[na muṃcati] 1 N. of a demon slain by Indra; vanamuce namuceraraye śiraḥ R. 9. 22. [When Indra conquer- ed the Asuras, there was only one called Namuci who strongly resisted and at last captured him. He offered to let Indra go provided he promised ‘not to kill by day or by night, with wet or dry’. Indra promised to do so and was released, but he cut off Namuci's head at twilight and with foam of water (which is...