निकृष्

{ nikṛṣ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नि   -√ 1. कृष् P. -कर्षति, to draw or drag down, [TS.]; [ŚBr.];

-कृषति, to plough in ( फलं क्षेत्रेषु), [AV.Paipp.] :

Pass. -कृष्यते, to be borne down by the stream of a river, [MBh. i, 3616.],

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निकृष् [nikṛṣ]   1, 6 [P.]
To lessen, diminish.
To draw or drag down, pull down; (मौर्यनृपस्य लक्ष्मीं) निकृष्यमाणामिव लक्षयामि [Mu.2.2.]