నీలకంఠుడు

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Telugu

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit नीलकण्ठ (nīlakaṇṭha); ultimately from नील (nīla) + कण्ठ (kaṇṭha) +‎ -డు (-ḍu).

Noun

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నీలకంఠుడు (nīlakaṇṭhuḍu? (plural నీలకంఠులు)

  1. (Hinduism) The blue-throated god, Siva.

References

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"నీలము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 669