नाडिका

{ nāḍikā }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नाडिका  f.  f. a hollow stalk, [Jyot.]
any tubular organ (as a vein or artery of the body), KātyŚr. Sch.
a measure of time = 1/2 मुहूर्त, [Var.]; [Mālatīm.] &c.
a measure of length = 1/2 दण्ड, [MārkP.]
नालिका    v.l. for , [Kām. v, 51]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नाडिका [nāḍikā]   1 A tubular organ &c.; see नाडि.
A Ghaṭikā or 24 minutes; नाडिकाविच्छेदपटहः [Māl.7;] [Bhāg. 3.11.8;] [K.13.7;] दशनाडिकाः पूर्णाः । अतिक्रामति स्नानवेला । Abhiṣeka 1.
A hollow stalk in general.
A fistulous sore.
A ray of the sun.
A gong (on which the hours are struck).
A measure of length = 1/2 Daṇḍa.

Shabda-Sagara

नाडिका  f.  ( -का) An Indian hour, or twenty-four minutes.
E. नाडि the same, कन् pleonasm.

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नाडि कन्