(p. 549) nōla (poet. & obs.) young or tenderaged (নওলকিশোর). 12)

(p. 581) nirasana removal (দুঃখনিরসন); mitigation (যন্ত্রণানিরসন); refutation; redressing (অন্যায় নিরসন); protection from; covering or concealment (লজ্জা নিরসন); termination (শ্রম নিরসন). নিরসন করা v. to remove; to mitigate; to refute; to redress; to conceal; to terminate. নিরসন হওয়া v. to be removed or mitigated or refuted or redressed or concealed or terminated. 4)

(p. 593) nēpathya the green-room or dressingroom of a theatre; a place or position behind the stage or screen not visible from the auditorium; costumes and articles used for the make-up of actors and actresses. ̃বিধান n. dressing and make-up of actors and actresses. নেপথ্যে adv. from a place behind the stage or screen and invisible from the auditorium. (fig.) away from the knowledge of the public, secretly. 82)

(p. 550) naṭa3 profligate, lewd, licentious; morally perverted; wicked, vile. 32)

(p. 559) nā3 not; no; nay. int. expressing: question (পড়তে বসবে না?); request or insistence, please (দুটো টাকা দাও না); doubt or uncertainty, will it or will it not, will there be or will there not be (বৃষ্টি হবে, না?); want or excess, how much or how many, what a (সংসারে কত না জ্বালা); amazement (আগুনেও সে পোড়ে না); sorrow or exception or complaint (যাও-আমায় দিলে না তো); contempt or ridicule (পারলে না তো). con. or, nor না রাম না গঙ্গা. prep. without (না বুঝে). in comp. no, not, non-, un- (নাধর্মী). না রাম না গঙ্গা (fig.) neither fish nor fowl. 10)

(p. 583) nirgramha (of string, cloth, mind etc.) having no knot; having no attachment or interest, disinterested, unattached. n. a Jaina or Buddhist friar. 17)

(p. 563) nāẏaka leading, guiding, commanding, chief, principal. n. a leader, a guide, a commander, a captain; a chief; a hero (of a drama, fiction etc.); a (habitual) lover, an amorous man, a gallant. 46)

(p. 574) nibāraṇa, nibāra prevention; warding off; prohibition; stopping; mitigation, allaying. নিবারণ করা v. to prevent; to ward off; to prohibit; to stop; to mitigate, to allay. নিবারণ হওয়া v. to be prevented or warded off; to stop or be stopped; to be mitigated or allayed. নিবারক a. preventing or preventive; warding off; prohibiting or prohibitory; stopping; mitigating, allaying. n. a preventer; one who wards off; a prohibitor; one who stops; an allaying agent. নিবারণীয় same as নিবার্য । নিবারা poet. form of নিবারণ করা নিবারিত a. prevented; warded off; prohibited; mitigated, allayed. নিবারিত করা same as নিবারণ করা । 35)

(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. 574) nidhubana1 sexual union, copulation; sports; amusements. 4)

(p. 561) nāgarāli gallantry, philandering; lewdness. 10)

(p. 555) nala a cylinder, a tube, a pipe, a barrel, a rod; a measure of length; a measuring rod; a kind of reed. 78)

(p. 563) nāḍ়i, nāḍ়ī an artery or vein; the pulse (নাড়ি টেপা); the placenta (নাড়ি কাটা); the intestines (নাড়ি জ্বলা); (loos.) the uterus (নাড়ির দোষ). নাড়ি কাটা v. to cut the umbilical cord or detach the placenta. নাড়ির গতি regular or rhythmical beat of arteries as felt at the wrist. ̃ঘাত n. pulse-beat. (প্রতি মিনিটে) নড়িঘাতের হার pulse-rate. নাড়ি ছেঁড়া same as নাড়ি জ্বলা । নাড়িছেঁড়া ধন a child (of a mother). নাড়ি জ্বলা v. (fig.) to have agonizing pain in the stomach (খিদেয় নাড়ি জ্বলা = to be famished with hunger). নাড়ি টেপা v. (usu. sarcas.) to feel one's pulse. ̃টেপা ডাক্তার a quack, a charlatan. নাড়ি দেখা v. to feel one's pulse. নাড়ি মরা v. to lose power to eat sufficiently (usu. due to continuous underfeeding); to lose appetite or power of digesting. ̃মরা a. having a poor or weak digestion; able to consume only a meagre fare; feeble, weak. ̃জ্ঞান n. ability for or knowledge of feeling one's (esp. a patient's) pulse (in order to determine one's state of health); (fig.) ability to determine the state of a thing. ̃নক্ষত্র n. (ori. & obs.) the star in the ascendant at one's nativity; (pop.) all information about one since one's birth; all or detailed information about anything; ins and outs. ̃ব্রণ n. see নালীব্রণ (নালী) । ̃ভুঁড়ি n. intestines; entrails. 4)

(p. 563) nānā2, nānāna many and diverse. নানাজাতীয় a. of (many and) diverse kinds. নানা দিক different or various sides or angles or aspects. নানাদেশীয় of different or various countries. নানাপ্রকার a. of various kinds or descriptions. নানাপ্রকারে adv. in various ways or means. নানাবিধ same as নানাপ্রকার । নানা মত n. different opinions or views (নানা মুনির নানা মত = many men, many minds; opinions differ or vary). নানামতে same as নানাপ্রকারে । নানা রঙের a. of many or various colours, of many hues, multi-coloured; variegated; pied. নানারূপ a. of various forms or descriptions or kinds. নানার্থ a. containing or conveying many or diverse meanings; homonymous. নানার্থ শব্দ a homonym. 23)

(p. 580) niragni having no fire; without heat; a Brahmin who does not keep any sacrificial fire burning (op. সাগ্নিক). 8)