As a deity name
Name 533 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
नीलग्रीव · noun · masculine
महादेव । शिव — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘blue-necked’, N. of Śiva
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Dictionary citations
nīla—grīva (nī˚), m. ‘blue-necked’, N. of Śiva, VS.; MBh.
of a prince, Kathārṇ.
nīlagrīva m. (-vaḥ) A name of MAHĀDEVA. E. nīla blue, and grīvā neck; the neck of ŚIVA was stained blue by the acrimony of the poison, which, upon its production at the churning of the ocean, he swallowed.
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