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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for नैमिष

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नैमिषnaimiṣaa.(-षी f.) Lasting for a 'nimiṣa' or twinkling, momentary, transient.

    (-षी Feminine) Lasting for a 'nimiṣa' or twinkling, momentary, transient.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -षम् Name of a sacred forest celebrated as the residence of certain sages to whom Sauti related the Mahābhārata; शिश्रिये श्रुतवतामपश्चिमः पश्चिमे वयसि नैमिषं वशी R.19.1; (the name is thus derived: यतस्तु निमिषेणेदं निहतं दानवं बलम् । अरण्येऽस्मिंस्ततस्तेन नैमिषारण्यसंज्ञितम् ॥).

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. नैमिषnaimiṣamf(ई)n. momentary, transient W.
    1. mf(ई)neuter gender momentary, transient W.
    2. neuter gender Name of a forest and a sacred Ti1rtha तीर्थ (where Sauti सौति related the MBh., and so called because in it an army of Asuras असुर s was destroyed in a twinkling) MBh. i, 1026 Hariv. etc.
    3. masculine gender plural the inhabitants of the Naimisha नैमिष wood MBh.
    4. etc. see under नै, col 1.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. नैमिषnaimiṣa[naimisha] n. N. of a sacred forest: î-ya, a. relating to the Naimisha forest; m. pl. inhabitants of the…

    [naimisha] neuter noun of a sacred forest: î-ya, adjective relating to the Naimisha forest; masculine plural inhabitants of the Naimisha forest.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · नैमिष

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