Cakas, Cakās: 9 definitions
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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.
Cakās (चकास्).—[(ṛ) cakāsṛ] r. 2nd cl. (cakāsti) To shine. adā jakṣā para-aka-seṭ .
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).
Cakās (चकास्).—cakāsti shine, beam.
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]
Cakās (चकास्):—(la) cakāsti 2. a. To shine.
Cakās (चकास्):—1. (vgl. kāś), cakāsti glänzen [DHĀTUP. 24, 66.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 40. 4, 22, 37. 5, 11, 2. 16, 28.] [Sāhityadarpana 56, 13.] [Śiśupālavadha 4. 8.] cakāsati [?3. pl. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.6, 1, 6. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 24, 9. Bhaṭṭikavya 18, 24.] cakāsatam partic. [Śiśupālavadha 1, 8.] cakāśat (sic) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 19, 14. 2.] imperf. acakās und acakāt, [3.] acakāt [Scholiast] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 73. 74.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 9, 34. 35.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 196.] cakādhi [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 25.] nach Andern cakāddhi [Siddhāntakaumudī.135,b,8.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik.9,33.] cakāsāṃ cakāra [Siddhāntakaumudī] [Bhaṭṭikavya.3,37.14,19.] Statt cakāśete [Mahābhārata 3, 438] (auch [8, 2328]) haben wir u. kāś nach [Mahābhārata 4, 755] prakāśete zu lesen vorgeschlagen; jetzt wären wir geneigt cakāśete zu cakās zu stellen, da wir eine Anzahl entsprechender Formen nach der ersten Klasse auch von cakṣ (s. d.) kennen gelernt haben. — caus. glänzen machen: tamaṅgade dīptivitānakena cakāsayāmāsatuḥ [Śiśupālavadha 3, 6.] acacakāsat und acīcakāsat [Siddhāntakaumudī.152,b.5.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik.18,1.]
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Cakās (चकास्):—2. glänzend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 8, 2, 73,] [Scholiast]
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Cakās (चकास्):—1. [Naiṣadhacarita 22, 55.] ekasyātmaṃbharitvena na cakāstyeva jīvitam [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 164.] — sam erhellen, mit acc. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 63, 39.]
Cakās (चकास्):—1. , cakāsti glänzen , leuchten , einen prächtigen Anblick gewähren [Bālarāmāyaṇa 61,6.] [Bhagavadgitā] [ed.Bomb.3,19,14.] cakāśete fehlerhaft entweder für cakāśāte , prakāśete oder cakāsete (nach der 1ten Klasse). — Caus. cakāsayati glänzen machen. — Mit sam erhellen.
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Cakās (चकास्):—2. Adj. glänzend.
Cakās (चकास्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jagajaga.
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.
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Starts with: Cakasanem, Cakasayat, Cakasita, Cakasram, Cakasranamam, Cakasranamarccanai, Cakasrapeti, Cakasraracakkaram, Cakasrarattattu, Cakastirapeti, Cakastiratcan.
Full-text: Samcakas, Cakasita, Jagajaga, Abhicakash, Abhyasta, Velu.
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