nIla a. ( lA-lI f. ; the former in relation to clothes &c., the latter in relation to animals, plants &c.) 1 Blue, dark-blue; nIlasnigDaH Srayati SiKaraM nUtanastoyavAhaH U. 1. 33. 2 Dyed with indigo. — laH 1 The dark-blue or black colour. 2 Sapphire. 3 The Indian fig-tree. 4 N. of a monkey-chief in the army of Rāma. 5 ‘The blue mountain’, N. of one of the principal ranges of mountains. 6 A kind of bird, the blue Mainā. 7 An ox of a dark-blue colour. 8 One of the nine treasures of Kubera; see navaniDi . 9 A mark. 10 An auspicious sound or proclamation. — lA 1 The indigo plant. 2 A Rāgiṇī. — le f. du. 1 The two arteries in front of the neck. 2 A black and blue mark on the skin; (for other senses see nIlI .) — laM 1 Black-salt. 2 Blue vitriol. 3 Antimony. 4 Poison. 5 Indigo, indigo dye. 6 Darkness. Comp. — akzaH a goose. — aMgaH the Sārasa bird. — aMjanaM 1 antimony. 2 blue vitriol. — aMjanA, -aMjasA lightning. — abjaM, -aMbujaM, -aMbujanman n. , utpalaM the blue lotus. — aBraH a dark cloud. — aMbara a. dressed in dark blue clothes. — (raH) 1 a demon. goblin. 2 the planet Saturn. 3 an epithet of Balarāma. — aruRaH ( pb ) early dawn, the first dawn of day. — aSman m. a sapphire. — upalaH the blue stone, lapis lazuli . — kaMWaH 1 a peacock; Māl. 9. 30 ; Me. 79. 2 an epithet of Śiva. 3 a kind of gallinule. 4 a blue-necked jay. 5 a wag-tail. 6 a sparrow. 7 a bee. — (WaM) a radish. °akza = rudrAkza q. v. — keSI the indigo plant. — grIvaH an epithet of Śiva. — CadaH 1 the date-tree. 2 an epithet of Garuḍa. — jaM blue steel. — taruH the cocoanut tree. — tAlaH, -DvajaH the Tamāla tree. — paMkaH, -kaM darkness. — pawalaM 1 a dark mass, a black coating or covering. 2 a dark film over the eye of a blind man; Pt. 5. — patraH the pomegranate tree. (-traM) -padmaM the blue water-lily. — picCaH a falcon. — puzpikA 1 the indigo plant. 2 linseed. — BaH 1 the moon. 2 a cloud. 3 a bee. — maRiH, -ratnaM 1 the sapphire; nepaTyocitanIlaratnaM Gīt. 5 ; Bv. 2. 42. 2 an epithet of Kṛṣṇa; also nIlamADavaH . — mIlikaH a fire-fly. — mfttikA 1 iron pyrites. 2 black earth. — rAjiH f. a line of darkness, dark mass, thick darkness,; niSASaSAMkakzatanIlarAjayaH Rs. 1. 2. — lohita a. dark-blue, purple. — (taH) 1 a purple colour. 2 an epithet of Śiva; Ś. 7. 35 ; Ku. 2. 57. — varRa a. dark-blue, bluish. — (rRaM) a radish. — vasana, -vAsas a. dressed in darkblue clothes; see nIlAMbara . — vfMtakaM cotton.