The Sanskrit term Niṣic can be transliterated into English as Nisic or Nishic, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nishich.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niṣic (निषिच्).—6 P.

1) To pour upon or down, sprinkle, pour in; सुखैर्निषिञ्चन्तमिवामृतं त्वचि (sukhairniṣiñcantamivāmṛtaṃ tvaci) R.3.26; Ś.4.14; Kumārasambhava 2.57.

2) To impregnate; निषिञ्चन् माधवीमेतां लतां कौन्दीं च नर्तयन् (niṣiñcan mādhavīmetāṃ latāṃ kaundīṃ ca nartayan) V.2.4. (where the word also means 'to fill with honey-drops').

3) To wet, irrigate.

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

Nisic (निसिच्).—pour down or in; infuse, instil; water, irrigate. [Causative] sprinkle, wet.

Nisic is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and sic (सिच्).

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

Niṣic (निषिच्):—[=ni-ṣic] (√sic) [Parasmaipada] -ṣiñcati ([imperfect tense] ny-aṣiñcat [perfect tense] ni-ṣiṣeca; cf. [Pāṇini 8-3, 65]),

—to sprinkle down, pour upon or into, infuse, instil, irrigate, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to dip into, [Bhāvaprakāśa] :

—[Causal] -ṣecayati to irrigate, wet, moisten, [Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta] :—[Intensive] -sesicyate, [Pāṇini 8-3, 112 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nisic (निसिच्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇisikka.

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sic, Ni.

Starts with: Nishicara, Nishich, Nishichara.

Ends with: Abhinishic, Parinishic, Samnishic.

Full-text: Nishecitri, Nishecana, Nisheka, Nishekasvara, Samnishic, Abhinishic, Nishektri, Nishektavya, Nishekaprakara, Nishekavicara, Parinishic, Nishikta, Nishiktapa, Nisikka, Retas, Sic.

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