nārī नारी nārī́ (ī), f., see nā́rī f. (of °rá, q.v.) a woman, a wife (in older language also nā́ri), [RV.] &c. &c. a female or any object regarded as feminine, [VS.]; [TĀr.] sacrifice, [Naigh.] N. of a daughter of Meru, [BhP.] of 2 kinds of metre, [Col.] nā́rī , f. See above. nārīca नारीच n. Corchorus Capsularis, [L.] nārīka नारीक mfn. ifc. = nārī, woman, wife, [R.] n. (in Sāṃkhya) one of the 9 kinds of Tuṣṭi. nārīya नारीय Nom. Ā. °yate, to become a woman, [Kpr.] nārīṣṭha नारीष्ठ nārī-ṣṭha mfn. devoted to woman, fond of them, [ŚāṅkhŚr.] nārīṣṭā नारीष्टा f. ‘dear to women’, Arabian jasmine, [L.] nārīkelī नारीकेली f. the cocoa-nut or a fermented liquor made from the milk of it, [L.] nārīkela नारीकेल m. = nārik° N. of an island, [Kathās.] nārīmaya नारीमय nārī—maya mf(I)n. consisting only or totally of women, [Bhartṛ.]; [Kād.] nārīmukha नारीमुख nārī—mukha m. pl. N. of a people to the south-east of Madhyadeśa, [Var.] nārīnātha नारीनाथ nārī—nātha mfn. having a woman for possessor or owner (as a house), [Mṛcch. iv, 3.] nārīpura नारीपुर nārī—pura n. gynaeceum, [MBh.] nārīyāna नारीयान nārī—yāna n. a woman's conveyance, a litter &c., [Mn. iii, 12.] nārīratna नारीरत्न nārī—ratna n. a jewel of women, an excellent woman, [MW.] nārītīrtha नारीतीर्थ nārī—tīrtha n. pl. N. of 5 sacred bathing-places of women, [MBh.] nārīvākya नारीवाक्य nārī—vākya n. the word of a wife, [ib.] nārīdūṣaṇa नारीदूषण nārī—dūṣaṇa n. any woman's vice (6 usually reckoned, viz. drinking spirits, keeping bad company, quitting a husband, rambling abroad, sleeping and dwelling in a strange house), [W.] nārīkavaca नारीकवच nārī—kavaca m. ‘having women for armour’, N. of Mūlaka (king of the solar line and son of Aśvaka), [Pur.] nārīkuñjara नारीकुञ्जर nārī—kuñjara m. (?), [Pañcad.] nārīpattana नारीपत्तन nārī—pattana n. N. of a town, [Cat.] nārīparāyaṇa नारीपरायण nārī—parāyaṇa mfn. devoted to women, [MW.] nārīprasaṅga नारीप्रसङ्ग nārī—prasaṅga m. addiction to women, [W.] nārītaraṃgaka नारीतरंगक nārī—taraṃgaka m. a libertine, catamite, [L.] (cf. nāḍī-t°).