nila
नील nīlaDark-blue, blue-black, or dark; a colour term covering a broad dark band from black through blue-black, distinct from the modern sky-blue.
Where this term appears
- Why is Krishna blue? Journal
Nila , नील, is a single word that covers a long dark band, from black through what we would call blue-black.
- Jagannath Puri and the Ratha Yatra Temples
High on the temple's pinnacle, beneath the great wheel known as the Nila Chakra , the flag is changed every day.
- Tara: The Star That Ferries Across Treatise
She is blue-black, hence Nila ; short and fierce, often pot-bellied; she stands in pratyalidha , the lunging warrior's stance, one leg driving forward, upon a corpse on a lotus.