Iksha, Īkṣā: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Īkṣā can be transliterated into English as Iksa or Iksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Īkṣā (ईक्षा).—[īkṣ-a ṭāp]
1) Sight. ईक्षया जीवयामास निर्जरान्निर्व्रणान्यथा (īkṣayā jīvayāmāsa nirjarānnirvraṇānyathā) Bhāgavata 8.6.37.
2) Viewing, considering; Bhāg. 7.11.8.
3) Knowledge of soul (ātmavidyā); Bhāgavata 7.6.26.
Īkṣa (ईक्ष).—[feminine] ī looking, seeing (—°); [feminine] ā view, consideration.
1) Īkṣa (ईक्ष):—[from īkṣ] mf(ī)n. ifc. seeing, looking, visiting (See tiryag-īkṣa, vadhv-īkṣa)
2) Īkṣā (ईक्षा):—[from īkṣa > īkṣ] f. sight, viewing
3) [v.s. ...] considering, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Nyāya]
4) Īkṣa (ईक्ष):—[from īkṣ] n. anything seen, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa vii, 1, 2, 23] (merely for the [etymology] of antarikṣa).
Īkṣā (ईक्षा):—(kṣā) 1. f. Divine knowledge.
Īkṣa (ईक्ष):—(von īkṣ) n. gebildet zur Erkl. von antarikṣa [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7, 1, 2, 23.]
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Īkṣā (ईक्षा):—(von īkṣ) f. das Schauen, Erwägen: śravaṇādanu paścādīkṣā anvīkṣā [Scholiast] zu [Gotama’s Sūtrāṇi] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 6, 3, Nalopākhyāna 3.]
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Īkṣa (ईक्ष):—
1) adj. sehend, blickend; s. tiryagīkṣa . —
2) Masche: kṣudrekṣa (jāla) [Spr. 3999. ed. Bomb.] des [Mahābhārata] an beiden Stellen kṣudrākṣa .
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Īkṣā (ईक्षा):—füge hinzu Blick; Anblick, Betrachtung und [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 15, 50. 38, 11. 70, 43. 83, 2. 86, 52. 56. 11, 7, 44. 11, 13. 22, 18. 25, 2. 29, 42. 12, 6, 70.]
Īkṣa (ईक्ष):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) sehend , blickend , in tiryagīkṣa. vadhvīkṣīḥ prati zu den (Weibern) , welche kommen , um die junge Frau zu sehen [Kauśika’s Sūtra 77.] —
2) m. f. oder n. Masche , in kṣudrekṣa (v.l. kṣudrākṣa) Adj. feinmaschig. —
3) f. ā — a) Blick , Anblick. — b) Betrachtung , Erwägung. —
4) īkṣa n. ein zur Erklärung von antarikṣa erfundenes Wort.
Īkṣā (ईक्षा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Īhā.
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.
Nepali dictionary
Īkṣā (ईक्षा):—n. 1. view; 2. viewing; considering;
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.
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Starts with: Eekshak, Ikshaka, Ikshaki, Ikshalaka, Ikshamana, Ikshan, Ikshana, Ikshanabhadra, Ikshanakarshana, Ikshanapatha, Ikshanasahasrataya, Ikshanashravas, Ikshanika, Ikshanike, Ikshaniya, Iksharanyamahatmya, Ikshati, Ikshava, Ikshavaku.
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