नी [ nī ] [ nī ]2 Root ( for 1. see p. 543 , col. 3) cl. [1] P. Ā. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxii. 5) [ nayati ] [ °te ] (pf. P. [ nināya ] , 2. sg. [ ninetha ] Lit. RV. , 1. pl. [ nīnima ] Lit. TS. ; Subj. [ ninīthás ] Pot. [ ninīyāt ] Lit. RV. ; Impv. [ ninetu ] Lit. MaitrS. ; Ā. [ ninye ] Lit. Br. ; [ -nayām āsa ] Lit. MBh. ; [ -nayāṃ cakre ] Lit. R. ; aor. P. 3. du. [ anītām ] Subj. [ néṣi ] , [ nethā́ ] Lit. RV. ; [ anaiṣīt ] Subj. [ neṣati ] , [ °ṣat ] , 3. pl. Ā. [ aneṣata ] Lit. ib. ; [ anayīt ] Lit. AV. ; fut. [ neṣyati ] Lit. AV. ; [ °te ] Lit. Br. ; [ nayiṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; [ nétā ] , [ nayitā ] Lit. ib. ; ind.p. [ nītvā ] Lit. Br. ; [ nayitvā ] Lit. MBh. ; [ nī́ya ] Lit. AV. ; inf. [ neṣáṇi ] Lit. RV. ; [ nétavai ] , [ °tos ] and [ nayitum ] Lit. Br. ; [ nétum ] Lit. ib. ) , to lead , guide , conduct , direct , govern ( also with [ agram ] and gen. ; cf. [ agra-ṇī ] ) Lit. RV. ; to lead towards or to (acc. with or without [ prati ] dat. , loc. or [ artham ] ifc.) Lit. ib. ; to lead or keep away , exclude from (abl.) Lit. AitBr. ; (Ā.) to carry off for one's self (as a victor , owner ) Lit. AV. Lit. TĀr. Lit. MBh. ; (Ā. , rarely P.) to lead home i.e. marry Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ; to bring into any state or condition (with acc. e.g. with [ vaśam ] , to bring into subjection , subdue ( Ā. Lit. RV. x , 84 , 3 Lit. AV. v , 19 , 5 ; P. Lit. Ragh. viii , 19 ) ; with [ śūdra-tām ] , to reduce to a Śūdra Lit. Mn. iii , 15 ; with [ sākṣyam ] ( Ā. ) , to admit as a witness , Lit. viii , 197 ; with [ vyāghra-tām ] , to change into a tiger Lit. Hit. ; with [ vikrayam ] , to sell Lit. Yājñ. ; with [ paritoṣam ] , to satisfy Lit. Pañc. ; with [ duḥkham ] , to pain Lit. Amar. ; rarely , with loc. e.g. [ duhitṛ-tve ] , to make a person one's daughter Lit. R. i , 44 , 38 ; or with an adv. in [ -sāt ] e.g. [ bhasmasāt ] to reduce to ashes Lit. Pañc. i , 198/199) ; to draw (a line ) Lit. ŚāṅkhŚr. Lit. Sūryas. ; to pass or spend (time) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Kāv. ; ( with [ daṇḍam ] ) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. ( with [ vyavahāram ] ) to conduct a process Lit. Yājñ. ; ( with [ kriyām ] ) to conduct a ceremony , preside over a religious act Lit. MBh. ; to trace , track , find out , ascertain , settle , decide (with [ anyathā ] , " wrongly " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh. ; (Ā.) to be foremost or chief Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 36 : Caus. [ nāyayati ] , [ °te ] , to cause to lead ; to cause to be led by (instr.) Lit. Mn. v , 104 ( cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 1-4 , 52 Vārtt. 5 Lit. Pat.) : Desid. [ ní nīṣati ] , [ te ] ( Lit. AV. xix , 50 , 5 , w. r. [ nineṣati ] ) , to wish to lead or bring or carry to or into (acc. or dat.) Lit. AV. Lit. Up. Lit. MBh. ; to wish to carry away Lit. R. ; to wish to spend or pass (time) Lit. Naish. ; to wish to exclude from (abl.) Lit. AitBr. ; to wish to find out or ascertain , investigate Lit. MBh. : Intens. [ nenīyáte ] to lead as a captive , have in one's power , rule , govern Lit. TS. Lit. VS. Lit. MBh.