(p. 555) narma play, sport, pastime; amusement, diversion; fun, merry-making; enjoyment, pleasure; luxury. ̃সখা, ̃সচিব, ̃সহচর n. a playmate; a jester, a clown, a fool; a courtier; a flatterer. ̃সখী, ̃সহচরী n. fem. a girl playmate; a woman partner in enjoyment; a ladylove, an inamorata; a concubine. 77)

(p. 563) nābya navigable. ̃তা n. navigability. 30)

(p. 587) nirbhīka fearless; dauntless. ̃তা n. fearlessness. 13)

(p. 585) nirdhūma smokeless. 4)

(p. 574) nibiṣṭa deeply engaged, engrossed, absorbed, concentrated; arrayed, placed in an orderly manner; entered. fem. নিবিষ্টা । নিবিষ্ট করা v. to engage deeply, to engross, to absorb, to concentrate; to array, to place in an orderly manner; to enter. ̃চিত্ত a. having one's mind deeply engaged or engrossed or absorbed or concentrated, intently attentive. ̃চিত্তে adv. with close or undivided or rapt attention. ̃তা n. engrossment, absorbedness, concentration. 40)

(p. 593) nīrandhra having no hole or opening; compact; dense; closely woven; closed on all sides; stuffy. 29)

(p. 587) niścēṣṭa making no attempt, effortless; unenterprising; inactive; lazy; immobile. ̃তা n. effortlessness; lack of enterprise; inactivity; laziness; immobility. 63)

(p. 577) nimantraẏitā an inviter; a host. fem. নিমন্ত্রয়িত্রী । 11)

(p. 550) nakṣatra a star. ̃খচিত a. star-spangled, studded with stars, starry. ̃গতি n. speed as quick as of a shooting star, meteoric speed; tremendous speed. a. having such speed. ̃নাথ, ̃পতি n. the moon (esp. when personified). (cp.) Luna. ̃পাত n. fall of a meteor or meteorite; (fig.) death or downfall of a great man. ̃পুঞ্জ n. a group of stars, a constellation. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. the science of stars, astronomy. ̃বিজ্ঞানী n. an astronomer, a star-gazer. ̃বেগ n. same as নক্ষত্রগতি (n.). ̃বেগে adv. with the speed of a shooting star, swiftly as a shooting star; with great speed. ̃মন্ডল, ̃লোক n. the stellar region, the sidereal system, the firmament, the sky. ̃মন্ডিত a. same as নক্ষত্রখচিত । নক্ষত্রালোক n. star-light. নক্ষত্রালোকিত a. starlit. 6)

(p. 587) niścihna without a sign; effaced; obliterated; erased; eradicated. ̃করণ n. effacing, effacement; obliterating; eradicating. নিশ্চিহ্ন করা v. to efface; to obliterate; to eradicate. 62)

(p. 585) nirbāṇa extinguishment, extinction, putting out (দীপনির্বাণ); annihilation, end; extinction of individuality and absorption into the Supreme Spirit, beatitude, nirvana; act of sinking below the horizon, setting. a. extinguished, extinct (নির্বাণ দীপ); one who has attained beatitude (নির্বাণ ঋষি); that which has set (নির্বাণ সূর্য). নির্বাণোন্মুখ a. about to be extinguished, about to go out. নির্বাণোন্মুখ দীপ a dying lamp. 21)

(p. 563) nānakapanhī a Sikh; a Nanakite. 21)

(p. 581) nirābalamba, nirābalambana having no support or prop; unaided; helpless, destitute; shelterless, homeless. 24)

(p. 574) nibṛtta desisted, given up, refrained, ceased, stopped; warded off; prevented; returned, receded. নিবৃত্ত করা v. to cause to desist from or give up or dissuade; to cause to cease, to stop; to ward off; to prevent; to cause to return or recede. নিবৃত্ত হওয়া v. to desist or refrain from, to give up; to cease, to stop; to be warded off or prevented; to return or recede. নিবৃত্তি n. desisting, act of going up, refraining; cessation, stoppage; return or recession; renunciation (of earthly pleasures and interests.) নিবৃত্তিমার্গ n. the path of attaining salvation by renouncing earthly pleasures and interests, the path of renunciation. 43)

(p. 555) nabīkaraṇa renewing, renovation, renewal; mending, repair. 12)