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nīनीfor nis (q.v.) before r.
(for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 5]) nayati, °te (pf. P. nināya, 2. sg. ninetha, [RV.], 1. pl. nīnima, [TS.]; Subj. ninīthás Pot. ninīyāt, [RV.]; Impv. ninetu, [MaitrS.]; Ā. ninye, [Br.] &c.; -nayām āsa, [MBh.]; -nayāṃ cakre, [R.]; aor. P. 3. du. anītām, Subj. néṣi, nethā́ or nethá, [RV.]; anaiṣīt Subj. neṣati, °ṣat, 3. pl. Ā. aneṣata, [ib.]; anayīt, [AV.]; fut. neṣyati, [AV.]; °te, [Br.]; nayiṣyati, °te, [MBh.]; [R.]; nétā, nayitā, [ib.]; ind.p. nītvā, [Br.] &c.; nayitvā, [MBh.]; -nī́ya, [AV.] &c.; inf. neṣáṇi, [RV.]; nétavai, °tos and nayitum, [Br.]; nétum, [ib.] &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram and gen.; cf. agra-ṇī), [RV.] &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to (acc. with or without prati dat., loc. or artham ifc.), [ib.]; to lead or keep away, exclude from (abl.), [AitBr.]; (Ā.) to carry off for one's self (as a victor, owner &c.), [AV.]; [TĀr.]; [MBh.]; (Ā., rarely P.) to lead home i.e. marry, [MBh.]; [R.]; to bring into any state or condition (with acc., e.g. with vaśam, to bring into subjection, subdue [Ā. [RV. x, 84, 3]; [AV. v, 19, 5]; P. [Ragh. viii, 19]]; with śūdra-tām, to reduce to a Śūdra, [Mn. iii, 15]; with sākṣyam [Ā.], to admit as a witness, [viii, 197]; with vyāghra-tām, to change into a tiger, [Hit.]; with vikrayam, to sell, [Yājñ.]; with paritoṣam, to satisfy, [Pañc.]; with duḥkham, to pain, [Amar.]; rarely, with loc., e.g. duhitṛ-tve, to make a person one's daughter, [R. i, 44, 38]; or with an adv. in -sāt, e.g. bhasmasāt to reduce to ashes, [Pañc. i, 198/199]); to draw (a line &c.), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [Sūryas.]; to pass or spend (time), [Yājñ.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with daṇḍam) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] (with vyavahāram) to conduct a process, [Yājñ.]; (with kriyām) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, [MBh.]; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyathā, ‘wrongly’), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c.; (Ā.) to be foremost or chief, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 36] : Caus. nāyayati, °te, to cause to lead &c.; to cause to be led by (instr.), [Mn. v, 104] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 52], Vārtt. 5, [Pat.]) : Desid. nínīṣati, te ([AV. xix, 50, 5], w.r. nineṣati), to wish to lead or bring or carry to or into (acc. or dat.), [AV.]; [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.; to wish to carry away, [R.]; to wish to spend or pass (time), [Naiṣ.]; to wish to exclude from (abl.), [AitBr.]; to wish to find out or ascertain, investigate, [MBh.] : Intens. nenīyáte to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, [TS.]; [VS.]; [MBh.]
mfn. leading, guiding, a leader or guide (mostly ifc., cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 61] and agra-ṇī, agreṇī; but also alone, cf. [vi, 4, 77]; [82] &c.)
P. ny-eti (3. pl. ni-yanti; p. -yat; impf. ny-āyan ind.p. nītya), to go into (cf. nyāya), enter, come or fall into, incur (acc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; to undergo the nature of i.e. to be changed into (°bhāvam), [RPrāt.]
in comp. = 1. ni (p. 538, col. 3).
nīlनील्cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xv, 15]) nīlati, to be dark, dye dark, [Bālar.] (either Nom. fr. next or invented to explain it).
nīrनीर्(ni + √ īr), Caus. (only impf. nyairayat), to hurl down upon (loc.), [RV. vi, 56, 3] (cf. ny-er).
nīvनीव्cl. 1. P. nīvati, to become fat, [Dhāt. xv, 58] (cf. √ tīv, pīv, mīv).
nīthāनीथाnī́thā f. way, trick, art, stratagem, [RV.]
also = (nīthá) n. a mode in music, musical mode or air, song, hymn, [ib.]
water, [L.]
nīthaनीथm. leading or a leader, [L.]
