nilī

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[apte] 4 A. 1 To stick or adhere to, lie or rest upon, settle down or alight upon; nililye mūrdhna gṛdhro'sya Bk. 14. 76; 2. 5. --2 To lurk or hide, hide oneself in; guhāsvanye nyaleṣata Bk. 15. 32; niśi rahasi nilīya Gīt. 2. --3 To hide or conceal oneself from (with abl.); māturnilīyate kṛṣṇaḥ Sk. --4 To die, perish.

[mw] A1. -līyate (rarely P. e.g. Pot. -līyet) MBh. &c or -l/ayate RV.; AV. (cf. ni-rī; impf. -alāyata TS.; pf. -lilye, 3. pl. yire, or yur Br.; aor. -aleṣṭa Br.; 3. pl. -aleṣata Bhat2t2.; ind.p. -l/āya TBr.; -līya Hariv.; inf. -letum S3is3.); to settle down (esp.... m. rest, resting-place (cf. a-nil) 558,3 110176 m. hiding- or dwelling-place, den, lair, nest 558,3 110177 m. house, residence, abode (often ifc. [ f (A). ]...

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4 A. 1 To stick or adhere to, lie or rest upon, settle down or alight upon; nililye mūrdhna gṛdhro'sya Bk. 14. 76; 2. 5. --2 To lurk or hide, hide oneself in; guhāsvanye nyaleṣata...

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Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

66

Texts Appeared In

22

DCS: rejecting an act of homage

Semantic Classification

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Concordance (Sample)

• Rasārṇava surface: nīlī

  pāṭhā cāmalakī nīlī jvālinī padmacāriṇī

• Rasaratnākara surface: nīlī

  nīlīpattrāṇi kāsīsaṃ bhṛṅgarājarasaṃ dadhi

• Rasaratnākara surface: nīlī

  niśā nīlī mṛṇālāni nāgaṃ lohaṃ ca cūrṇitam