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निश्चिकीर्षा (nizcikIrSA)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
niścikīrṣā, Mvy 〔2456〕
LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK. 〔iv.189〕, note 3
or °ṣu-tā, Bbh 〔168.22〕 (= Pali nijigiṃsanatā, or °gīs°), in lābhena lābha-(Bbh ed. lābhaṃ) niś° (also -niṣpādanā, q.v.), extraction of a profitable gift (from a layman, by a monk) by (referring to) a gift received (from others)
one of the 5 mithyājīva for a monk
see references s.v. kuhana. Wogihara, Lex. 〔26〕, believes the original form was nirjigīṣā or °ṣutā, relying on the Pali
I believe the contrary.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
*निश्चिकीर्षा f. etwa der Wunsch zu vervollkommnen, -x- zu vermehren, Mahāvy. 127, 15.