(p. 581) nirāpada free from danger or mishap, safe, secure. নিরাপদে adv. safely, securely. নিরাপত্সু (inc. but pop.) নিরাপদেষু to one who is safe from dangers (a mode of address in letters). 19)

(p. 571) nigraha coercion, quelling (শত্রুনিগ্রহ); oppression, persecution (রাজনিগ্রহ); affliction, harrying, harassment (অর্থাভাবজনিত নিগ্রহ); repression (ইন্দ্রিয়নিগ্রহ). নিগ্রহ করা same as নিগৃহীত করা (see নিগৃহীত). নিগ্রহ ভোগ করা v. to suffer coercion, to be coerced or quelled; to be oppressed or persecuted, to be afflicted or harassed or harried; to be repressed or subjected to torture. নিগ্রাহক a. & n. one who coerces or quells or oppresses or persecutes or afflicts or harries or harasses or represses. 5)

(p. 591) nistūṣa husked. 40)

(p. 549) nakaḍ়ā-chakaḍ়ā slight, neglect; (loos.) confusion, disorder; (loos.) squandering. নকড়া-ছকড়া করা v. to slight or neglect, to play fast and loose; (loos.) to make a mess of, to throw at sixes and sevens; (loos.) to squander, to play ducks and drakes with. নকড়া-ছকড়া হওয়া v. to be slighted or neglected; (loos.) to be made a mess of; (loos.) to be squandered. 13)

(p. 577) niyukta employed; engaged; devoted. নিযুক্ত করা v. to employ; to engage; to devote; to appoint. 24)

(p. 563) nāphā profit, gain; benefit; good. 27)

(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. 583) nirghōṣa a loud noise or report. 21)

(p. 555) namaskartā one who bows or salutes or makes an obeisance. fem. নমস্কর্ত্রী । 35)

(p. 580) niraẏa hell, the Inferno. ̃গামী a. condemned to hell. ̃ভোগ n. suffering in hell. 26)

(p. 570) nigamana going out, exit, outflow; issue. 29)

(p. 549) nakula the mongoose, the ichneumon; Shiva (শিব). 20)

(p. 555) naẏanānanda the delight of the eye; one who or that which delights the eye. a. delightful to the eye. 55)

(p. 593) nēẏāmata grace, God's grace; favour. 87)

(p. 587) nirmukula (of trees) stripped of or destitute of buds ('এখনো ঘুমাও শতরূপা এই কুসুমের মাসে নির্মুকুল'). 27)