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दीर्घनख (dIrghanakha)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
दीर्घनख - dIrghanakha -
adj.
- having long nails
Monier Williams Cologne
English
दीर्घ—नख mf(ई)n. having nails,
MBh.
ix, 2649
दीर्घ—नख
m.
N.
of a man,
Buddh.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Dīrghanakha (= Pali Dīgha°), n. of a mendicant to whom Buddha preached the Dīrghanakhasya parivrājakasya sūtraṃ: Mv 〔iii.67.7〕 (to be put in, kartavyam, but not quoted here)
in Pali it is MN 〔i.497 ff.〕, and a version [Page265-b] occurs in Av 〔99〕
acc. to DPPN, D. was a nephew of Sāriputta (but no citation is furnished for this
the MN sutta does not say so)
in Av 〔ii.186.9 ff.〕 and MSV 〔iv.22.1〕 he is the uncle (motherʼs brother) of Śāriputra
in this story his given name was (Mahā-)Koṣṭhila, q.v.
he had the surname Agnivaiśyāyana, q.v.