Avikshita, Avikṣita, Āvikṣita: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Avikṣita and Āvikṣita can be transliterated into English as Aviksita or Avikshita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexAvikṣita (अविक्षित).—Marutta, different from Marutta of Turvasu's line.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 2.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAvikṣita (अविक्षित).—a. Unimpaired, unhurt; undiminished (Ved.). cf. also रक्षोगणं क्षिप्तुमविक्षितात्मा (rakṣogaṇaṃ kṣiptumavikṣitātmā) Bk.2.21.
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Āvikṣita (आविक्षित).—Name of Marutta, a descendent of अविक्षित (avikṣita); आविक्षितः पार्थिवोसौ मरुत्तः (āvikṣitaḥ pārthivosau maruttaḥ) Mb.12.2.13. आविक्षितस्य कामप्रेः (āvikṣitasya kāmapreḥ)...
Derivable forms: āvikṣitaḥ (आविक्षितः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAvīkṣita (अवीक्षित).—mfn.
(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Unseen, unbeheld. E. a neg. vīkṣita seen.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Avikṣita (अविक्षित):—[=a-vikṣita] [from a-vikṣit] mfn. undiminished, [Ṛg-veda vii, 1, 24 and viii, 32, 8.; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) Avīkṣita (अवीक्षित):—[=a-vīkṣita] [from a-vīkṣaṇa] mfn. not seen before, [Naiṣadha-carita]
3) Āvikṣita (आविक्षित):—m. a descendant of A-vikṣit, Name of Marutta, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. 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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