As a deity name
Name 223 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 693 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 72 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
निमेष · noun · masculine
पलक का गिरना । आँख का झपकना · पलक मारने भर का समय । पलक के स्वभावतः उठने और गिरने के बीच का काल । उतना वक्त जितना पलकों के उठकर फिर गिरने में लगता है । पल । क्षण · आँख का एक रोग जिसमें आँखें फड़कती है — Śabdasāgara
निमेष · nimesh · s.m.
= ni-mish, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1155
Cited formation "निमेष" is नि- + मेष: मेष means "ram, sheep", and the prefix नि- forms lacking, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(4) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 Twinkling of the eye. 2 A momentary space of time, a twinkling of the eye considered as a measure of time: see nimiṣa.
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Dictionary citations
ni-˚meṣa m. shutting the eye, twinkling, winking, TS.; Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c. (also as a measure of time i.e. a moment; ˚ṣād iva, in a m˚, MBh.; R. &c.; ˚ṣaṃ nimeṣam, every m˚, ŚBr.; as a disease, Suśr.)
N. of a Yakṣa, MBh.
ni-meṣa See under 1. ni-miṣ.
nimeṣa m. (-ṣaḥ) 1 Twinkling of the eye. 2 A momentary space of time, a twinkling of the eye considered as a measure of time: see nimiṣa.
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