(p. 587) niśā the night; (Rig Veda) dark daughter of the Day. ̃কর n. the moon. ̃গম n. nightfall. ̃চর a. active by night, nightfaring. n. an anthropophagite, a rakshasa; any of the nightfaring creatures such as the owl; a burglar. fem. নিশাচরী । ̃জল n. dew; frost. ̃ত্যয় same as নিশান্ত । ̃নাথ n. the moon. নিশান্ত n. the close of night; daybreak. ̃পতি n. the moon. নিশাবসান same as নিশান্ত । ̃র্ধ n. midnight; dead of night. ̃সমাগম n. nightfall. 48)

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

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

(p. 582) nirīkṣaka observing, seeing; auditing. n. an observer or onlooker; an auditor. 11)

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

(p. 559) nāi2 (rare) a barber.

(p. 591) niṣṭhura merciless; hard-hearted; cruel; (poet.) fell; ruthless. fem. নিষ্ঠুরা। ̃তা n. mercilessness; cruelty; ruthlessness. নিষ্ঠুরাচরণ n. a cruel act; merciless or cruel behaviour. 9)

(p. 585) nirbāpaka extinguishing; allaying or alleviating or mitigating (শোক নির্বাপক). n. an extinguisher; an allayer, a mitigator. অগ্নিনির্বাপক-যন্ত্র n. a fire-fighting appliance, a fire-extinguisher. 26)

(p. 590) niṣikta thoroughly wet or soaked or drenched, soppy; exuded. নিষিক্ত করা v. to wet or soak or drench thoroughly, to sop; to exude. 4)

(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. 587) nirmala free from filth or dirt or stain or anything undesirable; clean (নির্মল পরিচ্ছদ); clear, transparent, pellucid (নির্মল জল); cloudless, fair (নির্মল আকাশ); free from guilt or sin, blameless, spotless, chaste, holy (নির্মল চরিত্র); honest, innocent, naive; unblemished (নির্মল যশ); unadulterated, unmixed, pure (নির্মল আনন্দ, নির্মল সুখ). fem. নির্মলা । ̃তা n. freedom from filth or dirt or stain or anything undesirable; clearness, transparence, pellucidity; cloudlessness; chasteness, honesty, innocence, candour, naivety; unblemishedness; purity. 20)

(p. 593) nīlākāśa the blue sky. 35)

(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. 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)

(p. 561) nāgaradōlā a merry-go-round revolving from above downwards, a whirlgig. 8)