As a Hindi name
मेकल · noun · masculine
विंध्य पर्वत का एक भाग जो रीवा राज्य के अंतर्गत है और जिसमें अमरकटक है । इसी पर्वत से नर्मदा नदी निकली है — Śabdasāgara
मेकल · mekala · s.m.
Name of a mountain (in which the river Narmadā rises; cf. amar-kanṭak) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1106
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. of a people
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mekala" is the vocative of "mekalā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mekala m. N. of a mountain in the Vindhya, VP.; Harav.
(?) of a Ṛṣi (father of the river Narma-dā), ib.
pl. of a people, MBh.
of a dynasty, VP.
mekala The mount Amarakaṇṭaka, the source of the Narmadā.
mekalā f. N. of the river Narma-dā (Nerbudda), ib.
of a town, ib.,
Alternative readings
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