N. of a man, [MBh.]
nīcāनीचाnīcā́ ind. below, down, downwards, [RV.]; [AV.]
nīcā́ ind., see under nīca
nīcaनीचmf(A)n. (ni + 2. añc) low, not high, short, dwarfish, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
deep, depressed (navel), [Pañc.]
short (hair, nails), [Suśr.]
deep, lowered (voice), [Prāt.]
low, vile, inferior (socially or morally), base, mean (as a man or action or thought), [Var.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
m. a kind of perfume (= coraka), [L.]
n. (in astrol.) the lowest point of a planet (= ταπείνωμα), the 7th house from the culminating point, [Var.] (cf. 2. ny-añc).
nīkāनीकाf. a channel for irrigation, [L.]
nīkaनीकm. N. of a tree, [Uṇ. iii, 47], Sch.
nīlāनीलाnī́lā (ā), f. the indigo plant (Indigofera Tinctoria), [L.] (cf. nīlī)
a species of Boerhavia with blue blossoms, [L.]
black cumin, [L.]
a species of blue fly, [L.]
(du.) the two arteries in front of the neck, [L.]
a black and blue mark on the skin, [L.]
N. of a goddess, [W.]
(in music) of a Rāgiṇī (personified as wife of Mallāra)
of a river, [MBh.] (v.l. nālā)
nīlīनीलीnī́lī (ī), f. the indigo plant or dye, [Mn.]; [Var.]; [Suśr.] &c. Blyxa Octandra, [L.]
a species of blue fly, [L.]
nī́lī f. m. a kind of disease, [L.]
nī́lī f. m. N. of the wife of Aja-mīḍha, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (v.l. nalinī and nīlinī)
f. of nīla, q.v.
nīlaनीलnī́la mf(A or I; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42, Vārtt., Vām. v, 2, 48)n. of a dark colour, (esp.) dark-blue or dark-green or black, [RV.] &c. &c.
dyed with indigo, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 2], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]
nī́la m. the sapphire, [L.] (with maṇi, [R. iii, 58, 26])
the Indian fig-tree (= vaṭa), [L.]
= nīla-vṛkṣa, [L.]
a species of bird the blue or hill Maina, [L.]
an ox or bull of a dark colour, [L.]
one of the 9 Nidhis or divine treasures of Kubera, [L.]
N. of a man g. tikādi
of the prince of Māhiṣmatī, [MBh.]
of a son of Yadu, [Hariv.]
of a son of Aja-mīḍha, [BhP.]
of a son of Bhuvana-rāja, [Rājat.]
of an historian of Kaśmīra, [ib.]
of sev. authors (also -bhaṭṭa), [Cat.]
N. of Mañjuśrī, [L.]
of a Nāga, [MBh.]; [Rājat.]
of one of the monkey-chiefs attending on Rāma (said to be a son of Agni), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
the mountain Nīla or the blue mountain (immediately north of Ilāvṛta or the central division; cf. nīlādri), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
nī́la n. dark (the colour), darkness, [TS.]; [KauṣUp.]
any dark substance, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]
= tālī-pattra and tālīśa, [L.]
indigo, [Yājñ. iii, 38]
black salt, [L.]
blue vitriol, [L.]
antimony, [L.]
poison, [L.]
a partic. position in dancing, [L.]
a kind of metre, [Col.]
nīpāनीपाf. N. of a river, [VP.]
nīpaनीपmfn. (fr. ni + ap; cf. dvīpa and [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 97], Sch.) situated low, deep, [Kāṭh.]
m. the foot of a mountain, [Mahīdh.]
Nauclea Cadamba (n. its fruit and flower, [Megh.])
Ixora Bandhucca or a species of Aśoka, [L.]
N. of a son of Kṛtin and father of Ugrāyudha, [BhP.]
pl. of a regal family descended from Nīpa (son of Pāra), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
nīḍaनीडnīḍá m. n. (nīḻá) (ni + √ sad) any place for settling down, resting-place, abode, (esp.) a bird's nest, [RV.] &c. &c.
the interior or seat of a carriage, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; place, spot (= sthāna), [L.]
[cf. Lat. nīdus; Germ. Nest; Eng. nest.]
nīḍiनीडिnīḍí (nīḻí) m. house-mate, [RV. x, 92, 6.]
nīrīनीरीnī-√ rī (nis + √ rī) P. Ā. -riṇāti, -riṇīte, to loosen, separate from (abl.), [RV. i, 161, 7]; to allure, seduce, [ib.] [i, 179, 4.]
nīraनीरnīrá n. (√ nī?) water, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. [Naigh. i, 12])
juice, liquor, [L.];= gṛha, [L.] (= or w.r. for nīḍa, nīḻa?); N. of a teacher, [Cat.]
