a. (nī f.) [śudh-ṇic-lyu lyuṭ vā] Purifying, cleansing &c. naṃ 1 (a) Purifying, cleansing. (b) Cleans- ing or washing of a wound.

2 Cor- rection, clearing away errors.

3 Exact determination.

4 Payment, discharge, acquittance.

5 Expiation, atonement.

6 Refining of metals.

7 Retaliation, requital, punish- ment.

8 Subtraction (in math.).

9 Green vitriol.

10 Feces, ordure. naḥ The lime.