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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nimīl (निमील्).—1 P.

1) To shut the eyes; यदा स्वपिति शान्तात्मा तदा सर्वं निमीलति (yadā svapiti śāntātmā tadā sarvaṃ nimīlati) Manusmṛti 1.52; R.12.65.

2) To close the eyes in death, die; निमिमील नरोत्तमप्रिया हृतचन्द्रा तमसेव कौमुदी (nimimīla narottamapriyā hṛtacandrā tamaseva kaumudī) R.8.37.

3) To obscure (fig.); प्रजालोपनिमीलितः (prajālopanimīlitaḥ) R.1.68.

4) To be closed or shut, (as eyes, flowers &c.); निमीलितानामिव पङ्कजानाम् (nimīlitānāmiva paṅkajānām).

5) To disappear, vanish, set (fig. also); नरेशे जीवलोकोऽयं निमीलति निमीलति (nareśe jīvaloko'yaṃ nimīlati nimīlati) H.3.138; द्यौर्निमीलितनक्षत्रा (dyaurnimīlitanakṣatrā) Hariv. -Caus.

1) To shut, close; उन्मीलि- तापि दृष्टिर्निमीलितेवान्धकारेण (unmīli- tāpi dṛṣṭirnimīlitevāndhakāreṇa) Mṛcchakaṭika 1.33; न्यमिमीलदब्जनयनं नलिनी (nyamimīladabjanayanaṃ nalinī) Śiśupālavadha 9.11; लीलापद्मं न्यमीलयत् (līlāpadmaṃ nyamīlayat) Kāv.2.261; Kumārasambhava 3.36;5.57; R.19.28.

2) To kill.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nimīl (निमील्).—shut the eyes, wink; close, contract ([intransitive]); disappear, vanish. [Causative] shut or cause to shut.

Nimīl is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and mīl (मील्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nimīl (निमील्):—[=ni-√mīl] [Parasmaipada] -mīlati, to shut the eyes, fall asleep;

—to close (as flowers), die, disappear, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

— [Causal] -mīlayati (te), to close (the eyes, eyelids, blossoms etc.), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.] (cf. ni-mīlita below).

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

Nimīl (निमील्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇimilla.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nimiḻ (ನಿಮಿೞ್):—[verb] = ನಿಮಿರು [nimiru]1.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mil, Ni.

Starts with (+8): Nimila, Nimilai, Nimilaiccattumuli, Nimilaka, Nimilan, Nimilana, Nimilanamakshi, Nimilat, Nimilesi, Nimileti, Nimiletva, Nimili, Nimilia, Nimilika, Nimilike, Nimilin, Nimilisu, Nimilit, Nimilita, Nimilitadrish.

Ends with: Samnimil.

Full-text: Nimilla, Nimilika, Nimilin, Nimilana, Nimileti, Nimila, Nimilaka, Nimilitaksha, Samnimil, Nimilitadrish, Nimilitanakshatra, Nimilitamukha, Nimilita.

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