The Sanskrit term Vilakṣa can be transliterated into English as Vilaksa or Vilaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष).—a.

1) Having no characteristic or distinguishing marks, or fixed aim.

2) Bewildered, embarrassed.

3) Surprised, astonished.

4) Ashamed, abashed, disconcerted; गोत्रेषु स्खलितस्तदा भवति च व्रीडाविलक्षश्चिरम् (gotreṣu skhalitastadā bhavati ca vrīḍāvilakṣaściram) Ś. 6.5.

5) Forced, unnatural, embarrassed (as a smile); विलक्षस्मितस्फुरितैर्दशनांशुभिः (vilakṣasmitasphuritairdaśanāṃśubhiḥ) K.233; Ratnāvalī 3.14.

6) Missing the mark (as an arrow).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष).—nt., a million (= 10 lakṣas, 1/10 koṭi): daśa lakṣā vilakṣaṃ tu vilaksaṃ daśa koṭim (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 343.12 (verse, but meter bad at end; also the 2d vilakṣaṃ should be pl.).

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

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष).—mfn.

(-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) 1. Astonished, surprised. 2. Abashed, ashamed. 3. Markless, having no mark or aim. 4. Contra-indicated, having a character or mark contrary to what is usual or natural. 5. Having no characteristic mark or property. 6. Bewildered. 7. Extraordinary. E. vi before lakṣ to see, aff. ac .

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

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष).—adj. 1. unmarked. 2. having no characteristic property. 3. having a mark or character contrary to what is usual. 4. surprised. 5. (one who has missed his aim), ashamed, abashed, [Pañcatantra] 29, 15; embarrassed, [Pañcatantra] 147, 4. 6. with kṛ, becoming vilakṣī kṛ, to scoff, to insult, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 6, 126.

Vilakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and lakṣa (लक्ष).

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

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष).—[adjective] having no aim or missing the aim, ashamed, embarrassed; [abstract] tva [neuter]

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

1) Vilakṣa (विलक्ष):—[=vi-lakṣa] [from vi] mf(ā)n. having no fixed aim, [Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra; Amaru-śataka] ([varia lectio])

2) [v.s. ...] missing its mark (as an arrow), [Śiśupāla-vadha]

3) [v.s. ...] having no characteristic mark or property, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] having a different m° or a character different to what is usual or natural, strange, extraordinary, [ib.]

5) [v.s. ...] embarrassed, abashed, ashamed, astonished, surprised (-tā f.), [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.

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

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष):—[vi-lakṣa] (kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) a. Astonished; abashed; extraordinary; without aim; without character.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vilakṣa (विलक्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vilakkha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vilaksha in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vilakṣa (ವಿಲಕ್ಷ):—

1) [adjective] not having a fixed purpose, aim.

2) [adjective] not ordinary or common; special.

3) [adjective] wondered; astonished; marvelled.

4) [adjective] ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted; abashed.

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Vilakṣa (ವಿಲಕ್ಷ):—

1) [noun] lack of purpose, aim.

2) [noun] that which is unusual, uncommon; a special, extraordinary thing.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Laksha, Vi.

Starts with: Vilakshan, Vilakshana, Vilakshana-smarana-shakti, Vilakshanacaturdashaka, Vilakshanajanmaprakashika, Vilakshanamokshadhikara, Vilakshanata, Vilakshanatva, Vilakshanika, Vilakshata, Vilakshatva, Vilakshay.

Ends with: Dvilaksha, Savilaksha.

Full-text: Vailakshya, Vilakshatva, Vilakkha, Savilakshasmitam, Vilakshata, Vilakshya, Savilaksham, Vilakshikrita, Vilakshikri, Vilakshikar, Vilaksh, Vismaya.

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