Dictionary meanings for niṣidh from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. 1 To ward off, pre- vent, restrain, keep back; nyaṣedhi śeṣo'pyanuyāyivargaḥ R. 2. 4, 3. 42, 5. 18.
2 To oppose, contradict, ob- ject to; R. 14. 43.
3 To prohibit, forbid; niṣiddho bhāṣamāṇastu suvarṇaṃ daṃḍa- marhati Ms. 8. 361.
4 To defeat, con- quer; R. 18. 1.
5 To remove, drive off, counteract; nyaṣedhatpāvakāstreṇa rāmastadrākṣasastataḥ Bk. 17. 87, 1. 15. Caus. To prohibit, keep off or ward off.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
(sidh) P. -ṣedhati (impf. ny-aṣedhat; aor. ny-aṣedhīt; pf. niṣiṣedha; Pass. ni-ṣidhyate impf. ny-aṣidhyata aor. ny-aṣedhi; ind.p. ni-ṣidhya inf. ni-ṣeddhum; cf. Pa1n2. 8-3, 65 Sch.), to drive away RV.; AV.; to ward off, keep back, prevent from (abl.) AitBr.;... mfn. warded off, kept back, restrained, checked, prevented from, forbidden to (inf.) S3Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c 562,1 110744 mfn. having warded off Katha1s. 071138...