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Sanskrit dictionary

Nikartana (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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nikartana (निकर्तन).—i. e. ni-kṛt + ana, n. Cutting down, Mahābhārata 5, 894; cutting off, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 74, 32.

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

1) 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).

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

Nikartana (निकर्तन):—(von kart mit ni) n. das Niedermetzeln, Abhauen: nikartane devane yo dvitīyaḥ [Mahābhārata 5, 894.] matiṃ cakārāsya sa dornikartane [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 74, 32.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Nikartana (निकर्तन):——

1) Adj. Jmd schindend , so v.a. Jmd das Geld abnehmend (nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]). [Mahābhārata 5,30,28,] v.l. —

2) n. — a) das Abhauen. — b) das Schinden Jmds , so v.a. das Jmd um sein Geld Bringen (Nach [Nīlakaṇṭha]). [Mahābhārata 5,30,28.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

context information

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

Nikartana (ನಿಕರ್ತನ):—

1) [noun] the act of cutting, severing.

2) [noun] the act of destroying completely.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

context information

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 (+0): Kartana, Mi, Ni.

Full-text (+0): Dornikartana, Nabhinikartana, Dosnikartana, Nikartavya.

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