[cf. Zd. nira.]
nītaनीतnītá mfn. (for 2. See 4. nī) led, guided, brought &c., [RV.] &c. &c.
gained, obtained, [W.]
well-behaved, correct, modest, [ib.]
nītá n. wealth, corn, grain, [L.]
= nava-nīta, [ĀpŚr.]
nītá mfn. entered, gone or come to (mṛtyorantikam), [RV.]; [AV.]
nīti &c. See √ nī.
nītiनीतिf. leading or bringing, guidance, management, [L.]
conduct, (esp.) right or wise or moral conduct or behaviour, prudence, policy (also personified), political wisdom or science, moral philosophy or precept (also pl.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
relation to, dependence on (itaretarayoḥ), [MBh.]
presenting, offering (?), [Pāṇ. v, 3, 77]
acquirement, acquisition, [W.]
nīvīनीवीnīví or , f. (prob. fr. ni + √ vye) a piece of cloth wrapped round the waist (esp. as worn by women; but cf. [Vām. i, 3, 5]), a kind of skirt or petticoat, [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; a band or cord for tying together folded Kuśa-grass in making offerings at the funeral rites of a Śūdra, [L.] a hostage, [L.]; capital, principal stock, [Daś.]
nīvaनीवm. a species of tree, [Gobh.]
nīviनीविnī—vi See nī-ví.
nīví or nīvī, f. (prob. fr. ni + √ vye) a piece of cloth wrapped round the waist (esp. as worn by women; but cf. [Vām. i, 3, 5]), a kind of skirt or petticoat, [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; a band or cord for tying together folded Kuśa-grass in making offerings at the funeral rites of a Śūdra, [L.] a hostage, [L.]; capital, principal stock, [Daś.]
nīdhraनीध्रnī—dhra See .
n. (ni + √ dhṛ ?) the eaves of a roof, [Rājat.]
a wood, [L.]
the circumference of a wheel, [L.]
the moon or the lunar mansion Revatī, [L.] (cf. nīvra).
nīthyaनीथ्यSee grā́ma-ṇīthya.
nīcātनीचात्nīcā́t ind. from below, [RV.]
nīcaiḥनीचैःin comp. for °cais.
nīcairनीचैर्in comp. for °cais.
nīcaisनीचैस्nīcaís ind. low, below, down, downwards, underneath, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
also used adjectively, e.g. nīcair adṛśyata, he appeared lower or shorter, [Ragh.]
cf. uccais (nīcair nīcais-tarām, deeper and deeper, [Kām.])
humbly, modestly, [Kāv.]
softly, gently, [ib.]
in a low or deep tone, [VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ. i, 2, 30]
N. of a mountain (called also vāmana-giri or kharva), [Megh.]
nīcyaनीच्यm. pl. ‘living below’, N. of certain nations in the west, [AitBr.]
Nom. P. °cyati, to be in a low situation, be a slave, [Siddh.]
nīpyaनीप्यnī́pya mfn. being low or on the ground, [VS.]
nīḍinनीडिन्m. ‘having a nest’,a bird, [L.]
nīrājनीराज्nī-rāj (nis-√ rāj), Caus. -rājayati, to cause to shine upon, illuminate, irradiate, [Prab.]; to perform the Nīrājana ceremony on (acc.), [ib.]; [Uttarar.]
nīrucनीरुच्nī—ruc mfn. lustreless, dim, [Śiś. xi, 27] (according to [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 116] fr. ni + ruc).
nī-ruc (nis-√ ruc), only pf. -rurucur, to drive away by shining, [RV. viii, 3, 20.]
nīrujनीरुज्nī—ruj mfn. free from sickness, well, in health, [Hit.]; [Suśr.]
nīttaनीत्तni-datta or mfn. fr. ni- √ 1. dā, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 124], Sch.; Kārikā on [vii, 4, 47.]
