Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
nakula:[m.] a mongoose.
Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Nakula:1.NakulaSecond of the five sons of King Pandu,the others being Ajjuna,Bhimasena,Yudhitthila and Sahadeva.All of them became husbands of Kanhā.
J.v.424,426.
2.NakulaA Damila chief,ally of Kulasekhara.Cv.lxxvi.139.
3.NakulaOne of the chief lay supporters of Atthadassi Buddha.Bu.xv.21.
4.NakulaSon of Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā.There is nothing further recorded of him.SA.ii.181.
Nakula Jātaka (No.165)The Bodhisatta was once an ascetic in the Himalayas.Near his walk lived a mongoose and a snake who were always quarrelling.He preached to them the virtues of amity and dispelled their suspicions of each other.
The story was related to two of Pasenadi’s officers,who were always quarrelling.For details see the Uraga Jātaka (No.154).The two noblemen are identified with the two animals.J.ii.52 ff.
1.Nakula SuttaRecords the incident of the grievous illness of Nakulapitā,when his wife admonished him to be calm and collected,saying there was no reason to be fretful.A.iii.295.
2.Nakula SuttaNakulamātā visits the Buddha at Bhesakalāvana.The Buddha tells her of eight qualities which will secure for a woman birth among the Manāpakāyika-devas.A.iv.268 f.; 265 f.
Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Nakulā:1.NakulāThe chief woman disciple of Sobhita Buddha.Bu.vii.22; J.i.35.
2.NakulāChief of the lay women who supported Sobhita Buddha.Bu.vii.23.
3.NakulāDaughter of the setthi of Nakulanigama.She gave a meal of milk-rice to Sumedha Buddha just before his Enlightenment.BuA.163.