- निमिष्
ni-mishP. -mishati (aor. -amīmishat), to shut the eyelids, wink, fall asleep RV. etc. etc.;
to be shut (said of the eyelids) R. ;
(fut. -mishyati ?) Daṡ. (cf. a-nimishat)
ni-míshf. winking orᅠ twinkling of the eye (cf. a-nimish);
shutting the eyes, falling asleep RV. AV. (cf. 1. nimi)
Sanskrit-English dictionary. 2013.