Alternative spellings of this word include Nichchhivi.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nicchivi (निच्छिवि).—Name of one of the degraded castes (sprung from outcast Kṣatriyas); see Manusmṛti 1.22.

Derivable forms: nicchiviḥ (निच्छिविः).

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

Nicchivi (निच्छिवि).—m.

(-viḥ) A man of one of the degraded classes, born from the outcast Kshetriya; the occupation of this caste is apparently public exhibition of tricks, prize-fighting, &c. being classed with the Jhallas, Mallas, and others. E. ni privative, chavi light or credit, i substituted for the penultimate.

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

Nicchivi (निच्छिवि).—m. The name of a mixed class: the son of a Vrātya Kṣatriya, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 22.

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

Nicchivi (निच्छिवि):—m. Name of one of the degraded castes sprung from the outcast or Vrātya Kṣatriyas, [Manu-smṛti x, 22.]

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

Nicchivi (निच्छिवि):—(viḥ) 2. m. Man of a degraded caste; a mountebank.

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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.

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