ناس nās S̱. 1. s. f. (नस्य) Snuff. ناسدان nās- dān, A snuffbox. 2. s. m. (नाश) Non-exist- ence, annihilation, death.

نٿ کهٿي naṭ-khaṭ-ī S. s. f. Trick, roguery, artifice, artfulness.

ناگ नाग nāg S s. m. 1. A snake (Coluber naja) and a sort of demigod shaped as a ser- pent. ناگ بهاشا nāg-bhāsh̤ā, A Prākr̤it lan- guage said to be used by the serpentine race who inhabit Pātāl. ناگ پنچمي nāg-pancha- mī, Name of a Hindū holyday, the 5th of Srāwaṇ, sukl-paksh̤, on which day they worship a snake to procure blessings on their children. ناگ پاس (नागपाश) nāg-pās, or ناگ پهانس nāg-phāṅs, s. f. A running noose of a rope, &c. a sort of noose or knot, used in battle to entangle an enemy. ناگ کنيا nāg-kanyā, A race of females said to inhabit Pātāl, or the regions under the earth, and to be of serpentine extraction but very beautiful. ناگ لوک nāg- lok, The region under the earth, the abode of serpents and hydras, Pātāla. (Not being ac- cessible to the sun, it is illuminated by very

نندک निंदक nindak S s. m. A calumniator, scorner. adj. Censorious, querulous.

نکاٴي nikāʼī P. (from نيک nek) s. f. Goodness, welfare, prosperity, beauty.

نيويديه नैवेद्य naivedya S s. m. See نيبيد naibed.

نيار nyār S̱. (न्याद Food) s. m. Forage, fodder, food of cattle.

نگون nigūn P adj. Hanging downwards. نگون بخت nigūn-baḵẖt, Helpless, unfortunate. نگون سار nigūn-sār, adj. Hanging the head from shame, inverted, upside down, topsyturvy.

نقاره naḳāra A or naḳḳāra (from نقر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A kettledrum. نقاره بجاتي پهرنا naḳāra bajāte phirnā (dakh. i. q. مشـﮩور کرنا) To publish, make celebrated (?).

ناگپتني नागपत्नी nāg-patnī S s. f. A female serpent.