निषद्

{ niṣad }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नि-षद्    a ( √ सद्) P. -षीदति, Ved. also -षदति ( impf. न्य्-अषीदत्, or न्य्-असीदत्; Ved. also -असदत्; pf. P. -षसाद, -षेदुर् Ā. -षेदिरे, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. P. -षत्सि, -षत्सत्; Pass. न्य्-असादि, [RV.]; ind.p. -षद्य, ib.; Ved. inf. -ष॑दे, ib.; for स् and ष् cf. [Pāṇ. 8-3, 66 &c.]),

to sit or lie down or rest upon ( loc.), [RV.] &c. &c.;

to sink or go down (as a ship), [Hariv.];

to be afflicted, suffer pain, [MW.];

to perform or celebrate by sitting ( सत्त्रम्), [Br.];

( P. Ā.) to set, found, establish, appoint, [RV.] :

Caus. -षादयति, °ते to cause to sit down, set down, appoint, [RV.]

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नि षद्

नि-°षद्  mfn.  b mfn. sitting inactive, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]

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नि °षद्

   sitting ( esp. near the altar at a sacrificial rite), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]
    N. of a kind of literary composition, [MBh. xii, 1613.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निषद् [niṣad]   1 P. (निषीदति &c.)
   To sit down, lie, recline; उष्णालुः शिशिरे निषीदति तरोर्मूलालवाले शिखी [V.2.23.]
   To sink down, fail, be disappointed.
   To dwell.
   To suffer pain, be afflicted.
निषद् [niṣad]  f. f.
   Consecration for a sacrifice (यज्ञदीक्षा).
   A kind of literary composition (कर्माङ्गाद्यवबद्धदेवतादिज्ञान- वाक्यम् com. on [Mb.12.47.26.] )

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

 noun  एका साहित्यिका कृतिः ।   Ex. निषदः उल्लेखः महाभारते अस्ति