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nimi

m. N. of sev. kings of Videha, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

of a son of Dattátreya, [MBh.]

of a son of Ikṣvāku, [Pur.] (having lost his body through the curse of Vasiṣṭha he occupied the eyes of all living beings, hence the opening and shutting of men's eyelids; cf. ni-miṣa and See [VP. iv, 5])

of 21st Jaina Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī (identified with the former Nimi), [L.]

of a son of Bhajamāna, [VP.]

of a son of Daṇḍa-pāṇi, [BhP.]

of a Dānava, [Hariv.] (v.l. ḍimbha)

the closing or winking of the eyes, twinkling, [BhP. ix, 24, 64.]

N. of a Tathāgata, [Sukh. i].

ni-√ 1. mi P. -minoti (pf. -mimā́ya Pass. -mīyate), to fix or dig in, erect, raise, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c.; to perceive, notice, understand (?), [AV. iv, 16, 5.]