The Sanskrit terms Kṣudranāsika and Kṣudranāsikā can be transliterated into English as Ksudranasika or Kshudranasika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and Rauravāgama

Kṣudranāsikā (क्षुद्रनासिका) refers to “small false-skylight or niche § 4.12.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣudranāsika (क्षुद्रनासिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Having a little nose. E. kṣudra, and nāsikā the nose.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣudranāsika (क्षुद्रनासिक):—[=kṣudra-nāsika] [from kṣudra > kṣud] mfn. one who has a small nose, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣudranāsika (क्षुद्रनासिक):—[kṣudra-nāsika] (kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a. Having a little nose, small-nosed.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshudranasika in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kṣudranāsika (ಕ್ಷುದ್ರನಾಸಿಕ):—[adjective] having small nose.

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Kṣudranāsika (ಕ್ಷುದ್ರನಾಸಿಕ):—[noun] a man with a small nose.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Kshudra, Nasika.

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