See ni-datta, p. 548, col. 1.
nīvanनीवन्m. N. of one of the 10 horses of the Moon, [L.]
nīvṛtनीवृत्nī—vṛt ([L.]) f. an inhabited country, a realm.
nīvidनीविद्nī—víd f. = ni-v°, [AV.]
nīvraनीव्रm. (ni + √ vṛ?) = nīdhra (q.v.), [L.]
nīṣāhनीषाह्nī—ṣāh or nī—ṣah, mfn. (fr. ni-ṣah) overpowering, [AV.]
nīṣahनीषह्nī—ṣāh or nī—ṣah, mfn. (fr. ni-ṣah) overpowering, [AV.]
nīśāraनीशारnī—śāra m. (√ śṝ) a warm cloth or outer garment, [Pat.]
curtains, (esp.) mosquito curtains, an outer tent or screen, [L.]
nī-śāra nī-ṣah, nī-hāra &c. See 5. nī, p. 565, col. 2.
nīcīkṛनीचीकृnīcī-√ kṛ to lower, pronounce without an accent, [RPrāt.], Sch.
nīcīnaनीचीनnīcī́na mfn. below, being low, downward, hanging or flowing down, cast down, [RV.]; &c.,
nīcagāनीचगाnīca—gā f. a river, [L.]
nīcagaनीचगnīca—ga mfn. going low, descending (as a river), [Hit.]
belonging to a low man, [ib.]
= -gata, [Var.]
nīca—ga n. water.
nīcakaनीचकmf(ikA)n. low, short, [L.]
soft, gentle (as the voice, a gait &c.), [MBh.]
vile, mean, [W.]
f(akA, akI and ikA) an excellent cow
nīcatāनीचताnīca—tā f. lowness (lit. and fig.), baseness, inferiority, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]
nīhāraनीहारnī—hārá m. (once n.) mist, fog, hoar-frost, heavy dew, [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. ni-hāra under ni-hṛ)
evacuation (cf. nir-h°)
nīkāśaनीकाशnī—kāśa m. (√ kāś) appearance, look, mien (ifc. = like, resembling), [MBh.]
certainty, ascertainment, [L.]
nī-kāśa mfn. like, similar (= ni-kāśa), [Kāvyād. ii, 57].
nīkāraनीकारnī—kāra m. (√ 1. kṝ) disrespect, contempt, degradation, [Hcar.]
nīlābhaनीलाभmf(A)n. bluish
m. a cloud, [L.]
N. of a mountain, [Kālac.] (cf. nīla-bha).
nīlāśīनीलाशीf. (nīla + ?) Vitex Negundo, [L.]
nīlādaनीलादm. N. of a Yakṣa, [Divyāv.] (for °loda?).
nīlāluनीलालुm. a species of bulbous plant, [L.]
nīlāyaनीलायNom. P. Ā. °yati and °te, to begin to become blue or dark-coloured, [Kād.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 13]).
nīlabhūनीलभूnīla—bhū f. N. of a river, [Rājat.]
nīlabhaनीलभnīla—bha m. ‘of bluish or dim appearance’, the moon, [L.]
a cloud, [L.]
a bee, [L.] (cf. nīlābha).
nīlajāनीलजाnīla—jā f. N. of the river Vitastā, [Rājat.]
nīlajaनीलजnīla—ja n. ‘produced in the blue mountains’, blue steel, [L.]
nīlakaनीलकmfn. blue (esp. as N. of the third unknown quantity or of its square), [Col.]
m. Terminalia Tomentosa, [L.]
a male bee, [Var.]
Antilope Picta, [L.]
a dark-coloured horse, [L.]
n. blue steel, [L.]
nīlatāनीलताnīla—tā f. blueness, a dark colour, [Kām.]; [Suśr.]
nīliṇīनीलिणीf. the indigo plant, [Suśr.] (-phala n., [ib.])
a species of Convolvulus with blue blossoms, [L.]
N. of the wife of Aja-mīḍha, [Hariv.] (cf. nīlī, nalinī).
nīlikāनीलिकाf. Blyxa Octandra, [MBh.]
a partic. medicinal plant, [Suśr.]
the indigo plant, [L.]
Nyctanthes Arbor Tristis, [L.]
Vitex Negundo, [L.]
a kind of malady (black and blue marks in the face), [Suśr.]
a partic. disease of the lens of the eye (also °likā-kāca, m.), [Suśr.]
