निचय

Sanskrit

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Etymology

नि- (ni-) + चय (caya)

Pronunciation

Noun

निचय • (nicaya) stem, m

  1. a heap, a pile, a mass
    निरीक्ष्य शुष्कदारुपर्णनिचयैर् वृक्षविवरमापूर्य अग्निमादीपायितुमारब्धः।
    nirīkṣya śuṣkadāruparṇanicayair vṛkṣavivaramāpūrya agnimādīpāyitumārabdhaḥ.
    Having glanced (this), he made a mass with dried wood and leaves and stuffed it into a tree fissure which he, then, began kindling
  2. quantity, store, provisions

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