Manyu) and father of Saṃkṛti, [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.]
nára n. a kind of fragrant grass.