The Sanskrit term Niḥśreṇikā can be transliterated into English as Nihsrenika or Nihshrenika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Niḥśreṇikā (निःश्रेणिका) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) to which Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) assigned the alternative name of Śyenī in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Skanda-purana

Niḥśreṇikā (निःश्रेणिका) refers to the “ladder” (leading to the state of liberation), according to the Skandapurāṇa 2.2.27 (“Installation of the Four Deities”).—Accordingly: “There was a certain Brāhmaṇa, the most excellent of all Brāhmaṇas, in Mathurā. His son of great refulgence is well-known by the name Śivaśarman. [...] He bowed down to the leaders of the attendants (of Śiva) and the Brāhmaṇas. He came to the decision that pilgrimage is the highest ladder leading to the state of liberation (nirvāṇapada-niḥśreṇikā) and that it retains all the creatures there. Thereafter the wise Brāhmaṇa took his food and started. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Niḥśreṇikā (निःश्रेणिका):—[=niḥ-śreṇikā] [from niḥ-śreṇi > niḥ] f. a ladder, [Dharmaśarmābhyudaya]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of grass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Nihshrenika 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shrenika, Nih.

Ends with: Kaivalyasaudhanihshrenika.

Full-text: Vanavallari, Nishreni, Nirvanapada, Shyeni, Nirasa.

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Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā (by Sarasvati Thkura)

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