निष्क

{ niṣkḥ, niṣka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

NIṢKA   One palam (about one-sixth of a pound) of gold. [Manusmṛti, Cnapter 8] .

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. १ सोन्याचे नाणे ; मोहोर ; दीनार ; ( ज्यो . ) चार रुपये किंमतीचे एक परिमाण . २ एकशेआठ मासे भार सोने . ३ ( सामा . ) सोने . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

निष्क  n.  mn. (rarely n.) ( [Uṇ. iii, 45] g. अर्धर्चा-दि) a golden ornament for the neck or breast (also used as money), [RV.] &c. &c.
later a partic. coin varying in value at different times (= 1 दीनार of 32 small or 16 large Rettis, = 1 कर्ष or सुवर्ण of 16 माषs, = 1 पल of 4 or 5 सु-वर्णs, = 1 larger पल or दीनार variously reckoned at 108 or 150 सु-वर्णs, = 4 माषs, = 16 द्रम्मs; also a weight of silver of 4 सु-वर्णs)
a golden vessel, [L.]
gold, [L.]
निष्क  m.  m. a चाण्डाल, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निष्कः [niṣkḥ] कम् [kam]   कम् 1 A golden coin (of different values, but generally taken to be equal to one Karṣa or Suvarṇa of 16 Māsas; 'वराटकानां दशकद्वयं यत् सा काकिणी ताश्च पणश्चतस्रः । ते षोडश द्रम्म इहावगम्यो द्रम्मैस्तथा षोडशभिश्च निष्कः ॥ मांसभेत्ता तु षष्णिष्कान् (दण्डः) [Ms.8.284.]
A weight of gold equal to 18 or 15 Suvarṇas q. v.
A golden ornament for the neck or the breast; हरिचक्रेण तेनास्य कण्ठे निष्कमिवार्पितम् [Ku.2.49;] निष्ककण्ठीः (उपदेववरस्त्रियः) [Bhāg.4.3.6.]
Gold in general.
A golden vessel.
A die or dice; L. D. B.
Departure, going away; [Nm.]
-ष्कः   A Chāndāla.

Shabda-Sagara

निष्क   r. 10th cl. ( निष्कयते) To measure or weigh.
निष्क  mn.  ( -ष्कः-ष्कं)
1. A weight of gold, applied however to different quantities: it is considered as synonimous with the Dināra of thirty-two small, or sixteen large Rattis; with the Karsha or Suvarṇa of sixteen Māshās; with the Pala of four or five Suvar- ṇas; and with the larger Pala or Dināra, which is sometimes reckoned at 108, and othertimes at 150 Suvarṇas.
2. Gold in general.
3. Any ornament of the breast.
4. An ornament of the neck.
5. A weight of four Māshās.
6. A weight of silver of four Suvarṇas.
7. A value of sixteen Kāhons or Dramyas.
8. A chan- dāla.
E. नि before, सद् to go, Unādi aff. कन्, and the radical final rejected or निस् + कै-क or निष्क-अच् .

ROOTS:

नि सद् कन् निस् + कै-क निष्क-अच् .