Dictionary meanings for nikhan from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. 1 To dig, dig up.
2 To bury, inter; ūnadvivarṣaṃ nikhanet Y. 3. 1; vasudhāyāṃ nicakhnatuḥ R. 12. 30; Bk. 4. 3; 16. 22.
3 To ercet (as a column); nicakhāna jayastaṃbhān R. 4. 36.
4 To implant, infix, pierce into; nicakhāna śaraṃ bhuje R. 12. 90, 3. 55 Bk. 3. 8; H. 4. 72.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -khanati, to dig into (the ground), bury RV. &c; to fix, implant, erect (as a post, column &c) Ka1v.; to dig or root up BhP.; to infix, pierce (with an arrow &c) MBh.; R. &c: Caus. khānayati, see ni-khānita below. 069559 545,2 108001 n. digging in, burying S3am2k.; Kull. 069560 545,2 108002 mfn. (n/i-) dug in, buried, fixed in the ground RV. &c 545,2 108003 mfn. dug up, excavated W. 069561 545,2 108003.1