Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
6 P. To shut the eyes; wink, twinkle; Bg. 5. 9.
nimiṣ
Dictionary meanings for nimiṣ from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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nimiṣ
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. Ved. 1 Twinkling of the eye.
2 Shutting the eyes. m. A god.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -miṣati (aor. -amīmiṣat), to shut the eyelids, wink, fall asleep RV. &c; to be shut (said of the eyelids) R.; (fut. -miṣyati ?) Das3. (cf. a-nimiṣat). 070154 551,2 109000 f. winking or twinkling of the eye (cf. a-nimiṣ) 551,2 109001 f. shutting the eyes, falling asleep RV.; AV. (cf. 1. nimi). 070155 551,2 109002 m. twinkling, shutting the eye (also considered as a measure of time, a moment MBh. R.; as a disease...