निकेत

Monier-Williams · niketa
ni-keta m. rarely n. (√4. cit) a mark, sign iii, 12541 (tapâtyaya-n, 'mark of departure of heat', said of a cloud) ‖ a house, habitation &c ‖ seat of one of the constituent elements of the body ‖ a bee-hive (j) xi, 140 ‖ a stage in the religious life of a Brāhman, iii, 13411 ‖ state of being