The Sanskrit term Nikṣā can be transliterated into English as Niksa or Niksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nikṣā (निक्षा).—A nit (a wrong form for likṣā q. v.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nikṣā (निक्षा).—f.

(-kṣā) A nit. E. ṇiś to meditate, Unadi affix ac according to some a wrong form of likṣā .

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

1) Nikṣa (निक्ष):—[from nikṣ] mfn. kissing (ifc. cf. puṣpa-n)

2) Nikṣā (निक्षा):—[from nikṣa > nikṣ] f. a nit ([probably] [wrong reading] for likṣā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nikṣā (निक्षा):—(kṣā) 1. f. A nit.

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Niksha 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.

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Starts with: Nikshana, Nikshapita, Nikshara, Nikshata, Nikshatram, Nikshatriya.

Ends with: Pushpaniksha.

Full-text: Pushpaniksha, Pushpaliksha, Niksh.

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