Nimasj: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nimasj (निमस्ज्).—6 P.

1) To sink, sink down or under, sink into (fig. also); यथा प्लवेनौपलेन निमज्जत्युदके तरन् । तथा निमज्जतोऽ- धस्तादज्ञौ दातृप्रतीच्छकौ (yathā plavenaupalena nimajjatyudake taran | tathā nimajjato'- dhastādajñau dātṛpratīcchakau) Manusmṛti 4.194;5.73; शोके मुहुश्चाविरतं न्यमाङ्क्षीत् (śoke muhuścāvirataṃ nyamāṅkṣīt) Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.3;15.31; Śiśupālavadha 9.74; Gītagovinda 1.

2) To be merged into, merge, disappear, escape observation; एको हि दोषो गुणसंनिपाते निमज्जतीन्दोः किरणेष्विवाङ्कः (eko hi doṣo guṇasaṃnipāte nimajjatīndoḥ kiraṇeṣvivāṅkaḥ) Kumārasambhava 1.3.

3) To immerse in water, cause to sink down. -Caus.

1) To cause to dive under water; अप्सु चैनं निमज्जयेत् (apsu cainaṃ nimajjayet) Manusmṛti 8.114.

2) To cause to penetrate; ततो मर्मसु मर्मज्ञो मज्जयन्निशिताञ्श- रान् (tato marmasu marmajño majjayanniśitāñśa- rān) Rām.6.45.15.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nimasj (निमस्ज्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇibuḍḍa, Ṇimajja, Ṇumajja.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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