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नैखन्य (naikhanya)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
naikhanya, in tripauruṣa-naikhanyāni (iṣikāni, or iṣī°) Mv 〔i.196.2〕
〔iii.228.13〕, (having) a part sunk in the earth (measuring three man-lengths). Mss. naikhadya or nakhanya
Senart on 〔i.196.2〕 reads naikhānya, but in his note adopts °kha° from the parallel
however, naikhānya may be right, for the word is clearly the same as that cited by BR from Ṣaḍv. Br. 〔4.4〕 yūpasya yan naikhānyam.