Nishkrama, ṣk: 13 definitions
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The Sanskrit term ṣk can be transliterated into English as Niskrama or Nishkrama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra1) ṣk (निष्क्रम, “going out�) refers to a specific gesture (ṅg첹) made with the eyeballs (), according to the ṭyśٰ chapter 8. These gestures form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).
2) ṣk (निष्क्रम) refers to one of the twenty aspects of (time-measure), according to the ṭyśٰhapter chapter 28. In musical performance, refers to any rhythmic beat or strike that measures musical time. It is an important concept in ancient Indian musical theory (Իśٰ) traceable to the Vedic era.
According to the ṭyśٰ chapter 31, Ծṣk峾 is one of the four varieties of the silent . Accordingly, “the Ծṣk峾 is spreading out the fingers of the palm turned downwards�, and “after showing the 屹貹 (lit. the curving the fingers) one should be making the Ծṣk峾 and then the ṣe貹 and next the śԲ (ś)�. The is so called because it measures time by a division of songs into 첹�.
3) ṣk (निष्क्रम, “departing�) refers to “songs to indicate leaving�. It is one of the five kinds of ܱ (a type of song according to the ṭyśٰ chapter 32).
: Shodhganga: Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (ns)ṣk峾 (निष्क्रा�) refers to one of the four varieties of the Saśabda division of , according to the Dattilakohalīyam, one of the works ascribed to Kohala—a celebrated authority of the ancient period along with others such as Bharata, Yāṣṭika, Śārdūla, Kāśyapa etc.—The concept of is explained, giving the two classes namely ś岹 and Ծśś岹 along with their varieties and the manifestation of these s. The varieties of Saśabda-s are�屹貹, Ծṣk峾, Ծṣe貹, Իś첹. Later ṣaṇaԳٳ however, have followed Śārṅgadeva’s terminology (according to the Saṅgītaratnākara).

Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣk (निष्क्रम).�
1) Going out, coming forth; अविभावितनिष्क्रमप्रयाण� (屹ٲԾṣkṇa�) Kirātārjunīya 13.27.
2) Departure from, exit.
3) One of the Saṃskāras or religious rites; i. e. taking out a child for the first time into the open air (which is usually performed in the fourth month of its age); चतुर्थ� मासि निष्क्रम� (caturthe māsi Ծṣk�) Y.1.12; cf. उपनिष्क्रम� (ܱ貹Ծṣkṇa) also.
4) Degradation, loss of caste, inferiority of tribe.
5) Intellectual faculty.
Derivable forms: Ծṣk� (निष्क्रम�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣk (निष्क्रम).—m.
(-�) 1. Any intellectual faculty, as attention, comprehension, &c. 2. Degradation, baseness, inferiority of tribe, family, &c. 3. Going out, exit. 4. Intellectual faculty. E. nir assuredly or forth, and krama going.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣk (निष्क्रम).—i. e. nis-kram + a, m. Going out, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 4, 12.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣk (निष्क्रम).—[masculine] ṇa [neuter] going out ([especially] for the first time with a child).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣk (निष्क्रम):—[=Ծ�-] [from Ծ�-] m. going out, coming forth, an exit, departing from ([ablative]), [Rāmāyaṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] the first carrying out (of a child; cf. next), [Yājñavalkya]
3) [v.s. ...] degradation, loss of caste, inferiority of tribe, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] intellectual faculty, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣk (निष्क्रम):—[Ծ-ṣk] (�) 1. m. Going out; any mental faculty, as attention; degradation, inferiority.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṣk (निष्क्रम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇi첹, Ṇi.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṣk (ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಮ):�
1) [noun] the act of going out; an instance of this; exit; departure.
2) [noun] the power of receiving and holding knowledge, impressions, etc.; mental ability.
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ṣk峾 (ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಾ�):—[adjective] coming out.
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ṣk峾 (ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಾ�):—[noun] (dance.) a bringing of the eye-balls to the centre, one of the movements of the eye-balls.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionaryṣk (निष्क्रम):—adj. not in sequence or order; unsequential;
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.
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Partial matches: Krama, Nish, Nikaya.
Starts with: Nishkraman, Nishkramana, Nishkramanajihva, Nishkramanakrama, Nishkramanaprayoga, Nishkramanika, Nishkramayitar, Nitkramanita.
Full-text: Nikkama, Nishkramana, Nitkiramam, Nishkramanika, Nishkram, Avapa, Nishkriti, Praveshaka, Vikshepa, Sashabda Kriya, Sashabda, Nikshepa, Candraveshaka, Nishkraya, Kriya, Margakriya, Paramita, Tara, Dhavala, Dhruva.
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