Dushpreksha, Duṣprekṣa: 7 definitions
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Dushpreksha means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Duṣprekṣa can be transliterated into English as Duspreksa or Dushpreksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s PaümacariuDuṣprekṣa (दुष्प्रेक्ष) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Duṣprekṣa] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣprekṣa (दुष्प्रेक्ष).—i. e. dus-pra -īkṣ + a, adj., f. ṣā, Difficult to be looked at, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 17, 22.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣprekṣa (दुष्प्रेक्ष).—[adjective] difficult or unpleasant to be looked at.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDuṣprekṣa (दुष्प्रेक्ष):—[=duṣ-prekṣa] [from duṣ > dur] mfn. difficult to be looked at, disagreeable to the sight, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDuṣprēkṣa (ದುಷ್ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷ):—[adjective] overpowering the vision; dazzling the eyes.
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Duṣprēkṣa (ದುಷ್ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷ):—[noun] a man whose form, personality is formidable.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Preksha, Dush.
Starts with: Dushprekshaniya.
Full-text: Dushprekshaniya, Preksha, Dush.
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