Nikasa, Nikāsa, Nikasha, Nikaṣa, Nikaṣā, Nikāśa, Nikāṣa, Nīkāśa, Nikāsā: 15 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Nikaṣa and Nikaṣā and Nikāśa and Nikāṣa and Nīkāśa can be transliterated into English as Nikasa or Nikasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nikaṣa (निकष):—(von kaṣ mit ni)

1) m. Probirstein ( [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 3, 119,] [Scholiast] [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 32.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 909.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 736.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 38]) und der darauf aufgetragene (Gold-)Streifen: yadā nirguṇamāpnoti dhyānaṃ manasi pūrvajam . tadā prajāyate brahma nikaṣaṃ (sic) nikaṣe yathā .. [Mahābhārata 12, 7471.] nikaṣe hemarekheva [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 46.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 49, 8.] kanakanikaṣasnigdhā vidyut [Vikramorvaśī 70.] [Meghadūta 38.] [Gītagovinda 7, 36.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 44.] āvayoryuddhanikaṣaḥ [Harivaṃśa 4979] [?= 5458.] sucarita [Mṛcchakaṭikā 19, 24.] nikaṣopala [Harivaṃśa 5329.] [Gītagovinda 11, 12.] nikaṣāśman [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 24, 49.] tattvanikaṣagrāvā tu teṣāṃ vipat [Hitopadeśa I, 204.] nikaṣeṇa [Mālavikāgnimitra 28, v. l.] scheint eben so fehlerhaft wie nikarṣeṇa zu sein. Vgl. nikāṣa . —

2) f. ā Nomen proprium der Mutter des Rāvaṇa [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 76] in der Unterschr. der Mutter der Rākṣasa überh. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 1, 119.] nikaṣātmaja m. ein Rākṣasa [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 55.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 187, v. l.] für nikasātmaja . Vgl. kaṣāputra .

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Nikaṣā (निकषा):—(wie eben) [Uṇādisūtra 4, 174.] indecl. gaṇa svarādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 1, 37.] mit dem acc. construirt [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.2,3,2.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik.5,7.] in der Nähe von [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 7. 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1534.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 7, 57.] [Medinīkoṣa avyaya (s. Med.) 78.] [Halāyudha 5, 93.] nikaṣā yamunāṃ rājaṃstato yuddhamavartata [Harivaṃśa 16038.] ye nityaṃ puṇḍarīkādriṃ nikaṣā nivasantyapi [Śatruṃjayamāhātmya 5, 254.] [KĀŚĪKH. 69, 127.] [Śiśupālavadha 1, 68.] [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra] mitten in [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

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Nikasa (निकस):—

1) m. = nikaṣa [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 32.] [Śabdakalpadruma] —

2) f. ā in nikasātmaja = nikaṣātmaja [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 187.]

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Nikāśa (निकाश):—(von kāś mit ni) m.

1) Gesichtskreis: pratyeṣyataṃ nikāśaṃ me so v. a. mir vor Augen, zu mir [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 16, 30.] —

2) Schein, Aussehen; am Ende eines adj. comp. das Aussehen von habend, ähnlich [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1462, v. l.] gajānām girikūṭanikāśānām [Mahābhārata.1,8013.4,1049.6,4424. 13,6327.] [Harivaṃśa 8781.] [Rāmāyaṇa.2,95,9. 100,19.3,30,18. 57,34.6,31,33.] [Suśruta.2,166,12.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11,25. 21,23. 32,6. 42 (43),42. 53,30. 81 (80,a),8.] kāśanikāśatvāt [Mahābhārata 12, 4486.] — Vgl. nīkāśa, prakāśa, pratikāśa, saṃkāśa .

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Nikāṣa (निकाष):—(von kaṣ mit ni) m. = nikaṣa Probirstein: kumāraṃ jātaṃ sarpirmadhunī hiraṇyanikāṣaṃ hiraṇyena prāśayet [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 15.] der Sinn scheint zu sein: wie man Gold auf einen Probirstein reibt, so schmiere man Butter und Milch auf den Mund des neugeborenen Kindes.

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Nikāsa (निकास):—= nikāśa, nīkāśa [Scholiast] zu [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 38.]

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Nīkāśa (नीकाश):—(von kāś mit ni) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 3, 123.] m.

1) Schein, Aussehen am Ende eines adj. comp.; adj. gleich, ähnlich nach [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 38.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1462.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 722.] [Medinīkoṣa śeṣa (s. II.). 23.] ākāśa [Mahābhārata 3, 12552.] Vgl. dhūmra, babhru, nikāśa . —

2) Bestimmtheit, Gewissheit (niścaya) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]

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Nikaṣa (निकष):—

1) āpannikaṣapāṣāṇa [Spr. 1940. Z. 4] [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 12, 7471] : nikaṣe kaṣapāṣāṇe nikaṣaṃ svarṇarekhā . [?Z. 9 Mālavikāgnimitra 28] könnte das Wort Bestreichung bedeuten; vgl. [Spr. 2112.] —

3) m. Titel eines Werkes [HALL 27.]

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Nikāṣa (निकाष):—zu streichen; vgl. oben u. kaṣ mit ni .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Nikaṣa (निकष):——

1) m. — a) das Einreiben , Aufstreichen [Indische sprüche 4714.] — b) Walze oder Egge [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] — c) Probirstein. — d) Titel eines Werkes. —

2) f. ā Nomen proprium der Mutter Rāvaṇa’s ([Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 28,17]) und *der Rakṣas überh. —

3) n. der auf dem Probirstein aufgetragene Goldstreifen.

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Nikaṣā (निकषा):—Adv. —

1) in der Nähe von , mit Acc. —

2) *mitten in.

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Nikāśa (निकाश):—m.

1) Gesichtskreis , Nähe. śaṃ me mir vor Augen , zu mir.

2) am Ende eines adj. Comp. Schein , Aussehen. Nom.abstr. tva n.

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Nīkāśa (नीकाश):—m.

1) am Ende eines adj. Comp. Schein , Aussehen. Nach den Lexicographen Adj. gleich , ähnlich.

2) *Bestimmtheit , Gewissheit.

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