(p. 563) nānā1 a maternal grandfather, a grandfather. 22)

(p. 579) niẏōga act of employing or engaging or initiating or appointing or applying, employment, initiation, appointment, application. নিয়োগ করা v. to employ, to engage; to initiate; to appoint; to apply. ̃অধিকর্তা n. the Director of Employment. ̃কর্তা n. an employer; an employing or appointing authority; a master (fem. a mistress). fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃পত্র n. an appointment letter. নিয়োগী a. employed; engaged; appointed; ordered. 5)

(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) nībi, nībī the part of the loincloth fastened round one's (chiefly a woman's) waist; a knot by which the loincloth is fastened at one's waist (usu. নীবিবন্ধ, নীবিবন্ধন); (loos.) a waist-band. 21)

(p. 593) nīrandhra having no hole or opening; compact; dense; closely woven; closed on all sides; stuffy. 29)

(p. 593) nēkanajara a gracious look; favour, good books; (sarcas.) disfavour, displeasure, anger. 70)

(p. 590) niṣkalaṅka unblemished, stainless, spotless; immaculate. 20)

(p. 581) niralaṅkāra having no ornaments on, unornamented; unadorned; undecorated; unrhetorical; plain, simple, naive. 2)

(p. 591) niṣprabha lacking brightness or lustre, lustreless, lacklustre; dim; dull; feckless. নিষ্প্রভতা n. lack of brightness or lustre; dimness; dullness; fecklessness. 24)

(p. 581) nirākāṅkṣā absence of desire; contentment. 9)

(p. 581) nirāpattā safety, security. নিরাপত্তা পরিষদ n. the Security Council (of the U.N.O.). নিরাপত্তা রক্ষী n. the security guard. 18)

(p. 591) niṣpratibha lacking genius; dim; lacking brightness; obscure, dull. 22)

(p. 550) naganandinī a daughter of a mountain (esp. of the Himalayas); an appellation of goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 16)

(p. 580) nirambu having no water, waterless. নিরম্বু উপবাস fasting in which drinking of even a drop of water is not permitted. 25)

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