Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s3.1

c32.s3.1

*Riksha* would also give both *Lichchha* and *Likkha*, but we get such forms for the Lichchhavis (cf. Jaina spelling *Lekkhai*) as point to *liksha*, louse, as the origin. Manu’s *Nichchhavi* would be a local dialectical variation which is peculiar to Eastern India.