nimittika , ( 1 ) subst. or adj. , (food?) for special occasions : Av ii.13.5 , see s.v. nityaka ( cf. Skt. naimittika, Pkt. ṇemittia); ( 2 ) sign-reader, soothsayer (not in Skt. or Pali , but AMg. nimittia; = naimittika ): Divy 131.20 (prose, no v.l. ; ed. em. nai°).