nIca mf( A )n. ( ni + 2. aYc ) low, not high, short, dwarfish, Mn. ; MBh. &c.
nIca a. [ nikfzwatamIM SoBAM cinoti, ci-qa Tv. ] 1 Low, short, small, little, dwarfish. 2 Situated below, being in a low position; Bg. 6. 11 ; Ms. 2. 198 ; Y. 1. 131. 3 Lowered, deep (as a voice). 4 Low, mean, base, vile, worst; prAraByate na Kalu viGnaBayena nIcEH Bh. 2. 27 ; nIcasya gocaragatEH suKamAsyate kEH 59 ; Bv. 1. 48. 5 Worthless, insignificant. — cA An excellent cow. — caM The lowest point of a planet. Comp. — uktiH f. a low or vulgar expression. — uccavfttaM an epicycle. — upagata a. situated low in the sky. — ga a. 1 going downwards, descending (as a river). 2 low, base, vile. — (gA) a river. — (gaM) water. — gfhaM (in astr. ) the part of the heavens in which a planet stands at its lower point. — BojyaH onion. — yonin a. of low origin, low-born; so nIcajAti . — vajraH, -jraM a kind of gem ( vEkrAMta ).