The Sanskrit term Niviś can be transliterated into English as Nivis or Nivish, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niviś (निविश्).—6 Ā.

1) To sit down, take a seat; नवाम्बुद श्यामवपुर्न्यविक्षत (navāmbuda śyāmavapurnyavikṣata) (āsane) Śiśupālavadha 1.19.

2) To halt, encamp; R.12.68.

3) To enter; रामशालां न्यविक्षत (rāmaśālāṃ nyavikṣata) Bhaṭṭikāvya 4.28;6. 143;8.7; R.9.82;12.38.

4) To be fixed on, be directed towards; सूर्यनिविष्टदृष्टिः (sūryaniviṣṭadṛṣṭiḥ) R.14.66.

5) To be devoted or attached to, be intent on, to practise; श्रुतिप्रामाण्यतो विद्वान् स्वधर्मे निविशेत वै (śrutiprāmāṇyato vidvān svadharme niviśeta vai) Manusmṛti 2.8.

6) To marry (for nirviś q. v.).

7) To alight, descend. -Caus.

1) To fix or direct upon, apply to (as thought, mind &c.); मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय (mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 12.8.

2) To put, place, keep; मनोगतं वाचि निवेशयन्ति (manogataṃ vāci niveśayanti) Kirātārjunīya 14.4; R.4.39;7.63;6.16.

3) To seat, install; स निवेश्य कुशावत्यां रिपुनागाङ्कुशं कुशम् (sa niveśya kuśāvatyāṃ ripunāgāṅkuśaṃ kuśam) R.15.97.

4) To cause to settle in life, get married; दौष्यन्तिमप्रतिरथं तनयं निवेश्य (dauṣyantimapratirathaṃ tanayaṃ niveśya) Ś.4.2; R.11.57.

5) To encamp (as an army); निवेशयामास विलङ्घिताध्वा क्लान्तं रजोधूसरकेतु सैन्यम् (niveśayāmāsa vilaṅghitādhvā klāntaṃ rajodhūsaraketu sainyam) R.5.42;16.37.

6) To draw, paint, portray; चित्रे निवेश्य परिकल्पितसत्त्वयोगा (citre niveśya parikalpitasattvayogā) Ś.2.1; M.3.11.

7) To commit to writing, inscribe on; पत्रे निवेशितमुदाहरणं प्रियायाः (patre niveśitamudāharaṇaṃ priyāyāḥ) V.2.14.

8) To intrust or commit to; मित्रं ममाय- मिति निर्वृतचित्तवृत्तिं विश्रम्भतस्त्वयि निवेशितसर्वकार्यम् (mitraṃ mamāya- miti nirvṛtacittavṛttiṃ viśrambhatastvayi niveśitasarvakāryam) Mu.5.7; R.19.4.

9) To introduce.

1) To found (a city).

11) To throw, hurl upon, shoot at.

12) To impress (on mind).

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

Niviś (निविश्):—[=ni-√viś] [Ātmanepada] -viśate (rarely [Parasmaipada] ti; cf. [Pāṇini 1-3, 17]; [Aorist] -aviśran, -avikṣata, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] -viviśre, [ib.]),

—to enter or penetrate into ([accusative] or [locative case]);

—to alight, descend;

—to come to rest, settle down or in a home, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to encamp, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata];

—to sit down upon ([locative case]), [Śiśupāla-vadha; Pañcatantra];

—to resort to ([accusative]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to settle, take a wife, [Mahābhārata];

—to be founded (said of a town), [ib.];

—to be fixed or intent on ([locative case], said of the mind), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature];

—to sink down, cease, disappear, vanish, [Ṛg-veda] :

—[Causal] -veśayati, to bring to rest, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa];

—to cause to enter, introduce;

—to cause to sit or lie or settle down on ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

—to cause (a man) to marry, [Śakuntalā];

—to draw up or encamp (an army), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature];

—to build, erect, found, populate (a house, temple, town etc.), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Varāha-mihira] etc.;

—to lead or bring or put or transfer, to bestow on ([locative case]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Rājataraṅgiṇī; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to throw or hurl upon, shoot at ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to fix in, fasten to ([locative case]), put on (clothes), appoint to (an office), turn or direct towards (mind, eye etc.), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. ;

—to inscribe (paṭṭe), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];

—to write down (nāma sva-haste), [Yājñavalkya];

—to paint (citre), [Śakuntalā];

—to call to mind, impress (manasi, hṛdaye etc.), [Varāha-mihira; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa] :—[Desiderative] -vivikṣate, [Pāṇini 1-3, 62; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

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

Niviś (निविश्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ṇivisa.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vish, Ni.

Starts with: Nivishesha, Nivishinta, Nivisht, Nivishta, Nivishtacakra, Nivishti.

Ends with: Abhinivish, Agnivish, Parinivish, Samnivish, Upanivish, Vinivish.

Full-text (+8): Nivesha, Nivisa, Nibbisati, Abhinivisati, Niveseti, Nivisati, Nivishti, Niveshayitavya, Vinivesa, Nivesana, Desha, Niveshavat, Upanivish, Nivishtacakra, Niveshadesha, Nivesita, Niveshin, Niveshaniya, Niveshtavya, Abhinivesa.

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