nakulaka (8007)

nakulaka
Entry 8007, Page 288, Col. 1

(nakulaka, nakulaka)
nakulaka¦, m., (1) = prec. (1), some musical instru- ment: Mv ii.322.14; iii.70.15; 82.5 (°kāṃ, acc. pl.); 270.5 (iii.70.15 prose, the others vss); (2) money-bag or purse: °ko (°kaḥ) kaṭyāṃ (133.23 adds upari) baddhas Divy 124.2; 128.29; 133.23; MSV i.241.8. See under (3). Hertel, ZDMG 67.125, states that nakula is used in this sense in Jain Skt. (3) °kaḥ Mvy 6024, acc. to Jap. a purse (cf. 2) made out of a mongoose's skin (adding that in India purses [Page288-1b+ 18] are so made). However, Tib. glosses rgyan (ornament) ne-ḥu le (mongoose) can (having, with), the whole cpd. interpreted by Das as ornament made in the shape of a weasel's head. Not only Tib. rgyan, which seems to mean only ornament, or at least not purse, but also the context supports this general sense; it occurs in the midst of a long list of what are certainly ornaments.