Editing Nakula (section)

==Etymology and other names==
In Sanskrit, the word ''nakula'' means "mongoose" or "mongoose-colored."<ref>{{cite book|title=A Sanskrit-English dictionary|year=1899|page=[https://sanskritlibrary.org/cologne/apidev/servepdf.php?dict=MW&page=523 523]|author=Sir Monier Monier-Williams}}</ref>

Nakula and his brother Sahadeva are both also referred to in the epic as Āśvineya, Aśvinīsuta and Aśvisuta because they are the sons of the [[Aśvins|Ashvins]] and as Mādravatīputra, Mādravatīsuta, Mādreya, Mādrinandana, Mādrinandanaka, Mādrīputra, Mādrīsuta, Mādrītanūja because they are the sons of Mādrī.<ref>{{cite book|author=Søren Sørensen|title=Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata|year=1904–1925|page=[https://sanskritlibrary.org/cologne/apidev/servepdf.php?dict=INM&page=497-1 1.497]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/73 73]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref>