Laksh, Lakṣ: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Lakṣ can be transliterated into English as Laks or Laksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLakṣ (लक्ष्).—I. 1 Ā. (lakṣate, lakṣita) To perceive, apprehend, observe, see -II. 1 U. (lakṣayati-te, lakṣita)
1) To notice, observe, see, find, perceive; आर्यपुत्रः शून्यहृदय इव लक्ष्यते (āryaputraḥ śūnyahṛdaya iva lakṣyate) V.2; R.9.72;16.7.
2) To mark, denote, characterize, indicate; सर्वभूतप्रसूतिर्हि बीजलक्षणलक्षिता (sarvabhūtaprasūtirhi bījalakṣaṇalakṣitā) Manusmṛti 9.35.
3) To define; इदानीं कारणं लक्षयति (idānīṃ kāraṇaṃ lakṣayati) &c.
4) To indicate secondarily, mean or signify in a secondary sense; यथा गङ्गा- शब्दः स्रोतसि सबाध इति तटं लक्षयति तद्वत् यदि तटेऽपि सबाधः स्यात्तत् प्रयोजनं लक्षयेत् (yathā gaṅgā- śabdaḥ srotasi sabādha iti taṭaṃ lakṣayati tadvat yadi taṭe'pi sabādhaḥ syāttat prayojanaṃ lakṣayet) K. P.2; अत्र गोशब्दो वाहीकार्थं लक्षयति (atra gośabdo vāhīkārthaṃ lakṣayati) S. D.2.
5) To aim at.
6) To consider, regard, think.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLakṣ (लक्ष्).—r. 1st cl. (lakṣate) To perceive, to see. r. 10th cl. (lakṣayati-te) 1. To see, to look at, to notice or inspect. 2. To mark, to mark any mark on. 3. To define, to discriminate. With upa prefixed, To remark. With sam, To know, to understand. With vi, 1. To observe. 2. To become confused. 3. To distinguish.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryLakṣ (लक्ष्).— i. 10 (probably a [denominative.] derived from lakṣa), [Parasmaipada.] and [Ātmanepada.] 1. To mark, Mahābhārata 3, 14852. 2. To see, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 8; to perceive, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 16, 20. Pass. To appear, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 53; Mahābhārata 3, 2110. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. lakṣita, Perceived, evident, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 25, 13. Comp. A-, adj. unobserved, [Hitopadeśa] 65, 10, M.M. Su-lakṣita, adj. well-ascertained, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 403. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. lakṣya. 1. To be seen, visible, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 37; [Daśakumāracarita] in
— With the prep. abhi abhi, abhilakṣita, Marked.
— With ā ā, 1. To see, to perceive, Mahābhārata 2, 2403. 2. To view, [Daśakumāracarita] in
— With samā sam-ā, 1. To direct one’s look to, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 2. ed. 66, 17. 2. To see, Mahābhārata 1, 5249.
— With upa upa, 1. To see, to perceive, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 78, 21; Mahābhārata 3, 2186. 2. To suspect, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 15, 15. 3. To consider, Mahābhārata 3, 12188. 4. Pass. To be probable, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 61, 11. upalakṣita, Comprehended, understood. Comp. An-, adj. not perceived, [Daśakumāracarita] in
— With samupa sam-upa. To see, to perceive, Mahābhārata 2, 1557.
— With nis nis; nirlakṣya, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 6, 119, is lak- ṣya with nis, adj. Imperceivable.
— With vi vi, To perceive, [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 2, 19; to see, [Pañcatantra] 235, 25. vilakṣita, 1. Seen. 2. Affected without a cause. 3. Disappointed, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 148, 13; [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 52, 115 (rival). 4. Unmarked (i. e. lakṣita with vi, adj.).
