The Sanskrit term Adakṣa can be transliterated into English as Adaksa or Adaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Adaksh.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Adakṣa (अदक्ष).—mfn.

(-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣaṃ) Awkward, unskilful. E. a neg. dakṣa clever.

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

Adakṣa (अदक्ष):—[=a-dakṣa] mfn. not dexterous, unskilful, awkward.

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

Adakṣa (अदक्ष):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣam) Awkward, unskilful. E. a neg. and dakṣa.

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

Adakṣa (अदक्ष):—[a-dakṣa] (kṣa-ḥkṣā-kṣaṃ) a. Awkward.

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

Adakṣa (अदक्ष) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Adakkhu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adaksha 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Adakṣa (अदक्ष) [Also spelled adaksh]:—(a) inefficient; incapable.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adakṣa (ಅದಕ್ಷ):—[adjective] not efficient; not capable of achieving, accomplishing, producing desired or expected result; lacking the qualities needed for effective action; inefficient; incompetent.

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Adakṣa (ಅದಕ್ಷ):—[noun] a man not capable of performing, bringing the desired or expected effect; an incompetent, inefficient man.

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Adakṣa (अदक्ष):—adj. unskilled; inefficient;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Daksha, A.

Starts with: Adakshata, Adakshate.

Ends with: Anyadaksha, Ardhadaksha, Ashadaksha, Aturtadaksha, Dhritadaksha, Dinadaksha, Karadaksha, Karayitavyadaksha, Karmadaksha, Karyadaksha, Putadaksha, Samanadaksha, Sevadaksha, Shadaksha, Sharadaksha, Shucyadaksha, Somadaksha, Vrishadaksha.

Full-text: Adakkhu, Adaksh, Adakshiniya, Adakshinatva, Adakshinya, Adakshina.

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