na-hí (ná-hí, [MaitrS.] & [ŚBr.]) ind. (g. cādi) for not, surely not, by no means, not at all (often strengthened by other particles, as aṅgá, nú, sma), [RV.]; &c. (nahikam, g. cādi).
of a son of Manu and author of [RV. ix, 101]; [Anukr.]
of an ancient king (son of Āyu or Āyus [cf. [RV. i, 31, 11]] and father of Yayāti; he took possession of Indra's throne but was afterwards deposed and changed into a serpent, [Mn. vii, 41]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (cf. [RTL. 240]); according to [R. i, 72, 30] and [ii, 119, 30] he is a son of Ambarīṣa and father of Nabhāga)