(p. 593) nēula the ichneumon, the mongoose. 66)

(p. 587) nirbaira having no enemy. 5)

(p. 583) nirdōṣa faultless, guiltless, immaculate (নির্দোষ চরিত্র); not guilty, innocent (নির্দোষ ব্যক্তি); flawless (নির্দোষ কাজ); harmless (নির্দোষ খেলা). নির্দোষ আমোদপ্রমোদ innocent amusements or diversion or pastime. নির্দোষ a. (pop.) not guilty, innocent. n. (pop.) an innocent person. নির্দোষিতা n. innocence; guiltlessness; flawlessness. 40)

(p. 549) nakiba one who is employed to announce the glory of one's prince and the advent of a person to the prince's court, (cp.) an usher. 19)

(p. 591) niṣpādya that which is to be or can be accomplished or executed or performed. 18)

(p. 560) nākachābi an ornament for the nose, a nose-pin. 12)

(p. 587) niścaẏa firm or sure knowledge, conviction, ascertainment, decision, resolution (কৃতনিশ্চয়). a. free from doubts, convinced, ensured, certain (এ বিষয়ে সে নিশ্চয় হয়েছে); firm, sure (নিশ্চয় বাক্য). adv. without doubt, surely, certainly, for certain (নিশ্চয় যাব). ̃তা n. freedom from doubts certainty; firmness, sureness, surety. 57)

(p. 583) nirṇēẏa that which is to be or can be discerned or ascertained or decided or resolved; discernible, ascertainable, determinable; decidable. 34)

(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) 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. 582) nirāśa hopeless; dejected, despondent; despairing; disappointed. নিরাশ করা n. to disappoint. নিরাশ হওয়া v. to lose hope; to be dejected, to despair; to despond; to be disappointed. নিরাশা n. loss of hope; dejection, despondency, despondence; despair; disappointment. 3)

(p. 554) naba2 nine. a. ninth. ̃গুণ same as নবলক্ষণ । ̃গ্রহ n. (astr. & astrol.) the nine planets (collectively), namely the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, the Dragon's head or ascending node, and the Dragon's tail or descending node. ˜চত্বারিংশ a. forty-nine. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-nine. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-ninth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী।i ̃দুর্গা n. the nine manifestations collectively of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দ্বার n. nine vents or inlets or outlets in the human body. ̃ধা a. nine times, ninefold; of nine kinds. adv. by nine times; in nine ways. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninty-nine. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-ninth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃পত্রিকা n. the image of a female deity formed with leaves of nine plants. ̃বিংশতি n. & a. twenty-nine. fem. ˜বিংশতিতমী । ̃রত্ন n. the nine most precious gems, namely, pearl, ruby, chrysoberyl or cat's eye, zircon or jacinth, diamond, (red) coral, beryl, emerald, and sapphire; (hist.) the nine courtiers of King Vikramaditya famous for their learning, wisdom and mastery in arts and letters. ̃রত্নসভা n. the court of King Vikramaditya consisting of the aforesaid nine courtiers. ̃রস n. the nine poetical flavours or reactions, namely love, heroism, pathos, amazement, anger, fright, comicality, disgust and quietude. ̃শায়ক, (coll.) ̃শাক, (coll.) ̃শাখ n. the spicedealer, the garland-maker, the weaver, the milkman, the barber, the grower of betel-leaves, the black-smith, the potter and the confectioner: these nine Hindu communities collectively. 9)

(p. 593) nihārā (poet.) to see, to look at, to watch, to notice, to espy. 8)

(p. 574) nipāṭa without a crease or fold; absolute, complete (নিপাট ভদ্রলোক). 16)

(p. 593) nyasta entrusted; given; deposited, put in the custody (of); placed; portrayed (চিত্রে ন্যস্ত); flung; fixed (ন্যস্ত দৃষ্টি); placed or arranged in order, arrayed. ন্যস্ত করা v. to entrust; to give; to deposit, to put into the custody (of), to place, to put; to fling; to fix; to place or arrange in order, to array. ন্যস্ত ধন trust money. ন্যস্ত পত্র n. put-up slip. 131)