(p. 590) niṣkalā of নিষ্কল । 21)

(p. 555) nari (chiefly used as a sfx.) having a row or rows সাতনরি হার. 68)

(p. 572) nitala (myth.) one of the seven regions of the nether world or Hades; (fig.) a very deep or hollow place. 10)

(p. 593) nēṭa a net; a finely reticulated fabric (নেটের মশারি). 71)

(p. 593) nīla the blue colour, azure; the indigo plant or the dye made from it; synthetic indigo, azuring; Shiva (শিব) or his worship (নীলের উপোস). a. blue, azure; azurine. ̃কন্ঠ a. blue-necked. n. a kind of blue-necked bird, the bluebreast, the roller bird; Shiva (শিব). ̃কমল n. the blue lotus. ̃কর n. an indigo-planter. ̃কান্তমণি n. lapis-lazuli, sapphire. ̃কুঠি n. an indigo-factory. ̃গাই n. the blue-sheep of Tibet, nilgai, the blue bull, ̃পদ্ম n. the blue lotus. ̃পূজা n. the worship of Shiva (শিব) on the penultimate or the last day of the Bengali year. ̃প্রভ a. having a blue lustre or radiance. ̃বর্ণ n. & a. blue, azure. a. fem. ˜বর্ণা । নীলবর্ণ শৃগাল (fig.) a pretender. ̃বসন n. blue clothes or cloth. a. dressed in blue. a. fem. ̃বসনা । ̃মণি n. lapis-lazuli, sapphire; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃রক্ত n. blue blood; (fig.) high birth. ̃লোহিত n. a colour between crimson and violet, purple; Shiva (শিব). a. purple. ̃ষষ্টী n. the last or the penultimate day of the Bengali year when Shiva (শিব) is worshipped. 33)

(p. 593) naukatā (dial.) social formality, a present or gift given for the sake of formality. 126)

(p. 585) nirbācana election; voting; selection (প্রাকৃতিক নির্বাচন = natural selection). নির্বাচন করা v. to hold an election: to elect, to return; to select. নির্বাচনআধিকারিক a. a returning officer. নির্বাচন কেন্দ্র n. a polling station; a pollingbooth. নির্বাচন ক্ষেত্র n. a constituency. নির্বাচন নিযুক্তক n. an election agent. ̃প্রার্থী n. a candidate for election. a. seeking election. ̃যোগ্য a. worthy of selection or choice; eligible for election. নির্বাচনী a. of election, electoral. নির্বাচনী বক্তৃতা an election speech. 19)

(p. 550) naganandinī a daughter of a mountain (esp. of the Himalayas); an appellation of goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 16)

(p. 593) nēẏāmata grace, God's grace; favour. 87)

(p. 591) niṣpanna attained, realized; accomplished, executed, performed (কার্যনিষ্পন্ন, যাত্রানিষ্পন্ন, পূজানিষ্পন্ন); evolved (out of); (gr.) formed or derived (from). নিষ্পন্ন করা v. to attain, to realize; to execute, to perform; to give rise (to); (gr.) to form or derive. 13)

(p. 563) nāla3 a vein; a tube; a hollow culm or stalk esp. of the lotus. 68)

(p. 574) nibēdita narrated or stated or represented or submitted or petitioned humbly or politely; dedicated or offered in devotion. 46)

(p. 593) nṛ (chiefly used as a pfx.) man or mankind. ̃কপাল n. a human skull. ̃কুলবিত্, ̃কুলবিদ n. an ethnologist. ̃কুলবিদ্যা n. ethnology. ̃তত্ত্ব, ̃বিদ্যা n. anthropology. ̃তাত্ত্বিক a. anthropological. n. an anthropologist. ̃মণি n. a king; a man of greatest or highest worth. ̃মুণ্ড n. a human head or skull. ̃মুণ্ডমালা n. a number of human heads strung into a garland or wreath. ̃মুণ্ডমালী a. wearing a garland of human heads. ̃মুণ্ডমালিনী a. fem. of ̃মুণ্ডমালী n. Goddess Kali (কালী). ̃লোক n. the earth, the world. 60)

(p. 580) nirabaẏaba formless, shapeless; unembodied, incorporeal. n. God. 21)

(p. 583) nirdbandba free from opposition, free from severity of cold and heat or from anger and malice; free from incompatibility; free from duel or strife; peaceful; amicable. 41)