niś

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] f. (This word is optionally substituted for niśā in all cases after acc. dual; it has no forms for the first five inflections) 1 Night. --2 Turmeric.

[mw] for nis, in comp., see p. 542, col. 3. 070953 560,2 110457

[mw] cl.1 P. neśati, to meditate upon, be absorbed in meditation Dha1tup. xvii, 73. 070954 560,2 110458

[mw] f. (occurring only in some weak cases as niśi, śas, śau, śos [ and niḍbhyas Pa1n2. 6-1, 63 ], for or with niśā, and prob. connected with nak, nakta; cf. also dyu-, mahā-) night Mn.; MBh.; Var.; S3ak. &c 560,2 110459 f. niśi niśi, every night Mn. iv, 129. 070955 560,2 110460 n. (or 110461.1 am ind.) ifc. for niśā (cf. a-, ahar-, divā-, niśā-, śva-, and Pa1n2. 2-4, 25). 070956 560,2 110461 ind., See niśa 110461 560,2...

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f. (This word is optionally substituted for niśā in all cases after acc. dual; it has no forms for the first five inflections) 1 Night. --2 Turmeric.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

279

Texts Appeared In

57

DCS: name of a particular fabulous being | Monier-Williams: niSi niSi , every night, Mn. iv, 129.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 68 24.4%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 21 7.5%
3. Āryāsaptaśatī 15 5.4%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 13 4.7%
5. Daśakumāracarita 10 3.6%

Concordance (Sample)

• Skandapurāṇa surface: niśi

  tatra me niśi rājendra sadaiva piśitāśanam

• Skandapurāṇa surface: niśi

  piśitaṃ sampratijñātaṃ bhojanaṃ niśi saṃskṛtam

• Skandapurāṇa surface: niśi

  gatvā niśi mahārājam idaṃ vacanamarthavat