The Sanskrit term Nikarṣa can be transliterated into English as Nikarsa or Nikarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Nikarṣa (निकर्ष) is the name of a Tathāgata (Buddha) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Nikarṣa).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nikarṣa (निकर्ष).—m S pop. nikara f m Excess or excessiveness; extremity or blind determinedness of purpose or action; vehemence or positiveness worked up. Ex. of use nikarāsa or nikarāvara yēṇēṃ-jāṇēṃ- āṇaṇēṃ-ghālaṇēṃ, and, sometimes, nikara karaṇēṃ. Also bōlaṇyācā-māraṇyācā-raḍaṇyācā-hasaṇyācā -&c. -nikara Extreme headiness and violence of any action; and, by eminence, the violence of oppression or injustice; as tyānēṃ nikara kēlā majavara. Also āmbyācā- dhānyācā-phaṇasācā-lāḍavāñcā-nikara Excessiveplentifulness of any commodity or thing. nikarṣa is, properly, the opposite of utkarṣa, and signifies Decline, decrease, deterioration.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nikarṣa (निकर्ष).—

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Nikarṣa (निकर्ष).—[masculine] decrease, reduction.

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

1) Nikarṣa (निकर्ष):—[=ni-karṣa] [from ni-kṛṣ] m. lowering, reducing, decreasing, [Śaṃkarācārya]

2) [v.s. ...] [wrong reading] for ni-kaṣa, [Mālavikāgnimitra ii, 7.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nikarṣa (निकर्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇigāsa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nikarsha 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

Nikarṣa (ನಿಕರ್ಷ):—

1) [noun] blind determinedness of purpose or action; extreme headiness of action.

2) [noun] wickedness; pervertedness.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karsha, Ni.

Starts with: Nikarshakala, Nikarshana.

Ends with: Agnisannikarsha, Alamkaranikarsha, Alaukikasamnikarsha, Asamnikarsha, Asannikarsha, Indriyarthasannikarsha, Indriyasannikarsha, Sannikarsha.

Full-text: Samnikarshavada, Samnikarshavadartha, Samnikarshata, Samnikarshavicara, Samnikarshatavada, Samnikarshatattvaviveka, Nigasa, Nikartavya, Samnikarshana, Nikshi, Sannikarsha.

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