As a deity name
Name 67 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
crooked-nosed
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nibiḍāya" is the dative of "nibiḍa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "nibiḍa" is derived from "ni" with the biḍac suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. ni ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, AV. x, 8, 7 always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis)
it may also express kṣepa, dāna, upa-rama, ā-śraya, mokṣa &c., L.
ni-biḍa mf(ā)n. or ni-viḍa (prob. fr. biḍa = bila, a hole; cf. ni-khila) without spaces or interstices, close, compact, thick, dense, firm, MBh.; Kāv. &c. full of abounding in (instr. or comp.), Hariv.; Śak. vii, 11 (v.l. for ni-cita)
low, Kād.
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Dictionary citations
ni-biḍa mf(ā)n. or ni-viḍa (prob. fr. biḍa = bila, a hole; cf. ni-khila) without spaces or interstices, close, compact, thick, dense, firm, MBh.; Kāv. &c. full of abounding in (instr. or comp.), Hariv.; Śak. vii, 11 (v.l. for ni-cita)
low, Kād.
1. ni ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, AV. x, 8, 7 always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis)
it may also express kṣepa, dāna, upa-rama, ā-śraya, mokṣa &c., L.
Alternative readings
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