Cakshurvishaya, Cakṣurviṣaya, Cakshus-vishaya: 11 definitions

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Cakshurvishaya means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Cakṣurviṣaya can be transliterated into English as Caksurvisaya or Cakshurvishaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Chakshurvishaya.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«previous next»] — Cakshurvishaya in Mahayana glossary
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय) refers to the “realm of (five) eyes”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly as The Lord said: “O Śāriputra, in the buddha-field of the Tathāgata Ekaratnavyūha, there is a Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja who is resplendent by the splendor of merit (puṇya-tejas), [...] who enters the intention of thought of all living beings as adorned with knowledge (jñāna), penetrates the roots of good of all living beings as adorned with consciousness (buddhi-alaṃkṛta), is purified in the realm of five eyes (pañcacakṣus-viṣaya-suviśuddha) adorned with the [divine] sight (cakṣus), [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cakshurvishaya in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय).—m S An object of sight.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय).—m An object of sight.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cakshurvishaya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय).—

1) the range of sight, ken, presence, visibility; चक्षुर्विषयातिक्रान्तेषु कपोतेषु (cakṣurviṣayātikrānteṣu kapoteṣu) H.1; Manusmṛti 2.198.

2) an object of sight, any visible object.

3) the horizon.

Derivable forms: cakṣurviṣayaḥ (चक्षुर्विषयः).

Cakṣurviṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakṣus and viṣaya (विषय).

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

Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. Presence, sight. 2. An object of sight, any visible object. 3. Visibility E. cakṣus and viṣaya object.

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

Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय).—m. sight, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 298.

Cakṣurviṣaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cakṣus and viṣaya (विषय).

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

Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय).—[masculine] range of sight, visibility.

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

1) Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय):—[=cakṣur-viṣaya] [from cakṣur > cakṣ] m. the range of sight, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti ii, 198] ([locative case] e, ‘in the presence of’)

2) [v.s. ...] a visible object, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Cakṣurviṣaya (चक्षुर्विषय):—[cakṣur-viṣaya] (yaḥ-yaṃ) 1. m. n. Sight, object of it; visibility.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cakshurvishaya in German

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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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