1. a golden ornament for neck or breast, a ring Ja.ii.444; Ja.vi.577.
2. (already Vedic) a golden coin or a weight of gold (cp. a “pound sterling”) equal to 15 suvaṇṇas (Vv-a.104 = suvaṇṇassa pañcadasa-dharaṇaṃ nikkhan ti vadanti) SN.ii.234 (suvaṇṇa & singi˚); Ja.i.84 (id.); AN.iv.120 (suvaṇṇa˚); Vv.20#8 Vv.43#8 (variant reading SS nekkha) Ja.vi.180; Mil.284. suvaṇṇanikkha-sataṃ (100 gold pieces) Ja.i.376; Ja.iv.97; Ja.v.58 ˚sahassaṃ (1000) Ja.v.67; Dhp-a.i.393
   ■ See also nekkha.

Vedic niṣka; cp. Oir. nasc (ring), Ohg. nusca (bracelet)