Nikhata, Ni-khana-khanu-ta, Ni-khana-manu-ta, Nikhāta: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Nikhata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Nikhāta (निखात) refers to “foundation pillar”. It is a type of stambha (‘pillar’).
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Nikhāta (निखात).—The son of Pratihartā, who was the son of Parameṣṭhī, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 74. Parameṣṭhī was the son of Indradyumna, whose ancestral lineage can be traced to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being. Nikhāta had a son named Unnetā.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Nikhāta (निखात) refers to “digging into the ground” (when making elephant-traps), according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 10, “on the catching of elephants”]: “2. The trap pen is celebrated as having a length and breadth of approximately a kos (ca. one and one-half miles). Making a fence round about it with stout trees, etc., dug into the ground (nikhāta), and a ditch hard to cross on the outside, he shall construct with bamboos, etc., a lane opening outward, (beginning) between two fences arranged on either side of the entrance, and gradually becoming wider (as it leads out). [...]”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
nikhāta : (pp. of nikhaṇati) dug into; buried.
Nikhāta, (pp. of nikhaṇati) 1. dug, dug out (of a hole), buried (of a body) SnA 519.—2. dug in, erected (of a post) Sn. 28; DhA. II, 181 (nagara-dvāre n. indakhīla). See also a°. (Page 354)
1) nikhata (နိခတ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+khana+manu+ta]
[နိ+ခန+မနု+တ]
2) nikhāta (နိခါတ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ni+khana+khanu+ta．ni+khana+,khanitvā sthāpite．thoma．]
[နိ+ခန+ခနု+တ။နိ+ခန+တ္တး၊ခနိတွာ သ္ထာပိတေ။ ထောမ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) nikhata—
(Burmese text): နှုတ်-ပယ်ရှား-အပ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): Cursed.
2) nikhāta—
(Burmese text): (၁) စိုက်ထားအပ်သော (တိုင်စသည်)။ (၂) မြှုပ်ထားအပ်သော (ပစ္စည်းစသည်)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Planted (such as stakes). (2) Buried (such as materials).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Nikhāta (निखात).—p. p.
1) Dug up, excavated.
2) Fixed, planted (as a stake), infixed; शल्यं निखातमुदहारयतामुरस्तः (śalyaṃ nikhātamudahārayatāmurastaḥ) R.9.78;13.61; अष्टादशद्वीपनिखातयूपः (aṣṭādaśadvīpanikhātayūpaḥ) 6.38; गाढं निखात इव मे हृदये कटाक्षः (gāḍhaṃ nikhāta iva me hṛdaye kaṭākṣaḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.29.
3) Dug in, buried.
Nikhāta (निखात).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Dug dug, up, excavated. 2. Fixed in the ground as a snake. E. ni before khan to dig, kta aff.
1) Nikhāta (निखात):—[=ni-khāta] [from ni-khan] mfn. (ni-) dug in, buried, fixed in the ground, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] dug up, excavated, [Horace H. Wilson]
Nikhāta (निखात):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) p.] Dug; fixed in.
Nikhāta (निखात):—s. u. khan mit ni .
Nikhāta (निखात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇikkhaya, Ṇihaya.
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
Nikhāta (ನಿಖಾತ):—[adjective] placed; kept; deposited.
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): Khanu, Ma nu, Khana, Mi, Luo, Manu, Khata, Da, Ni, Ta.
Starts with (+0): Nikhatadhanna, Nikhataka, Nikhatakhanu, Nikhatamulakara, Nikhatanidhi, Nikhatapakara, Nikhatastambha, Nikhatathambha, Nikhatatushangaradimant.
Full-text (+8): Antarnikhata, Nikhatathambha, Nikhatadhanna, Nikhatakhanu, Nikhatapakara, Gambhiranemanikhata, Sunikhata, Tiporisanikhata, Nikhatanidhi, Nikhatastambha, Nikhati, Nikhataka, Anikhata, Abhava, Nikkhaya, Nihaya, Sunikrishta, Unneta, Pratiharta, Nikhaṇati.
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