Nikshepana, Nikṣepaṇa: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Nikṣepaṇa can be transliterated into English as Niksepana or Nikshepana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNikṣepaṇa (निक्षेपण).—
1) Putting down, placing down (the feet); Kumārasambhava 1.33.
2) A means by which anything is kept.
Derivable forms: nikṣepaṇam (निक्षेपणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNikṣepaṇa (निक्षेपण).—(nt.? presumably = prec., q.v.), working out mathematical problems(?), in a list of arts: lipiṃ… gaṇanāṃ dhāraṇaṃ (mss. vār°) nikṣepaṇaṃ Mahāvastu iii.394.9; lipiṃ…nikṣepaṇaṃ dhāraṇaṃ vyavahāraṃ ca iii.405.12. (In Mahāvastu ii.287.9 na…paśyāmi śramaṇasya gautamasya kaṃcid devamanuṣyeṣu nikṣepaṇaṃ, the word means subjugation, as in normal Sanskrit, or at best conqueror, as nom. ag.; not égalité with Senart.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNikṣepaṇa (निक्षेपण).—i. e. ni-kṣip + ana, n. Putting down, [Kumārasaṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 33. 2. A place for keeping something, [Suśruta] 1, 171, 18.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Nikṣepaṇa (निक्षेपण):—[=ni-kṣepaṇa] [from ni-kṣip] n. putting down (the feet), [Kumāra-sambhava]
2) [v.s. ...] a means by which or a place in which anything is kept, [Suśruta]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Nikṣepaṇa (निक्षेपण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇikkhivaṇa, Ṇikkhevaṇa, Ṇikkhebaṇayā, Ṇikkhevaṇā, Ṇicchubhaṇa, Ṇicchuhaṇā.
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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 corpusNikṣēpaṇa (ನಿಕ್ಷೇಪಣ):—
1) [noun] the act of keeping, depositing (something).
2) [noun] a thing so 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: Kshepana, Ni.
Ends with: Adananikshepana, Dhuranikshepana, Upanikshepana.
Full-text: Nikkhevana, Nicchuhana, Nikkhebanaya, Nicchubhana, Nikkhivana, Dhuranikshepana, Nikshipana, Dharana, Sudana, Nikshepa.
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