नकुल nakul, s.m. (f. -ī), The mungoose, Viverra ichneumon (i.q. newal, q.v.);—name of the fourth of the five Pāṇḍu princes:—nakuleshṭā, or nakuleshṭakā(˚la+ish˚), s.f. (lit.'liked by the mungoose'), The plant Croton polyandrum (used by the mungoose as an antidote for snake-bites).
