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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नर्मन्narmann.Sport, amusement, diversion, merriment, pleasure, amorous pastime or sport; जित- कमले विमले परिकर्मय…

    [नॄ-मनिन्]

    1. Sport, amusement, diversion, merriment, pleasure, amorous pastime or sport; जित- कमले विमले परिकर्मय नर्मजनकमलकं मुखे Gīt.12. (कौतुकजनक); R.19.28.
    2. Jest, joke, humour, wit; सुहृत्प्रयुक्ता इव नर्मवादाः Ki.17.33. नर्मप्रायाभिः कथाभिः K.7; 'jocular, humorous'.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आलापः a jocular conversation.

    • -उक्तिः a facetious expression.

    • -कीलः a husband.

    • -गर्भ

      1. Adjective humorous, full of humour, witty.
      2. (र्भः) a secret lover.
      3. an action of the hero in an unrecognizable form.
    • -द Adjective delighting, making happy; नन्दसूनुरनघे तव वत्सो नर्मदः प्रणयिनां विजहार Bhāg.1.35.2. (-दः) a jester (Equivalent to नर्मसचिव quod vide, which see).

    • -दा Name of a river which rises in the Vindhya mountain, and falls into the gulf of Cambay.

    • -द्युति Adjective bright with joy, cheerful, merry. (-तिः Feminine) enjoyment of a joke.

    • -सचिवः, -सुहृद् Masculine 'a pleasure-companion', an associate of the amusements of a prince or a man of rank; न नर्मसचिवैः सार्धं किञ्चिदप्य- प्रियं वदेत् Kām. इदं त्वैदंपर्यं यदुत नृपतेर्नर्मसचिवः सुतादाना- न्मित्रं भवतु Māl.2.7; तां याचते नरपतेर्नर्मसुहृन्नन्दनो नृपमुखेन 1.11; Śi.1.59.

    • -साचिव्यम्

      1. amusement; flattery.
      2. superintendence of a prince's amusements.
    • -स्फूर्जः (in drama) the first meeting of lovers beginning with joy but ending alarm.

    • -स्फोटः the first symptoms of love.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नर्मन्narman[narman] n. jest, sport, fun: in. n-â, in jest or fun.

    [narman] neuter jest, sport, fun: instrumental n-â, in jest or fun.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नर्मन्narmann. sport, play, amusement, pleasure, pastime, pleasantry, dallying, jest, joke, wit, humour, (˚माणि-√कृ, to…

    neuter gender sport, play, amusement, pleasure, pastime, pleasantry, dallying, jest, joke, wit, humour, (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमाणि-√कृ, to joke; 604370 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedमणा indeclinable in jest, for sport) MBh. Ka1v. etc.

  2. अनर्मन्anarmanmfn. = अन्-अर्व्/अन् q.v. AV. vii, 7, 1.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective Equivalent to अन्-अर्व्/अन् quod vide AV. vii, 7, 1.
    2. wrong reading for अन् - अर्वन्, AV. vii, 7, 1 .
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "not (merely) jocular", sarcastic, ironical, MBh.
  3. पुनर्मन्यpunarmanyamfn. (prob.) again thinking of. remembering RV.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (probably) again thinking of. remembering fg-veda

  4. महानर्मन्mahānarmanm. a Ma1hishya माहिष्य (q.v.) who knows medicine L.

    masculine gender a Ma1hishya माहिष्य (quod vide) who knows medicine Lexicographers