(p. 561) nāga the snake, the serpent; the elephant (দিঙ্নাগ). অষ্টনাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes collectively. ̃কেশর n. a kind of flower or its plant. ̃দন্ত n. a tusk of an elephant; ivory. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravan (শ্রাবণ) when Goddess Manasa (মনসা) is worshipped. ̃পাশ n. an ancient missile said to be capable of producing snakes that bound the victim (as with a noose). ̃ফণী n. cactus. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Kadru (কদ্রু) the first mother of snakes. ̃রাজ n. the king of snakes; Vasuki (বাসুকী) or Ananta (অনন্ত). ̃লোক n. the region inhabited by the snakes; Hades or the nether world. 5)

(p. 587) niśidina, niśidiśi day and night; always, constantly. 52)

(p. 581) nirākaraṇa redressing; removal; refutation; mitigation; prevention; repulsion; rejection; (pop.) determination or ascertainment. নিরাকরণ করা v. to redress; to remove; to refute; to mitigate; to prevent; to repulse, to ward off, to reject; (pop.) to determine or ascertain. নিরাকরণ হওয়া v. to be redressed or removed or refuted or mitigated or prevented or repulsed or rejected; (pop.) to be determined or ascertained. 7)

(p. 591) niṣprabha lacking brightness or lustre, lustreless, lacklustre; dim; dull; feckless. নিষ্প্রভতা n. lack of brightness or lustre; dimness; dullness; fecklessness. 24)

(p. 563) nāẏēka a soldier holding the lowest non-commissioned rank in the Indian Army, a naik; a surname of south-west Bengali Hindus. 48)

(p. 572) niṭa remaining after necessary deductions, net (নিট লাভ). 3)

(p. 591) nistaraṇa crossing; rescue, release, deliverance; going or coming out, emergence; exemption. 37)

(p. 587) nirmēgha cloudless; clear (নির্মেঘ আকাশ). 30)

(p. 550) nagna without clothes, unclad, nude, naked (নগ্নদেহ); uncovered, bare (নগ্নপদ, নগ্নশির); without spectacles, naked (নগ্নচক্ষু); without ornaments, bare (নগ্ন বাহু); clear, cloudless (নগ্ন আকাশ); unsheathed, naked (নগ্ন তরবারি = naked steel); obvious or unvarnished or plain or simple (নগ্ন সত্য). fem. নগ্না । নগ্ন সত্য naked truth, stark reality. ̃ক a. without clothes, naked, nude. n. one of a class of Buddhist friars moving naked or very insufficiently clothed. ̃তা n. nakedness, nudity; bareness; obviousness. নগ্নিকা a. fem. without clothes, naked, nude. n. fem. a girl whose menses have not yet started; an infant girl. নগ্নীকরণ n. act of making naked, denudation; uncovering. নগ্নীকৃত a. made naked, denuded; uncovered. নগ্নীভবন n. act of becoming naked, denudation; act of becoming uncovered. 23)

(p. 587) nirmīẏamāṇa in the process of being made or formed or constructed or built or manufactured or created or composed or organized or set up or founded or established. 26)

(p. 593) nētā1 a leader; a director, a guide; a commander; a headman, a chief; a pioneer. 76)

(p. 590) niṣkāṇḍa (bot.) acaulescent. 23)

(p. 561) nāgarā a kind of loose and usually gaudy shoe or slipper. 9)

(p. 563) nābhi the navel, the umbilicus, (coll.) belly-button; (of a wheel) a hub, a nave. ̃কুন্ডল, ̃কুপ n. the umbilical cavity. ̃চ্ছেদন n. cutting off of the umbilical cord or the navel string. ̃দেশ n. the umbilical region. ̃পদ্ম n. a lotuslike navel; (rel.) a lotus in a navel. ̃লম্ব n. (conics.) latus rectum. ̃শ্বাস n. the last gasp; the dying state or stage; the pangs of death. 31)

(p. 549) -na4 indicating: negation, opposition etc. (নগণ্য, নাতিদীর্ঘ). 4)