Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3927

c6.3927

nikṣepa, cf. *nidhi-nikṣepa* (IE 8-5; HRS), deposits and finds on the soil (probably including beehives, cf. *alipaka, nidhāna*); deposits; same as *upanidhi*; one of the eight kinds of enjoyment of the property allowed to the donees of rent-free land; sometimes wrongly explained as a treasure-trove (SITI). See *nidhi*.