The Sanskrit term Niṣkarṣa can be transliterated into English as Niskarsa or Nishkarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nishkarsh.

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

Niṣkarṣa (निष्कर्ष):—(von 1. karṣ mit nis) m.

1) das Herausziehen [DHĀTUP. 31, 46.] [Mahābhārata 12, 7318.] [Scholiast] bei [WILSON, SĀṂKHYAK. S. 135.] —

2) Hauptsache, Hauptpunkt: evadvidanto vidvāṃsastrayīniṣkarṣamanvaham . kramaśaḥ pūrvamabhyasya paścādvedamadhīyate .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 125.] [Bhāṣāpariccheda 137.] evaṃ sarve tadābruvan .. niṣkarṣānniścayāt so v. a. kurz und bündig [Mahābhārata 2, 1415.] strīṇāṃ buddhyarthaniṣkarṣādarthaśastrāṇi bṛhaspatiprabhṛtibhirmanye sadbhiḥ kṛtāni vai hauptsächlich wegen [Mahābhārata 13, 2241.] = niścayaḥ . yathā . atrāyaṃ niṣkarṣa ityādyāparāhṇikaśrāddhādivyavasthāyāṃ mūrkhahā [Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) das Wägen [DHĀTUP. 15, 20.] — Ganz unklar ist die Bed. des Wortes in der Stelle: anukarṣaṃ ca niṣkarṣaṃ ca vyādhipāvakamūrchanam .. sarvameva na tatrāsīddharmanitye yudhiṣṭhire [Mahābhārata 2, 526. fg.]

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Niṣkarṣa (निष्कर्ष):—

2) [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 13, 2241] erklärt: strībuddhimanusṛtyaiva. niṣkarṣam [Mahābhārata 2, 526] erklärt [Nīlakaṇṭha] durch karārthaṃ prajāpīḍanam; vgl. oben u. anukarṣa [3]).

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

Niṣkarṣa (निष्कर्ष):——

1) m. — a) das herausziehen. — b) Auszug , Kern , Hauptinhalt , Hauptsache , Hauptpunct. niṣkarṣānniścayāt so v.a. kurz und bündig. strīṇāṃ buddhyarthaniṣkarṣāt hauptsächlich wegen des Verstandes der Weiber. — c) das Wägen (?). —

2) n. Bedrückung der Unterthanen durch Abgaben (nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]).

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karsha, Ni, Nish.

Starts with: Nishkarshana, Nitkarshat.

Ends with: Durgarcakalanishkarsha, Sajha-nishkarsha, Trayinishkarsha, Vratakalanishkarsha.

Full-text: Nitkarshat, Nishkarshe, Nikadha, Nishkara, Trayinishkarsha, Nishkarsh, Nikalna, Murchana, Nikalana, Anukarsha.

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