Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 62 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
नहीं
no, not (negative response to a yes-no question); no, not (used for negation of statements in the indicative and contrafactual moods)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नहि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀳𑀺 (ṇahi) (with spontaneous nasalization), from Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Cognate with Assamese নাই (nai), Bengali নাই (nai), Braj नहीं (nahī̃), Marathi ना…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
na—hi See na-hi.
na-hi (na-hi, MaitrS. & ŚBr.) ind. (g. cādi) for not, surely not, by no means, not at all (often strengthened by other particles, as aṅga, nu, sma), RV.; &c. (nahikam, g. cādi).
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
water, &c. (cf. )
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīrāya" is the dative of "nīra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nīra n. (√ nī?) water, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (cf. Naigh. i, 12)
juice, liquor, L.;= gṛha, L. (= or w.r. for nīḍa, nīḻa?); N. of a teacher, Cat.
Alternative readings
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