(p. 561) nāṭamandira a hall within or in front of a temple for devotional dancing and musical performances; a dancing-hall, a ball-room; a theatre, an opera-house. 36)

(p. 583) nirdbidha unhesitant, unwavering; without hesitation; certain; sure. 42)

(p. 583) nirdaẏa merciless, hard-hearted; cruel; extremely severe. ̃তা n. mercilessness, hard-heartedness; cruelty; extreme severity. 35)

(p. 585) nirbaṃśa having lost all one's descendants; having no descendant, having none to succeed or to continue the line. নির্বংশে a. & n. (coll.) one whose descendants have all perished; one who has no descendant. 8)

(p. 590) niṣkarṣa extract, essence, substance; gist. 17)

(p. 563) nāpāka unholy, profane. 26)

(p. 593) nīrājana, nīrājanā cleaning arms and armour on the eve of going to war; worshipping an idol by waving lamps, fly-whisks etc. before it. 32)

(p. 593) nēhāta necessarily, perforce, must (নেহাত যদি যাবেই); at all (নেহাত যদি যাই); at least (নেহাত পাঁচটা টাকা দাও); thoroughly, extremely (নেহাত মন্দ). 91)

(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. 587) nirmūla uprooted, extirpated, eradicated, exterminated; completely destroyed or expelled; rootless, unfounded, groundless. নির্মূল করা v. to uproot, to extirpate, to eradicate, to exterminate; to destroy or annihilate or expel completely. ̃ন n. uprooting, extirpation, eradication, extermination; thorough destruction or annihilation or expulsion. নির্মূলিত a. uprooted, exterminated; thoroughly destroyed or expelled. 29)

(p. 555) nabya new, novel; recent; modern; young. ̃বঙ্গ n. (hist.) Young Bengal. ̃ভারত n. new or modern India. 25)

(p. 561) nāga the snake, the serpent; the elephant (দিঙ্নাগ). অষ্টনাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes collectively. ̃কেশর n. a kind of flower or its plant. ̃দন্ত n. a tusk of an elephant; ivory. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravan (শ্রাবণ) when Goddess Manasa (মনসা) is worshipped. ̃পাশ n. an ancient missile said to be capable of producing snakes that bound the victim (as with a noose). ̃ফণী n. cactus. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Kadru (কদ্রু) the first mother of snakes. ̃রাজ n. the king of snakes; Vasuki (বাসুকী) or Ananta (অনন্ত). ̃লোক n. the region inhabited by the snakes; Hades or the nether world. 5)

(p. 549) nakaśi having an artistic design (নকশিকাঁথা). ̃কাঁথা n. a quilt or rag with artistic design. 17)

(p. 550) nakha a nail (of a finger or a toe); a talon, a claw (of a bird or a beast). নখ কাটা v. to cut or pare nails. নখ কাটা ছুরি বা কাঁচি বা নরুন n. a nail-cutter. ̃কুনি, ̃কোনি n. a painful ingrowing nail, whitlow. ̃দর্পন n. the esoteric power of reflecting unknown or distant things on the face of the nail; (fig.) the range of one's cognition (সমস্ত ব্যপার তার নখদর্পনে = the whole thing is within his command or grasp; the entire affair is at his finger-tips). নখর n. a talon, a claw (of a bird or beast); (facet.) a nail (of a man). ̃রঞ্জনী n. nail-polish. নখরাগ্র n. the tip of the claw. নখরাঘাত n. clawing. নখরাঘাত করা v. to claw. ̃রেখা, ̃লেখা n. a mark caused by nail. ̃শূল n. whitlow. 7)

(p. 563) nāraka of or condemmed to or condemnable to hell, hellish, infernal; sinning, reprobate. n. hell, Inferno. 50)