As a Hindi name
नेत्र · noun · masculine
आँख · मथानी को रस्सी · एक प्रकार का वस्त्र — Śabdasāgara
नेत्र · netra · s.m.
The eye — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1165
नेत्र · masculine
eye
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नेत्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नेत्र (netra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
netra m. a leader, guide (with gen. R. [B.] iii, 66, 10; mostly ifc., e.g. tvaṃ-netra, ‘having you for guide’, MBh. ii, 2486 [f. ā, ib. ix, 222]; cf. Pāṇ. v, 4, 116, Vārtt. 2, 3, Pat.), AitUp.; MBh.; BhP.
N. of a son of Dharma and father of Kuntī, BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the string by which a churning-stick is whirled round
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Dictionary citations
netra m. a leader, guide (with gen. R. [B.] iii, 66, 10; mostly ifc., e.g. tvaṃ-netra, ‘having you for guide’, MBh. ii, 2486 [f. ā, ib. ix, 222]; cf. Pāṇ. v, 4, 116, Vārtt. 2, 3, Pat.), AitUp.; MBh.; BhP.
N. of a son of Dharma and father of Kuntī, BhP.
of a son of Su-mati, MatsyaP.
netra n. (and m., Siddh.) leading, guiding, conducting, AV. x, 10, 22
(ifc. f(ā). ) the eye (as the guiding organ, also -ka, Hcat.; cf. nayana)
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