नर्मन्

{ narman }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नर्मन्  n.  n. sport, play, amusement, pleasure, pastime, pleasantry, dallying, jest, joke, wit, humour, ( °माणि-√ कृ, to joke; °मणा ind. in jest, for sport), [MBh.]; [Kāv. &c.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

नर्मन् [narman]  n. n. [नॄ-मनिन्]
Sport, amusement, diversion, merriment, pleasure, amorous pastime or sport; जित- कमले विमले परिकर्मय नर्मजनकमलकं मुखे [Gīt.12.] (कौतुकजनक); [R.19.28.]
Jest, joke, humour, wit; सुहृत्प्रयुक्ता इव नर्मवादाः [Ki.17.33.] नर्मप्रायाभिः कथाभिः [K.7;] 'jocular, humorous'. -Comp.
-आलापः   a jocular conversation.-उक्तिः a facetious expression.
-कीलः   a husband. -गर्भa. humorous, full of humour, witty.
(र्भः) a secret lover.
an action of the hero in an unrecognizable form.
-द a.  a. delighting, making happy; नन्दसूनुरनघे तव वत्सो नर्मदः प्रणयिनां विजहार [Bhāg.1.35.2.] (ः) a jester (= नर्मसचिव q. v.).
-दा  N. N. of a river which rises in the Vindhya mountain, and falls into the gulf of Cambay.
-द्युति a.  a. bright with joy, cheerful, merry. (-तिः f.) enjoyment of a joke.
-सचिवः, -सुहृद्  m. m. 'a pleasure-companion', an associate of the amusements of a prince or a man of rank; न नर्मसचिवैः सार्धं किञ्चिदप्य- प्रियं वदेत् Kām. इदं त्वैदंपर्यं यदुत नृपतेर्नर्मसचिवः सुतादाना- न्मित्रं भवतु [Māl.2.7;] तां याचते नरपतेर्नर्मसुहृन्नन्दनो नृपमुखेन 1.11; [Śi.1.59.]
साचिव्यम् amusement; flattery.
superintendence of a prince's amusements.
-स्फूर्जः   (in drama) the first meeting of lovers beginning with joy but ending alarm.
-स्फोटः   the first symptoms of love.