Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
n. (possibly connected with ni-mā above) a butt, mark, target MBh. 551,1 108956 n. sign, omen Mn.; Ya1jn5.; MBh. &c (cf. dur-n) 551,1 108957 n. cause, motive, ground, reason Up.; Kap.; Var.; Mn.; MBh.; Ka1v. &c (in all oblique cases = because of, on account of cf. Pa1n2. 2-3, 23 Pat.; mfn. ifc. caused or occasioned by; ttaṃyā, to be the cause of anything Ka1d.) 551,1 108958 n. (in phil.) instrumental or efficient...