N. of a river, [MBh.]
nīlodaनीलोदm. ‘containing blue water’, N. of a sea or river, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 57], Sch.
nīnāhaनीनाहnī—nāhá m. (√ nah) a girth, [AV.]
nīḍajaनीडजnīḍa—ja m. ‘nest-born’, a bird
nīḍakaनीडकm. or n. the nest of a bird, [MBh.]
nīḍayaनीडयNom. Ā. °ḻáyate (for °ḍayate), to bring to rest, [RV. vi, 35, 2] ([Sāy.] ‘bring together’ i.e. ‘cause to come to close fighting’).
nīrākhuनीराखुm. ‘water-rat’, an otter, [L.]
nīrāgaनीरागnī—rāga mfn. colourless, [Kathās.]
free from passion, [Bhartṛ.]
nīrūpaनीरूपnī—rūpa mfn. shapeless
nī—rūpa m. air, wind, [L.]
a god, [L.]
nī—rūpa n. heaven, ether, [L.]
nīradhiनीरधिnīra—dhi or nīra—nidhi, m. ‘water-receptacle’, the ocean, [Prasann.]
nīradaनीरदnī—rada mfn. toothless, [Kāv.]
nīra—da m. (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) ‘water-giver’, a cloud, [Kāv.]
Cyperus Rotundus, [L.]
nīrajaनीरजnī—raja mfn. free from dust, [MBh.]
free from passion, [Kāv.]
[Pur.] &c.
nī—raja m. (with viraja) N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
nīra—ja m. n. (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) ‘water-born’, a water lily, lotus, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
nīra—ja m. an otter, [L.]
a species of grass, [L.]
nīra—ja n. a species of Costus, [Suśr.]
a pearl, [L.]
nīrasaनीरसnī—rasa mf(A)n. without juice, sapless, dried up, withered (-tva n.), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.
flavourless, tasteless, [Bhartṛ. iii, 16]
insipid, without charm, dull (-tā f.), [Kāv.]; [Pañc.]; [Sāh.] &c.
nī—rasa m. the pomegranate, [W.]
nīrataनीरतnī—rata mfn. not delighting in, indifferent (= virata), [L.]
nīravaनीरवnī—rava mf(A)n. soundless, [Ragh.]
nīrogaनीरोगnī—roga mfn. free from sickness, healthy, well, [Suśr.]; [Pañc.] (-tā f.)
nīrohaनीरोहnī-rohá m. (nis + √ ruh) shooting out, growing, [TS.]
nīrujaनीरुजnī—ruja mf(A)n. id., [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
nī—ruja n. a species of Costus, [L.]
nīvāhaनीवाहnī—vāha m. (√ vah) diminution, decrease (of days), [GopBr.] (cf. ni-v°).
nīvākaनीवाकnī—vāka m. (√ vac) the increased demand for grain in times of dearth, dearth, scarcity, [L.]
nī-vāka nīvāha, nīvṛt &c. See under 5. nī.
nīvārāनीवाराnī—vārā v.l. for nivārā (see under ni-vṛ).
nīvā́rā f. N. of a river, [MBh.]; [VP.] (v.l. ni-v°).
nīvāraनीवारnīvā́ra m. (ifc. f(A). ) wild rice (sg. the plant; pl. the grains), [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
nīvaraनीवरm. (√ nī?; cf. [Uṇ. iii].) a trader
an inhabitant
a beggar
mud
n. water, [L.]
nīvṛtiनीवृतिnī—vṛti ([HPariś.]) f. an inhabited country, a realm.
nīthāvidनीथाविद्nīthā-víd mfn. knowing musical modes, skilled in sacred song, [RV.] ([Prāt.] °tha-v°).
nīcakaisनीचकैस्ind. low, below, little, [W.] ([Pāṇ. v, 3, 71.], [Kāś.])
nīcakinनीचकिन्m. the head of an ox, [L.]
nīcatvaनीचत्वnīca—tva n. lowness, social inferiority, [Var.]
lowering of tone, [VPrāt.]
nīcoktiनीचोक्तिf. a low or vulgar expression, [MW.]
nīkledaनीक्लेदnī—kleda m. (√ klid) moistening (?), [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 122], Sch.
nīkṣaṇaनीक्षणnī́kṣaṇa n. (√ nīkṣ = nikṣ) a stick for stirring up a cauldron, a kind of ladle, [RV. i, 162, 13] (cf. nekṣaṇa and mekṣaṇa).
nīlābhraनीलाभ्रm. a dark cloud, [W.]
nīlāṅgaनीलाङ्गmfn. ‘dark-bodied’, [R.]
m. the Indian crane or Coracias Indica, [L.]
N. of a poet, [Cat.]
nīlāṅguनीलाङ्गुm. id., [L.]
nīlāśvaनीलाश्वm. N. of a district, [Rājat.]