niSA [ nitarAM Syati tanUkaroti vyApArAn So-ka Tv. ] 1 Night; yAniSA sarvaBUtAnAM tasyAM jAgarti saMyamI Bg. 2. 69. 2 Turmeric. 3 A dream. 4 A collective name for the zodiacal signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagittarius, and Capricorn. Comp. — awaH , — awanaH 1 an owl. 2 a demon, ghost, goblin. — awakaH bdellium. — atikramaH, -atyayaH, -aMtaH, -avasAnaM 1 the passing away of night. 2 daybreak. — adaH = Niṣāda q. v. — aMDa a. blind at night. — (DA) the creeper called jatukA . — aDISaH, -ISaH , — nATaH, -patiH, -maRiH, -ratnaM 1 the moon. 2 camphor. — arDakAlaH the first part of the night. — AKyA — AhvA turmeric. — AdiH the evening twilight. — utsargaH end of night daybreak. — etaH a crane. — karaH 1 the moon; Ku. 4. 13. 2 a cock. 3 camphor. — ketuH the moon — gfha a bed-chamber. — cara a. ( — rA -rI f. ) moving about by night, night stalker. — (raH) 1 a fiend, goblin, an evil ( pb ) spirit; R. 12. 69. 2 an epithet of Śiva. 3 a jackal. 4 an owl. 5 a snake. 6 the ruddy goose. 7 a thief. °patiH 1 an epithet of 1 Śiva. 2 of Rāvaṇa. — (rI) 1 a female fiend. 2 a woman going to meet her lover at night by appointment; rAmamanmaTaSareRa tAqitA duHsahena hfdaye niSAcarI R. 11. 20 (where the word is used in sense 1 also). 3 a harlot. — carman m. darkness. — jalaM dew, frost. — darSin m. an owl. — niSaM ind. every night, always. — puzpaM 1 the white water-lily (opening at night). 2 hoar-frost, dew. — muKaM the beginning of night. — mfgaH a jackal. — vanaH hemp ( Sana ). — vihAraH a demon, goblin, a Rākṣasa; pracakratU rAmaniSAvihArO Bk. 2. 36. — vedin m. a cock. — hasaH the white water-lily (opening at night).