The Sanskrit term Cakṣ can be transliterated into English as Caks or Caksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chaksh.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cakṣ (चक्ष्).—2 Ā. (caṣṭe) (Defective in non-conjugational tenses).

1) To see, observe, perceive.

2) To speak, say, tell (with dat. of the person).

3) To abandon, leave.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cakṣ (चक्ष्).—[(iṅ) cakṣiṅ] r. 2nd cl. (caṣṭe) 1. To speak, to tell. 2. To see; (in this sense āṅ is usually prefixed.) 3. To eat. khyā or kaśa are substituted for the radical letters in several tenses of this verb. kathane tyāge ca adā-ā-saka-seṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cakṣ (चक्ष्).— (akin to akṣi), ii 2, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry also [Parasmaipada.], Mahābhārata 3, 601), 1. To see, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 7, 13. 2. To perceive, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 18, 25. 3. To say, Mahābhārata 8, 3384 ([Parasmaipada.]).

— With the prep. abhi abhi 1. To look at, Chr. 294, 9 = [Rigveda.] i. 92, 9 (abhicakṣyā absol. with lengthened final); [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 8, 18. 2. To address, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 13, 5. 3. To name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 12, 51.

— With ā ā 1. To declare, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 81. 2. To address, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 189, 2. 3. To name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 22, 6.

— With abhyā abhi-ā 1. To look at, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 9, 11. 2. To speak, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 5, 14.

— With pratyā prati-ā 1. To decline, Mahābhārata 12, 6676. 2. To repulse, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 181, 6. 3. To answer (with acc. of the person), [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 15, 11.

— With samā sam-ā To report, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1. 4, 13.

— With pari pari 1. To overlook, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 14, 33. 2. To report, Mahābhārata 1, 1025. 3. To mention, admit, Mahābhārata 12, 294. 4. To call, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 171. 5. To answer (with acc.), [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 17, 21.

— With pra pra 1. To report, Mahābhārata 1, 8331. 2. To declare, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 4, 102. 3. To call, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 59.

— With saṃpra sam-pra To explain, [Suśruta] 1, 37, 13.

— With prati prati 1. To perceive, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 9, 32. 2. To expect, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 4, 41.

— With vi vi 1. To see clearly, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 11, 17. 2. To explain, Mahābhārata 1, 2199. With pravi pra-vi To call, Mahābhārata 12, 11466.

— With sam sam 1. To look at, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 19, 8. 2. To consider, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 1, 27. 3. To report, Mahābhārata 6, 253.

— Cf. (properly a denominative of a lost noun, = ved. cakṣan), also probably [Gothic.] saihvan, [Anglo-Saxon.] sean; [Gothic.] siuns (for organ. sihvni + s); [Old High German.] sagên, [Anglo-Saxon.] saegan, etc.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cakṣ (चक्ष्).—caṣṭe cakṣate (cakṣati) see, look at, perceive; consider as (2 [accusative]); appear, become, visible; show, announce, declare, tell, say.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cakṣ (चक्ष्):—(a reduplicated form of √kāś = kśā; in the non-conjugational tenses √khyā is substituted, [Pāṇini 2-4, 54 f.]; some [perfect tense] forms, however, are found) [class] 2. [Ātmanepada] caṣṭe (2. [dual number] cakṣathe, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] p. cakṣāṇa, [Ṛg-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, 18, 25] [a- [negative]]; rarely [Parasmaipada] [imperfect tense] 2. sg. acakṣas, [Mahābhārata viii, 3384, 1.] [plural] acakṣma, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska iii, 11]; [Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] cakṣase, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda vi, 68, 2]),

—to appear, become visible, [Ṛg-veda viii, 19, 16; x, 74, 2 and 92, 6] ;

—to see, look at, observe, notice, [Ṛg-veda; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to tell, inform, [Mahābhārata viii, 3384];

—to take any one ([accusative]) for ([accusative]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa x, 73, 11.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with (+89): Caksha, Cakshan, Cakshana, Cakshani, Cakshas, Cakshashividya, Cakshat, Cakshiyam, Cakshma, Cakshoraksha, Cakshshu, Cakshudarshana, Cakshudarshanavarana, Cakshudarshanavaraniya, Cakshugrrahya, Cakshuh, Cakshuhkanta, Cakshuhkarnasamyogatavada, Cakshuhpatha, Cakshuhpida.

Ends with (+4): Abhicaksh, Abhipracaksh, Abhivicaksh, Abhyacaksh, Acaksh, Anucaksh, Anvacaksh, Avacaksh, Niracaksh, Paricaksh, Parisamcaksh, Pracaksh, Prasamcaksh, Praticaksh, Pratyacaksh, Pravicaksh, Sacaksh, Samacaksh, Samcaksh, Sampracaksh.

Full-text (+101): Cakshus, Vicakshas, Cakshas, Abhicakshana, Sampracaksh, Pracakshas, Anucaksh, Acakshus, Vicaksh, Cakshurloka, Cakshurmukha, Cakshurmantra, Cakshutkama, Cakshurnimita, Cakshuh, Vicakshe, Cakshur, Cashta, Cakshukri, Praticaksha.

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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]

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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)

Chapter I - The Kuśa-jātaka (abridged version) < [Volume III]

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