of nikhaṇati dug in; buried; fixed in the ground

1. dug, dug out (of a hole), buried (of a body) Snp-a.519.
2. dug in, erected (of a post) Snp.28; Dhp-a.ii.181 (nagara-dvāre n. indakhīla) See also a˚.

pp. of nikhaṇati

adjective not dug into, not dug down, not deep Ja.vi.109 (˚kūla; C. agambhīrā).

a + nikhāta, pp. of nikhanati

“Indra’s post”; the post, stake or column of Indra, at or before the city gate; also a large slab of stone let into the ground at the entrance of a house DN.ii.254 (˚ṃ ūhacca, cp. Dhp-a.ii.181); Vin. …

…of kālaka) SN.iv.193
■ nikhāta˚ an uprooted trunk DN-a.i.73. Khāṇu-kondañña Name of a Thera Vism.380; Dhp-a.ii.254.

also often…

…Cnd.304#iii; Snp.28 (nikhāta, erected) Snp-a.479. Cp. inda˚.

• -ṭṭhāyi-ṭhita standing like a post (of a stubborn horse…

…(id.); DN.ii.127 (ṇ); Ja.i.264; Snp-a.519 (ṇ, to bury)
pp nikhāta.

Sk. nikhanati, ni + khanati

…(id.); DN.ii.127 (ṇ); Ja.i.264; Snp-a.519 (ṇ, to bury)
pp nikhāta.

Sk. nikhanati, ni + khanati