Nikartana: 6 definitions
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Nikartana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNikartana (निकर्तन).—See under निकृत् (nikṛt).
Derivable forms: nikartanam (निकर्तनम्).
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Nikartana (निकर्तन).—
1) Cutting down or off, tearing; निकर्तनमिवात्युग्रं लाङ्गूलस्य महाहरिः (nikartanamivātyugraṃ lāṅgūlasya mahāhariḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.17.25.
2) Annihilation, wiping out completely; उत्सादनममित्राणां परसेनानिकर्तनम् (utsādanamamitrāṇāṃ parasenānikartanam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.167.55.
Derivable forms: nikartanam (निकर्तनम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNikartana (निकर्तन).—i. e. ni-kṛt + ana, n. Cutting down, Mahābhārata 5, 894; cutting off, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 74, 32.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nikartana (निकर्तन):—[=ni-kartana] [from ni-kṛt] mfn. cutting away, robbing, impoverishing, [Mahābhārata] ([Nīlakaṇṭha])
2) [v.s. ...] n. cutting down or off, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] plucking, impoverishing (See above).
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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 corpusNikartana (ನಿಕರ್ತನ):—
1) [noun] the act of cutting, severing.
2) [noun] the act of destroying completely.
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)
Ends with: Dornikartana, Dosnikartana, Nabhinikartana.
Full-text: Dornikartana, Nikartavya, Dosnikartana.
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