The Sanskrit term Niṣidh can be transliterated into English as Nisidh or Nishidh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niṣidh (निषिध्).—1 P.

1) To ward off, prevent, restrain, keep back; न्यषेधि शेषोऽप्यनुयायिवर्गः (nyaṣedhi śeṣo'pyanuyāyivargaḥ) R.2.4;3.42;5.18.

2) To oppose, contradict, object to; न कश्चन भ्रातृषु तेषु शक्तो निषेद्धुमासीदनुवर्तितुं वा (na kaścana bhrātṛṣu teṣu śakto niṣeddhumāsīdanuvartituṃ vā) R.14.43.

3) To prohibit, forbid; निषिद्धो भाषमाणस्तु सुवर्णं दण्डमर्हति (niṣiddho bhāṣamāṇastu suvarṇaṃ daṇḍamarhati) Manusmṛti 8.361.

4) To defeat, conquer; निषिद्धशत्रुः (niṣiddhaśatruḥ) R.18.1.

5) To remove, drive off, counteract; न्यषेधत् पावकास्त्रेण रामस्तद्राक्षसस्ततः (nyaṣedhat pāvakāstreṇa rāmastadrākṣasastataḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 17.87; 1.15.

6) To out-do, surpass; Kāv.2.64. -Caus.

1) To prohibit, keep off or ward off.

2) To deny.

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

Nisidh (निसिध्).—drive away, keep off, hinder, prevent, forbid. [Causative] ward off, keep back, interdict, deny.

Nisidh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and sidh (सिध्).

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

Niṣidh (निषिध्):—[=ni-ṣidh] (2 √sidh) [Parasmaipada] -ṣedhati ([imperfect tense] ny-aṣedhat; [Aorist] ny-aṣedhīt; [perfect tense] niṣiṣedha; [Passive voice] ni-ṣidhyate [imperfect tense] ny-aṣidhyata [Aorist] ny-aṣedhi; [indeclinable participle] ni-ṣidhya [infinitive mood] ni-ṣeddhum; cf. [Pāṇini 8-3, 65 [Scholiast or Commentator]]),

—to drive away, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

—to ward off, keep back, prevent from ([ablative]), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to forbid, prohibit, object to ([accusative]), [Kathāsaritsāgara; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to keep down, suppress, outdo, surpass, [Kāvyādarśa ii, 64] :—[Causal] -ṣedhayati, to keep off, prohibit, forbid, [Pañcatantra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to deny, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Niṣidh (निषिध्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇiseha, Hakka.

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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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Partial matches: Sidh, Ni.

Starts with: Nishidha, Nishidhi, Nishidhige, Nishidhike.

Full-text: Niseha, Nishiddhi, Nisedhaka, Nisheddhri, Nishedha, Nisheddhra, Nishedhin, Nisheddhavya, Nishiddhavat, Nishedhavada, Nishedhya, Nisedheti, Nisedhana, Nishiddha, Hakka, Sidh.

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