नील [ nīla ] [ nī́la ] m. f. ( [ ā ] or [ ī ] ; cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 42 Vārtt. Lit. Vām. v , 2 , 48) n. of a dark colour , (esp.) dark-blue or dark-green or black Lit. RV.

  dyed with indigo Lit. Pāṇ. 4-2 , 2 Vārtt. 2 Lit. Pat.

  [ nīla ] m. the sapphire Lit. L. ( with [ maṇi ] Lit. R. iii , 58 , 26)

  the Indian fig-tree (= [ vaṭa ] ) Lit. L.

  = [ nīla-vṛkṣa ] Lit. L.

  a species of bird the blue or hill Maina Lit. L.

  an ox or bull of a dark colour Lit. L.

  one of the 9 Nidhis or divine treasures of Kubera Lit. L.

  N. of a man g. [ tikādi ]

  of the prince of Māhishmatī Lit. MBh.

  of a son of Yadu Lit. Hariv.

  of a son of Aja-mīḍha Lit. BhP.

  of a son of Bhuvana-rāja Lit. Rājat.

  of an historian of Kaśmīra Lit. ib.

  of sev. authors ( also [ -bhaṭṭa ] ) Lit. Cat.

  N. of Mañjuśrī Lit. L.

  of a Nāga Lit. MBh. Lit. Rājat.

  of one of the monkey-chiefs attending on Rāma (said to be a son of Agni) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  the mountain Nīla or the blue mountain ( immediately north of Ilâvṛita or the central division ; cf. [ nīlādri ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

  [ nīlā ] f. the indigo plant (Indigofera Tinctoria) Lit. L. ( cf. [ nīlī ] )

  a species of Boerhavia with blue blossoms Lit. L.

  black cumin Lit. L.

  a species of blue fly Lit. L.

  (du.) the two arteries in front of the neck Lit. L.

  a black and blue mark on the skin Lit. L.

  N. of a goddess Lit. W.

  (in music) of a Rāgiṇī (personified as wife of Mallāra)

  of a river Lit. MBh. (v.l. [ nālā ] )

  [ nīlī ] f. the indigo plant or dye Lit. Mn. Lit. Var. Lit. Suśr. Blyxa Octandra. Lit. L.

  f. m. a species of blue fly Lit. L.

  f. m. a kind of disease Lit. L.

  f. m. N. of the wife of Aja-mīḍha Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. (v.l. [ nalinī ] and [ nīlinī ] )

  [ nīla ] n. dark (the colour) , darkness Lit. TS. Lit. KaushUp.

  any dark substance Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ChUp.

  = [ tālī-pattra ] and [ tālīśa ] Lit. L.

  indigo Lit. Yājñ. iii. 38

  black salt Lit. L.

  blue vitriol Lit. L.

  antimony Lit. L.

  poison Lit. L.

  a partic. position in dancing Lit. L.

  a kind of metre Lit. Col.