निली [ nilī ] [ ni-√ lī ] Ā. [ -līyate ] ( rarely P. e.g. Pot. [ -līyet ] ) Lit. MBh. or [ -láyate ] Lit. RV. Lit. AV. ( cf. [ ni-rī ] ; impf. [ -alāyata ] Lit. TS. ; pf. [ -lilye ] , 3. pl. [ °yire ] , or [ °yur ] Lit. Br. ; aor. [ -aleṣṭa ] Lit. Br. ; 3. pl. [ -aleṣata ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; ind.p. [ -lā́ya ] Lit. TBr. ; [ -līya ] Lit. Hariv. ; inf. [ -letum ] Lit. Śiś.) ; to settle down (esp. applied to the alighting of birds) , alight , descend Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to become settled or fixed Lit. Rājat. iii , 426 ; to hide one's self , conceal one's self from (abl.) , disappear , perish Lit. RV. Lit. ( 1329,3 )