1 Going out, coming forth.

2 Departure from, exit.

3 One of the Saṃskāras or religious rites; i. e. taking out a child for the first time into the open air (which is usu- ally performed in the fourth month of its age); caturthe māsi niṣkra- maḥ Y. 1. 12; cf. upaniṣkramaṇa also.

4 Degradation, loss of caste, inferiori- ty of tribe.

5 Intellectual faculty.