Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
p. p. 1 Dug up, excavat- ed.
2 Fixed, planted (as a stake), infixed; śalyaṃ nikhātamudahārayatāmurastaḥ R. 9 78; 13. 61; aṣṭādaśadvīpanikhāta- yūpaḥ 6. 38; gāḍhaṃ nikhāta iva me hṛdaye kaṭākṣaḥ Māl. 1. 29.
3 Dug in, buried.
