As a deity name
Name 214 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
निमिष · noun · masculine
आँखों का ढँकना । पलकों का गिरना । आँख मिचना । निमेष · उतना काल जितना पलक गिरने में लगता है । पलक मारने भर का समय · सुश्रुत के अनुसार एक रोग जो पलक पर होता है — Śabdasāgara
निमिष · ni-mish · s.m.
Winking ortwinkling (of the eye) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1154
Cited formation "निमिष" is नि- + मिष: मिष means "Rivalry, emulation", and the prefix नि- forms lacking, without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(4) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 Twinkling of the eye. 2 The twinkling of an eye, considered as a measure of time. 3 A name of VIṢṆU. E. ni before miṣa to twinkle, affix ka; also with ghañ affix nimeṣa, or nimi…
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ni-˚miṣa m. twinkling, shutting the eye (also considered as a measure of time, a moment, MBh.; R.; as a disease, Suśr.)
N. of a son of Garuḍa, MBh.
of Viṣṇu, L.
nimiṣa m. (-ṣaḥ) 1 Twinkling of the eye. 2 The twinkling of an eye, considered as a measure of time. 3 A name of VIṢṆU. E. ni before miṣa to twinkle, affix ka; also with ghañ affix nimeṣa, or nimi a proper name, ṣada to go, ḍa aff.
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