nimi | निमि | nimi
1. nimi | निमि | m. N. of sev. kings of Videha, Mn.; MBh. &c.
of a son of Dattátreya, MBh.
of a son of Ikṣvāku, Pur. (having lost his body through the curse of Vasiṣṭha he occupied the eyes of all living beings, hence the opening and shutting of men's eyelids; cf. ni-miśa | नि-मिश | and See VP. iv, 5)
of 21st Jaina Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī (identified with the former Nimi), L.
of a son of Bhajamāna, VP.
of a son of Daṇḍa-pāṇi, BhP.
of a Dānava, Hariv. (v.l. qimBa | क़िम्Bअ |)
the closing or winking of the eyes, twinkling, BhP. ix, 24, 64.
N. of a Tathāgata, Sukh. i.
2. ni- | नि- |√ 1. mi | मि | P. -minoti | -मिनोति | (pf. -mimā/ya | -मिमा/य | Pass. -mīyate | -मीयते |), to fix or dig in, erect, raise, RV.; AV.; Br. &c.; to perceive, notice, understand (?), AV. iv, 16, 5.
of a son of Dattátreya, MBh.
of a son of Ikṣvāku, Pur. (having lost his body through the curse of Vasiṣṭha he occupied the eyes of all living beings, hence the opening and shutting of men's eyelids; cf. ni-miśa | नि-मिश | and See VP. iv, 5)
of 21st Jaina Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī (identified with the former Nimi), L.
of a son of Bhajamāna, VP.
of a son of Daṇḍa-pāṇi, BhP.
of a Dānava, Hariv. (v.l. qimBa | क़िम्Bअ |)
the closing or winking of the eyes, twinkling, BhP. ix, 24, 64.
N. of a Tathāgata, Sukh. i.
2. ni- | नि- |√ 1. mi | मि | P. -minoti | -मिनोति | (pf. -mimā/ya | -मिमा/य | Pass. -mīyate | -मीयते |), to fix or dig in, erect, raise, RV.; AV.; Br. &c.; to perceive, notice, understand (?), AV. iv, 16, 5.