(p. 550) nandinī a daughter; a mythological wishing-cow. a. fem. delightsome, giving delight; pleasing, charming.

(p. 574) ninduka one who upbraids or reprihends or blames or reproaches or animadverts or condemns or vilifies. 11)

(p. 563) nāda1 sound, noise, report, roar. 9)

(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. 593) naiẏamika conforming to or concerning (prescribed) rules; regular (opp. to secular). 102)

(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) nuliẏā one of a community expert in swimming and diving in the sea. 56)

(p. 587) niśipālana scriptural fasting or diet control on a full moon or a new moon night. নিশিপালন করা v. to fast or control one's diet on a full moon or a new moon night. 53)

(p. 591) niṣkriẏa not doing any work, inactive; out of order, not working (নিষ্ক্রিয় যন্ত্র); inoperative (নিষ্ক্রিয় আইন); offering no opposition, passive (নিষ্ক্রিয় প্রতিরোধ = passive resistance); dormant (নিষ্ক্রিয় শক্তি); lazy, idle, indolent. ̃তা n. inaction, inactivity; inoperativeness; passivity; dormancy; laziness, idleness, indolence. 5)

(p. 583) nirjana desolate; lonely, solitary. n. a lonely place; solitude. ̃তা n. desolateness, desolation; loneliness; solitude; seclusion. 22)

(p. 555) namunā a sample; a specimen; a model; a pattern; an example. 43)

(p. 572) nidāruṇa extremely terrible; very severe; thoroughly unbearable; extremely cruel or merciless or relentless (নিদারুণ বিধি). 18)

(p. 577) niẏantā one who regulates or controls or directs or governs or determines or destines (ভাগ্যনিয়ন্তা). 33)

(p. 563) nālāẏēka unfit, incompetent, incapable; under-age, minor. 71)

(p. 549) nakala imitation; mimicry; a copy; a transcript, a reproduction; act of copying from another's answer-paper or script by adopting unfair means (as by an examinee). a. artificial, sham, imitation (নকল হিরে); counterfeit (নকল টাকা); forged (নকল দলিল). নকল করা v. to imitate; to mimic; to copy; to make a copy of, to transcribe; (of an examinee) to copy from another's answer-paper or script by adopting unfair means; to forge. ̃নবিশ n. a scribe, a professional copyist or transcriber. ̃নবিশি n. professional copying or transcribing. ̃দানা ori. & now obs. form of নকুলদানা । 14)