1. nābhi
nābhi f. ( prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49 ) the navel (also n˚ -string, cf. kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(bhī). )
The corpus record — Sanskrit
nābhiḥ
nābhi f. ( prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49 ) the navel (also n˚ -string, cf. kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(bhī). )
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Where it lives
- Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. nābhi
the nave of a wheel, ib. (also m. , L. , and bhī f. )
3. nābhi
centre, central point, p˚ of junction or of departure, home, origin, esp. common o˚ , affinity, relationship
In the wild
Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.