— With sam sam, 1. To perceive, Mahābhārata 3, 16751. 2. Pass. To appear, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 157. saṃlakṣita, Distinguished. saṃlakṣya, To be marked.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryLakṣ (लक्ष्).—lakṣate lakṣati mark, notice; cf. lakṣay.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryLakṣ (लक्ष्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] lakṣate, to perceive, observe, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara];
— ([Parasmaipada] ti), to recognise, [Mahābhārata];—[class] 10. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 5; xxxiii, 23]; rather [Nominal verb] [from] lakṣa below) lakṣayati, te ([Aorist] alalakṣat, ta; [infinitive mood] lakṣayitum; [indeclinable participle] lakṣayitvā, -lakṣya),
—to mark, sign, [Mahābhārata];
—to characterize, define (in Comms.);
—to indicate, designate indirectly, [Śaṃkarācārya; Kāvyaprakāśa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha];
—to aim, it (as to aim an arrow at any object), direct towards, have in view, mean, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 2-3, 37 etc.];
—to consider or regard any one ([accusative]) as ([accusative] with or without iva), [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Purāṇa];
—to suppose of any one ([accusative]) that he will etc. (oratio recta with iti), [Mahābhārata iii, 10375];
—to know, understand, recognise by ([instrumental case]) or as ([accusative]) or that etc. (oratio recta with iti), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Purāṇa];
—to notice, perceive, observe, see, view, [Maitrī-upaniṣad; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Passive voice] lakṣyate, to be marked etc.;
—to be meant or intended, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 2-3, 14 etc.];
—to be named or called (with double [nominative case]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
—to be perceived or seen, appear, seem, look like ([nominative case] with or without iva), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature etc.] :—[Desiderative] See lilakṣayiṣita.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryLakṣ (लक्ष्):—(ka) lakṣayati 10. a. To see; to mark; define. With upa to remark, trace out; saṃ to know.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryLaksh in Hindi refers in English to:—(a and nm) a lac; the number one hundred thousand; a mark, target; ~[pati] a millionaire, a wealthy person; ~[bedhi] hitting the target/mark..—laksh (लक्ष) is alternatively transliterated as Lakṣa.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+531): Laksha, Laksha-dana, Lakshabhavana, Lakshabhojana, Lakshabhuta, Lakshaca Manushya, Lakshacurna, Lakshadatta, Lakshadhikari, Lakshadhipati, Lakshadhisha, Lakshadhishvara, Lakshadi, Lakshadipa, Lakshadipabilvodyapana, Lakshadipakalpa, Lakshadipalakshabilvodyapana, Lakshadipavratodyapana, Lakshaditaila, Lakshadrava.
Ends with: Abhilaksh, Abhyupalaksh, Alaksh, Bhlaksh, Bidalaksh, Durlaksh, Kulaksh, Mlaksh, Plaksh, Samalaksh, Samlaksh, Sampratilaksh, Samupalaksh, Upalaksh, Valaksh, Vilaksh.
Full-text (+273): Lilakshayishita, Laksha, Lach, Samlakshana, Lakshman, Upalakshita, Lakshyi, Alakshi, Lakshmy, Lakshanadipika, Lakshmanadeva, Lakshmanadasa, Lakshnavali, Lakshesha, Lakshmaka, Lakshi, Lakshyavedha, Lakshavatara, Sahalakshmana, Samalakshya.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.258 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 46 - Lakshmana takes Sita away < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Chapter 93 - Ravana’s Grief on hearing of his Son’s Death < [Book 6 - Yuddha-kanda]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
Vastu-shastra (1): Canons of Architecture (by D. N. Shukla)
(ii) Rise of the Śāstra and the place of Viśvakarmā < [Chapter 4 - An outline History of Hindu Architecture]
(vi) Mayamata [Mayamatam] (Summary) < [Chapter 5 - Study of Hindu Science of Architecture]
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana (by Pratim Bhattacharya)
8: Definition of Vakrokti Alaṃkāra < [Chapter 4 - Arthālaṃkāras mentioned by Vāmana]