niryUhaH 1 A pinnacle, turret, projection (on columns or gates); vita rdiniryUhaviwaMkanIqaH Śi. 3. 55 (where Malli. renders niMryUha by mattavAraRAKyaupASrayaH and quotes Vaijayantī ; perhaps it was so called from its resemblance to the shape of an elephant in rut); cArutoraRaniryUhA Rām. 2 A chaplet, crest, head-ornament. 3 A peg projecting from a wall. 4 Wood placed in a wall for pigeons to build their nests or to perch upon. 5 A door, gate. 6 Extract, decoction.