nihnava | निह्नव | nihnava

ni-˚hnava | नि-˚ह्नव | m. begging pardon, making amends or reparation (a kind of ceremony at which the Ṛtvij lay their hands upon the Prastara and recite, VS. v, 7), Sāy. on AitBr. i, 26 (also ˚hnavana | ˚ह्नवन |, Gobh.)
atonement, expiation, amends for (gen.), Mn. ix, 21
denial, concealment, secrecy, mistrust, suspicion, Yājñ.; MBh.; Kāv.
contradiction, MBh.
eclipsing, obscuring, surpassing, Kāvyād.
wickedness, W.
N. of a Sāman, ĀrṣBr.

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