निकेत

{ nikētḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

नि-केत  n.  m. rarely n. (√ 4. चित्) a mark, sign, [MBh. iii, 12541] ( तपा-त्यय-न्°, ‘mark of departure of heat’, said of a cloud)

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नि केत

   a house, habitation, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
   seat of one of the constituent elements of the body, [Car.]
   a bee-hive (?), [MBh. xi, 140]
   a stage in the religious life of a Brāhman, iii, 13411
   state of being, [Divyâv.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

निकेतः [nikētḥ] तकः [takḥ]   तकः 1 A house, habitation, mansion, abode; श्रितगोकर्णनिकेतमीश्वरम् [R.8.33;14.58;] [Bg.12.19;] [Ku.5.25;] [Ms.6.26;] [Śi.5.26.]
   A mark, countersign.
   A stage in the religious life of a Brāhmaṇa; [Mb.3.]

Shabda-Sagara

निकेत  m.  ( -तः) A house, a habitation.
    E. नि in, कित् to dwell, affix घञ्; also

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नि कित् घञ्;

   with युच affix निकेतन.