Alternative spellings of this word include Chakas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cakās (चकास्).—2 P. (Rarely Ā.) (cakāsti-ste, cakāsāñcakāra, acakāsīt, cakāsita)

1) To shine, be bright; गण्डश्चण्डि चकास्ति नीलनलिनश्रीमोचनं लोचनम् (gaṇḍaścaṇḍi cakāsti nīlanalinaśrīmocanaṃ locanam) Gītagovinda 1; चकासतं चारुचमूरुचर्मणा (cakāsataṃ cārucamūrucarmaṇā) Śiśupālavadha 1.8; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.37.

2) (Fig.) To be happy or prosperous; वितन्वति क्षेममदेवमातृकाश्चिराय तस्मिन् कुरवश्चकासते (vitanvati kṣemamadevamātṛkāścirāya tasmin kuravaścakāsate) Kirātārjunīya 1.17. -Caus. To cause to shine, illuminate; Śiśupālavadha 3.6. With वि (vi) to shine, be bright.

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

Cakās (चकास्).—[(ṛ) cakāsṛ] r. 2nd cl. (cakāsti) To shine. adā jakṣā para-aka-seṭ .

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

Cakās (चकास्).— (cf. kāś), ii. 2, [Parasmaipada.] To shine, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 24, 9 (with ś instead of s, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 19, 14).

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

Cakās (चकास्).—cakāsti shine, beam.

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

1) Cakās (चकास्):—1. cakās (cf. √kāś) [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] cakāsti (3 [plural] sati, [Pāṇini 6-1, 6; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; p. sat, [Śiśupāla-vadha i, 8; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 19, 14]; [imperfect tense] acakāt, 2. sg. kās or kāt, [Pāṇini 8-2, 73 f.; Kāśikā-vṛtti]; [imperative] cakāddhi, [25; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha 1] [Patañjali]; kādhi, [Patañjali] [on, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha 3]]; [perfect tense] kāsāṃ cakāra [vi, 4, 112; Siddhānta-kaumudī] [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ? 3. [dual number] cakāśete, [Mahābhārata iii, 438; viii, 2328]),

—to shine, be bright:—[Causal] cakāsayati ([Aorist] acacakāsat or acīc, [Pāṇini 7-4, 81; Siddhānta-kaumudī]),

—to cause to shine, make bright, [Śiśupāla-vadha iii, 6.]

2) 2. cakās mfn. shining, [Pāṇini 8-2, 73; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

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

Cakās (चकास्):—(la) cakāsti 2. a. To shine.

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

Cakās (चकास्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jagajaga.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Cakasanem, Cakasayat, Cakasita, Cakasram, Cakasranamarccanai, Cakasrapeti, Cakasraracakkaram, Cakasrarattattu, Cakastiratcan.

Ends with: Abhicakash, Samcakas, Upakicakas.

Full-text: Cakasita, Jagajaga, Samcakas, Abhyasta, Velu.

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