Sanskrit Word List

1 An open space for recreation, or a play-ground in or near a town.

2 A court at the entrance of a house.

3 Neighbour- hood.

4 An uncultivated or un- ploughed plot of ground.

Cutting down or off, tearing.

N. of the mother of Rā- vaṇa or of imps in general. ind. 1 Near, hard, close by, at hand (with acc.); nikaṣā saudhabhittiṃ Dk.; vilaṃdhya laṃkāṃ nikaṣā haniṣyati Śi. 1. 68....

a. See nikāśa; Śi. 5. 35.

1 A touch-stone, whet-stone; nikaṣe hemarekheva R. 17. 46; Mv. 1. 4.

2 (Fig.) Anything serving as a touch-stone, a test; na- nveṣa darpanikaṣastava caṃdraketuḥ U. 5. 10; ādarśaḥ...

nikasaḥ is an alternate of nikaṣaḥ. 1 A touch-stone, whet-stone; nikaṣe hemarekheva R. 17. 46; Mv. 1. 4.

2 (Fig.) Anything serving as a touch-stone, a test; na- nveṣa...

[ni-kāś-ghañ] 1 Appearance, sight.

2 Horizon.

3 Proximity, vicinity.

4 Likeness, resemblance (at the end of comp.); Māl. 5. 13.

Scratching, rubbing; Ki. 7. 6.

a. Near, close, hard by, proximate. ṭaḥ, ṭaṃ Proximity. (ni- kaṭe is used adverbially in the sense of ‘near’, ‘at hand’, ‘hard or close [Page0617-c+ 55] by;’ vahati nikaṭe...

[ni-ci-ghañ kutvam] 1 A heap, an assemblage, a class, multi- tude, flock, group in general; Mv. 1.

2 A congregation, school, an association of persons who perform like duties....

[cf. P. III. 1. 129] A dwelling, habitation, house; na praṇā- yyo janaḥ kaccinnikāyyaṃ te'dhitiṣṭhati Bk. 6. 66.

Piling or collecting repeatedly.

1 A house, habita- tion, mansion, abode; śritagokarṇani- ketamīśvaraṃ R. 8. 33; 14. 58; Bg. 12. 19; Ku. 5. 25; Ms. 6. 26; Śi. 5. 26.

2 A mark, countersign.

An onion. naṃ A man- sion, house, abode; siṃjānā maṃjumaṃ- jīraṃ praviveśa niketanaṃ Gīt. 11; Ms. 6. 26, 11. 129; Ki. 1. 16.

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....

Digging in, burying; as in sthūṇānikhanananyāya.

a. Dwarfish. rvaṃ A bil- lion.

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...

a. [nivṛttam khilaṃ śeṣo yasmāt] Complete, whole, entire, all; pratyakṣaṃ te nikhilamacirādbhrātaruktaṃ mayā yat Me. 94.

Contraction, compres- sion.

8U. Ved. 1 To humiliate, subdue, overcome.

2 To maltreat, act or treat ill.

3 To injure, wrong, offend.

Ved. 1 Trampling down.

2 A foot-step, foot-fall.

a. (nī f.) Cutting down, de- stroying; virahinikṛṃtanakuṃtamukhākṛtiketa- kidaṃturitāśe(vasaṃte) Gīt. 11. naṃ Cutting, cutting off, destruction.

2 An in- strument for cutting;...

1. 6. P. 1 To lessen, dimi- nish.

2 To draw or drag down, pull down.

p. p. 1 Low, base, vile.

2 Outcast, despised.

3 Vulgar.

4 Near. ṣṭaṃ Proximity.

6 P. 1 To cut down, cut to pieces, cut or tear off, tear up; viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ mūlānyapi nikṛṃtati Pt. 2. 39; nikṛṃtanniva mānasaṃ Bk. 7. 11; bhallanikṛttakaṃṭhaiḥ R. 7. 58....

p. p. 1 Humbled, cast down, humiliated.

2 Insulted, of- [Page0618-b+ 56] fended; U. 6. 14.

3 Deceived, cheated.

4 Removed.

5 Afflicted, injured.

6 Wicked, dishonest.

7...

a. Base, dishonest, wicked. tiḥ f. 1 Baseness, wickedness.

2 Dishonesty, fraud, deception; anikṛtinipuṇaṃ te ceṣṭitaṃ mānaśauṃḍa Ve. 5. 21; Ki. 1. 45.

3 Insult, offence,...

a. Base, dishonest, wicked.

1 P. (nikṣati) Ved. 1 To pierce.

2 To kiss.

A nit (a wrong form for likṣā q. v.).

Kissing.

Ved. A stick for stirring up and testing boiling rice (pākaparī. kṣāsādhana).

1 Throwing or casting on (with acc.); alaṃ mānyānāṃ vyākhyā- neṣu kaṭākṣanikṣepeṇa S. D. 2.

2 A de- posit, pledge; pawn in general; Pt. 1. 14; Ms. 8. 4.

3 Anything de- posited...

1 Putting down, placing down (the feet); Ku. 1. 33.

2 A means by which anything is kept.

a. 1 Caused to be put down in writing, inscribed.

2 Caus- ed to be deposited.

m. A depositor, pawner.

6 P. 1 To throw or cast down, put or place down; Y. 1. 103; Amaru. 80.

2 To entrust, com- mit, consign to the care of; devīhaste nikṣipatā Ratn. 1; Ms. 6. 3, 8. 179, R. 1. 34....

p. p. 1 Thrown or put down, thrown into.

2 Deposited, pledged, pawned.

3 Sent, sent off.

4 Reject- ed, abandoned.

1 The wife of the sun.

2 A female Brāhmaṇa (brāhmaṇī).

p. p. Washed, cleansed &c.

A family art, one inherited by birth, any skill or art peculiar to a race.

1 N. of an attendant of Śiva; R. 2. 35.

2 N. of the father of Sunda and Upasunda.

1 A cave or grove at the western gate of Laṅkā.

2 An image of Bhadrakālī on the west side of Laṅkā.

3 A place where oblations are offered.

A measure of capacity equal to (1/4) of a Kuḍava (also nikuṃcaka).

1 A bower, an arbour’ a place over-grown with shrubs and creepers; yamunātīravānīranikuṃje maṃdamāsthitaṃ Gīt. 4, 2, 11; Rs. 1. 23.

2 A vault; Māl. 2. 12.

3 A ca- vern; Māl....

A flock, collection, mass, multitude; latānikuruṃbaṃ Gīt. 11. kiraṇaº A. L. 20; cikuraº 43.

nikuruṃbaṃ is an alternate of nikuraṃbaṃ. A flock, collection, mass, multitude; latānikuruṃbaṃ Gīt. 11. kiraṇaº A. L. 20; cikuraº 43.