The Sanskrit term Abhiṣakta can be transliterated into English as Abhisakta or Abhishakta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhiṣakta (अभिषक्त).—a.

1) Possessed by evil spirits.

2) Humiliated, defeated.

3) Reviled, cursed; Mb.

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

Abhiṣakta (अभिषक्त).—adj. (ppp. of Sanskrit abhi-ṣajati, Pali abhisa-jati, both offend, give offense to; afflict; compare abhiṣajyate; wrongly defined in [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. sañj with abhi; Mahābhārata Crit. ed. 3.30.26 [Nīl. tāpito, tāpayet for abhiṣakto, abhiṣajet] and 4.4.9 [Rāmakṛṣṇa paraphrases using abhiṣaṅga, glossed parābhava], which are the only two passages cited in [Boehtlingk and Roth]; [Boehtlingk] adds one other from Caraka, abhiṣakta, defined cor- rectly heimgesucht), (1) lit. offended, hence angered, wrath- ful (so the cognate Pali abhisaṅgin is used; Pali abhisatta, in most occurrences, = Sanskrit abhiśapta cursed, but see below), always followed by synonyms kupita, caṇḍībhūta (or in [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] caṇḍīkṛta): Divyāvadāna 622.11; Karmavibhaṅga (and Karmavibhaṅgopadeśa) 26.5 (here krodhābhiṣakta); 27.13; [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 500.8; 512.9 et alibi; (2) in Mahāvyutpatti 2965 abhiṣaktaḥ defined by Tibetan (ṅan ba) and Chin. as simply bad, wicked; the Japanese has three alternative renderings, all obviously based on etymological guesswork; one means vituperated. Occurs in a section entitled krodha- kārāḥ, and containing mostly words for anger, angry etc., and perhaps to be interpreted precisely in this sense; in that case belonging with (1). However, Pali abhisatta- rūpa occurs once (Vv.chapter 84 verse. 5; p. 78 line 8) as epithet of bhūmippadesa, a region, described as desolate, barren wilderness; the commentary and modern interpreters take it as meaning accursed, identifying it with the usual Pali abhisatta (= °śapta, above); but the Vv.context contains no evidence for this; possibly it = Sanskrit abhiṣakta, orig. heimgesucht (as in Caraka, above), afflicted, evil. In that case abhiṣakta of Mahāvyutpatti might mean what Tibetan and Chin. say, simply wicked, which would be not a difficult develop- ment from afflicted.

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

1) Abhiṣakta (अभिषक्त):—[=abhi-ṣakta] [from abhi-ṣañj] mfn. possessed by evil spirits, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] humiliated, defeated, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] reviled, cursed.

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

Abhiṣakta (अभिषक्त):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-ktaḥ-ktā-ktam) 1) Defeated, humi-liated; e. g. Mahābh. Vanap.: yadi na syurmānuṣeṣu kṣamiṇaḥ pṛthivīsamāḥ . na syātsaṃdhirmanuṣyāṇāṃ krodhamūlo hi vigrahaḥ . abhiṣakto (Chaturbhuj.: = paribhūto) hyabhiṣajedāhanyādguruṇā hataḥ . evaṃ vināśo bhūtānāmadharmaḥ prathito bhavet.

2) Possessed by evil spirits; e. g. Suśruta: tadvaccikitsettvarayābhiṣaktamavedanaṃ mṛtyuvaśaprayātam. Compare also the meanings of abhiṣaṅga. E. sañj with abhi, kṛt aff. kta.

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Partial matches: Shakta, Abhi.

Ends with: Anabhishakta, Murdhabhishakta, Murdhabhishakta.

Full-text: Aptamanas, Abhishajyate, Abhisanjani, Abhicakshana.

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