ناگر नागर nāgar S s. m. 1. Name of a tribe of Gujarāt-ī Brāhmaṇs. 2. (met.) A cunning or expert person.

نرسنگا nar-singā नलशृंग S̱. s. m. A horn (mu- sical), a wind instrument. S. نرسنگهـ नरसिंह or नृसिंह nar-singh or nr̤i- singh, s. m. The name of the fourth Avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu, which happened in the Satya-yuga, upon the following occasion. Hiranya-kasipu, an impious prince, was en- raged at his son Prahlād for worshipping the Almighty, and tried every means of destroying him, by poison, by throwing him into fire, into the ocean, &c. yet Prahlād lived. "If your God is present every where," says Hiranya- kasipu, "let him come from an alabaster pil- lar;" on which Nar-singha appeared, with the lower part of a man and the upper of a lion,

نکهوٿ nikhoṭ S̱. (निर् prep. and r. कुट Act crookedly, or r. खोट Limp) s. m. Plain dealer, any thing without blemish.

ندي नदी nadī S or naddī, s. f. A river.

نوسادر nausādar नरसार S̱. s. m. Sal am- moniac.

نونا naunā नमन S̱. v. n. 1. To bend down, to bow, to incline downwards. 2. To submit, to be obedient, to stoop.

ننايا nināyā H s. m. A bug.

نعم niʼaﻌm A s. plur. (of نعمت Heb. ) 1. Fa- vours, benefits. 2. Pleasure, comfort, affluence, ease or blessing (of life). ¶ نعم البدل niﻌma-l-badal, Blessings of the change, excellent the change! change for the better.

ناگا nāgā नाग S̱. s. m. A cast of Hindū faḳīrs.

نسپتي nis-patī निशापति S̱. s. The moon.