Dictionary meanings for nici from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
5 U. 1 To pile up, heap up
2 To cover or fill with, strew, overspread (chiefly in p. p.); nicitaṃ khamupetya nīradaiḥ Ghaṭ. 1; śa- kuṃtanīḍanicitaṃ bibhrajjaṭāmaṃḍalaṃ Ś. 7. 11; Bk. 10. 4.
3 To accumulate, store; Mu. 6. 17.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
to pile up, heap up, collect, only in deriv. (cf. ni-kāya &c above). 069673 546,3 108204 m. piling up, heaping up, heap, mass, quantity, store, provisions (cf. alpa-n, ṣaṇ-māsa-n) 546,3 108205 m. collection, multitude, assemblage (rarely of living beings cf. vadhū-n) Mn.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c 546,3 108206 m. a swelling of the abdomen caused by an excess of the 3 humours Car. 546,3 108207
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -ciketi, (pf. -cikāya, 3. pl. kyur), to perceive, notice, observe, recognise RV.; AV.; S3Br.: Desid. -cikīṣate, to observe, watch, guard RV.; VS. 2. 069681 546,3 108219 mfn. observed, beheld, appearing RV. ii, 12, 13. 069682 546,3 108220 mfn. attentive, vigilant RV. 069683 546,3 108221 (n/i- without acc., ni-cet/ṛ with acc.), observing, observer ib. 069684 546,3 108222