नैमिष

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NAIMIṢA   (NAIMIṢĀRAṆYA).
1) General.
Naimiṣa is very famous in the Purāṇas. It is considered to be a sacred place. Nimasar is the modern name for the place, and it is in the Sītāpur zilla of North India. Śaunaka conducted a yajña here which lasted for twelve years. All the reputed Ṛṣis participated in it, and there Sūta (Sauti) the son of Vyāsa recited to the Maharṣis Mahābhārata composed by Vyāsa. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 1] ; also see under Sūta.
2) Other information.
Devas once came to this place and conducted a yajña there. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 196, Verse 1] .
(ii) Arjuna once visited here the river called Utpalinī. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 214, Verse 6] .
(iii) Half of the sin of those who visit Naimiṣa will at once be dispelled. The remaining portion of the sin also will be removed before they return from the place. He who stays for a month and bathes here will derive all the results of Gomeda yajña. He who quits his life here by fasting will attain all the sacred lokas. [Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 59] .
(iv) River Gomatī, Yajñabhūmi of the Devas and the yājñic vessel of Sūrya are found at this place. [Vana- Parva, Chapter 87, Verse 6] .
(v) Dharmaputra once came to this place with his brothers and bathed here and made gifts of cows. [Vana Parva, Chapter 95, Verse 1] . NAIMIṢAKUÑJA. An ancient sacred place on the borders of Kurukṣetra. The Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya built this place. A bath here gives the same results as an agniṣṭomayajña. [Vana Parva, Chapter 83, Verse 108] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नै—मिष  mfn.  a mf( ई)n. momentary, transient, [W.]

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नै—मिष  n.  n. N. of a forest and a sacred तीर्थ (where सौति related the [MBh.], and so called because in it an army of असुरs was destroyed in a twinkling), [MBh. i, 1026]; [Hariv.] &c.

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नै—मिष  m.  m. pl. the inhabitants of the नैमिष wood, [MBh.]

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नैमिष    b &c. See under नै, col. 1.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नैमिष [naimiṣa] a.  a. (-षी f.) Lasting for a 'nimiṣa' or twinkling, momentary, transient.
-षम्  N. N. of a sacred forest celebrated as the residence of certain sages to whom Sauti related the Mahābhārata; शिश्रिये श्रुतवतामपश्चिमः पश्चिमे वयसि नैमिषं वशी [R.19.1;] (the name is thus derived: यतस्तु निमिषेणेदं निहतं दानवं बलम् । अरण्येऽस्मिंस्ततस्तेन नैमिषारण्यसंज्ञितम् ॥).

Shabda-Sagara

नैमिष  mfn.  ( -षः-षी-षं) Momentary, transient, in a twinkling.
  n.  ( -षं) The name of a forest. See नैमिषारण्य.
    E. निमिष, and अण् aff.

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