Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

nimeṣa निमेष – blinking; closing

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

blinking; closing

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nimeṣá ·m. = nimiṣa.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Ni-meṣa, as, am, m. n. twinkling of the eyes, (opposed to un-meṣa); a momentary space of time, a moment, a twinkling of the eye considered as a measure of time; morbid twinkling of the eye, morbid closing of the eyelid; N. of a mythical being; nimeṣaṃ nimeṣam, every moment.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

nimeṣa ni-meṣa. See under 1. ni-miṣ, col. 1.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

nimeṣá (von miṣ mit ni) m. 1〉 das Blinzeln, Schliessen des Auges (Gegens. unmeṣa) H. 578. H. an. 3,737. MED. ṣ. 39. VS. 23,8. sarvè nime̱ṣā jàjñire vi̱dyuta̱ḥ purùṣā̱dadhì VS. 32,2. TBR. 2,1,5,9. TS. 7,5,25,1. YĀJÑ. 3,175. N. 5,24. MBH. 14,1237. SUŚR. 1,312,16. RAGH. 2,19. ŚĀK. 37,4. BHĀG. P. 3,11,37. BHĀG. P. 9,13,11. neutr.: yāvadakṣinimeṣāṇi MBH. 13,4812. am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā ad ŚĀK. 25,7. — 2〉 das Blinzeln der Augen als Bez. eines best. Zeitmaasses H. an. MED. ˚mātreṇa DRAUP. 8,9. nimeṣādiva MBH. 3,8632. MBH. 3,15151. MBH. 7,568. MBH. 8,2341. MBH. 13,989. R. 3,36,19. R. 3,43,24. R. 3,47,13. R. 6,19,21. R. 6,82,81. BHARTṚ. 3,77. RAGH. 3,61. nimeṣārdha RAGH. 12,99. akṣi˚ SUŚR. 1,19,2. nimeṣaṃ nimeṣam jeden Augenblick ŚAT. BR. 3,6,2,9. Genauere Bestimmung desselben, die sehr variirt, ŚAT. BR. 12,3,2,5. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 14,81,1. M. 1,64. MBH. 12,8489. VP. 22, N. 3. BHĀG. P. 3,11,7. AK. 1,1,3,11. H. 136. BURGESS_zu_SŪRYAS. 1,12. — 3〉 krankhaftes Blinzeln oder Schliessen des Augendeckels SUŚR. 2,232,4. SUŚR. 2,309,17. — 4〉 N. pr. eines mythischen Wesens MBH. 1,1489. — Vgl. nimiṣa und animeṣa (Gott BHĀG. P. 6,10,1).

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

nimeṣá m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Blinzeln, Schliessen der Augen. Auch als Bez. eines bestimmten Zeitmaassen. nimeṣáṃ nimeṣam jeden Augenblick. Ausnahmsweise n. — 2〉 krankhaftes Blinzeln oder Schliessen der Augendeckel. — 3〉 N. pr. eines Yakṣa (nach NĪLAK.).

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

nimeṣaḥ Twinkling of the eye, a moment &c.; see nimiṣa; harati nimeṣāt kālaḥ sarvaṃ Moha M. 4.; animeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā ‘with a steadfast or fixed look’; R. 2. 19; R. 3. 43, R. 3. 61. Comp. — kṛt f. lightning. — ruc m. a fire-fly.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

nimeṣá m. = nimiṣa.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

nimeṣa nimeṣa m. (miṣ) clin-d'œil. Le tiers du kṣaṇa ou 3 lavas, c-à-d. 0'' ,266. nimeṣakṛt f. (kṛ) éclair. nimeṣamātra n. instant, clin-d'œil; 0'',266.

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HP 4.5-4.8: Śāmbhavī and Khecarī 1 occurrence

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