Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. (mīlati, mīlita) 1 To close (as the eyes), close or con- tract the eve-lids, wink, twinkle; patre bibhyati mīlati kṣaṇamapi kṣipraṃ tadālo- kanāt Gīt. 10.
2 To close, be closed or shut (as eyes or flowers); tayanayugamamīlat Śi. 11. 2; tasyā mimī- laturnetre Bk. 14. 54.
3 To fade, dis- appear, vanish.
4 To meet or be collected (for mil). Caus. (mī- layati-te) To cause to shut, close, shut (eyes, flowers...
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
cl.1 P. (Dha1tup. xv, 10) mī lati (rarely A1. te; pf. mimīla Ka1v.; aor. amīlīt Gr.; fut. mīlitā, mīliṣyati ib.; ind.p. -mīlya RV.), to close the eyes Gi1t.; to close (intrans., said of the eyes), wink, twinkle Hariv.; Ka1v.; Pur.; (= mil) to assemble, be... n. the act of closing the eyes Katha1s. 819,1 164716 n. closing (intrans., said of eyes and flowers) Kir. Sch.; Sa1h. 819,1 164716.1 n. (in rhet.) a covert or...
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