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,

نبارن nibāran निवारण S̱. s. Prevention, hindering, forbidding, stopping.

نوميدي naumed-ī P s. f. Hopelessness.

نزديک nazdīk P Near, hard by, with, close to, neighbouring, contiguous, almost, about.

نيلوفر nīlofar P s. m. The lotus nilufer, water- lily, nenuphar. (Nymphæa lotus).

نرالا nirālā निरालय S̱. adj. 1. Apart, aloof, retired, lonely, private. 2. Pure, mere, simple, unmixed, unalloyed. 3. Rare, strange, odd, extraordinary. نرالي nirāle, or نرالي مين nirāle meṅ, Apart, in private.

نٿهڙاٴي niṭhuṛ-āʼī S̱. (निष्ठुरता) s. f. Cruelty, obduracy.

نسلي nasl-ī A. adj. Of family.

نوراني nūr-ānī A. 1. adj. Serene, bright, light, clear. 2. s. f. Brightness, serenity.

نيرو nerau निकट S̱. adv. Near, beside.