The Sanskrit terms Niṣkāsana and Niṣkāśanā can be transliterated into English as Niskasana or Nishkasana or Nishkashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nishkasan.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: academia.edu: Rare Sanskrit Words from the Commentary on the Bṛhat-kalpa-bhāṣya

Niṣkāśanā (निष्काशना) refers to “banishment” (especially from one’s gaccha).—In his publication for the Journal of Jaina Studies, Yutaka Kawasaki collected in a non-definite list several rare Sanskrit words (e.g., niṣkāśanā) from Malayagiri’s and Kṣemakīrti’s commentaries on the Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya: a 6th century commentary on monastic discipline authored by Svetambara Jain exegete Saṅghadāsa.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

niṣkāsana (निष्कासन).—n S Turning or taking out, lit. fig., expelling, extruding, dismissing, expressing, declaring &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Niṣkāsana (निष्कासन).—[neuter] expulsion, driving away.

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

Niṣkāsana (निष्कासन):—[=niṣ-kāsana] [from niṣ-kas] n. driving away, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Niṣkasana (निष्कसन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇikkasaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishkasana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Niṣkāsana (निष्कासन) [Also spelled nishkasan]:—(nm) expulsion; ejectment; ~[sita] expelled; ejected.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Niṣkāsana (निष्कासन):—n. 1. termination; dismissal; 2. expulsion; ejection; exile; 3. release;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kasana, Nish, Kacana.

Ends with: Mohinishkasana.

Full-text: Dimb-nishkasana-chakra, Phohor-nishkasana-kshetra, Nikkasana, Nishkasan, Nikatanem, Deshadroha, Deshdroh.

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