nf [ nI-fn qicca ; cf. Uṇ. 2. 101 ] ( Nom. sing. nA , gen. pl. nfRAM or nFRAM ) 1 A man, a person whether male or female; Ms. 3. 81 ; 4. 61 , 7. 61 , 10. 33. 2 Mankind. 3 A piece at chess. 4 The pin of a sun-dial. 5 A masculine word; saMDirnA vigraho yAnaM Ak. 6 A leader. Comp. — asTimAlin m. an epithet of Śiva. — kapAlaM man's skull. — kesarin m. ‘man-lion’, Viṣṇu in his Narasiṃha incarnation; cf. narasiMha . — cakzas a. Ved. 1 seeing or observing men. 2 leading or guiding men. ( — m. ) 1 a god. 2 a demon, goblin. — jalaM human urine. — devaH a king. — Darman m. an epithet of Kubera. — namana a. to be saluted by men (as gods). — paH [ nFn pAti rakzati, pA-ka ] a ruler of men, king, sovereign. °aMSaH 1 royal portion or revenue, i. e. a sixth, eighth &c. part of grain. 2 a prince. °aMganaM (RaM) a royal court. °aDvaraH N. of a sacrifice (Rājasūya) performed by an emperor or lord paramount, in which all the offices are performed by tributary princes. °AtmajaH a prince, crown-prince. °ABIraM, °mAnaM music played at the royal meals. °AmayaH consumption. °AsanaM ‘royal-seat’, a throne, the chair of state. °gfhaM a royal palace. °nItiH f. politics, royal policy, state-craft; veSyAMganeva nfpanItiranekarUpA Bh. 2. 47. °priyaH the mango tree. °lakzman n. , °liMgaM a royal symbol, an emblem of royalty, any one of the royal insignia; particularly, the white umbrella. °liMgaDara a. 1 assuming the insignia of royalty. 2 assuming the royal insignia (as a disguise). °vallaBaH 1 the friend or favourite of a king. 2 a kind of mango. — (BA) a queen. °SAsanaM a royal grant or edict. °saMSraya a. seeking the protection of a king. °sutA the musk-rat. °saBaM, °saBA an assembly of kings. — patiH -pAlaH 1 a king. 2 N. of Kubera. 3 a Kṣatriya. °paTaH a royal or main road. — paSuH a beast ( pb ) in the form of a man, a brute of a man; Bv. 4. 38. — pItiH f. Ved. protection of men. — miTutaM the sign Gemini (twins) of the zodiac. — meDaH a human sacrifice. — yajYaH ‘the sacrifice to be offered to men’, hospitality, reception of guests (one of the five daily Yajñas; see paMcayajYa ). — yugmaM = nfBiTuna q. v. — lokaH the world of mortals, the earth. — varAhaH Viṣṇu in the boar-incarnation. — vAhanaH an epithet of Kubera. — vezwanaH N. of Śiva. — SfMgaM ‘man's horn’; i. e. an impossibility. — sadanaM ( nfzadanaM ) the hall of sacrifice. — sad ( zad ) m. the Supreme Being. — siMhaH, -hariH 1 ‘a lion-like man’, a chief among men, an eminent or distinguished man. 2 Viṣṇu in his fourth incarnation; cf. narasiMha . 3 a particular mode of sexual enjoyment. — senaM , senA an army of men. — somaH an illustrious man, great man; R. 5. 59.