Lakshman, Lakṣman: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Lakṣman can be transliterated into English as Laksman or Lakshman, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्) refers to the “characteristics (of elephants)”, according to the 15th century Mātaṅgalīlā composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 2, “their (physical and mental) characteristics (lakṣman), favorable and unfavorable”].
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्).—n. [lakṣ-manin]
1) A mark, sign, token, characteristic; प्रकटमलिनलक्ष्मा मुष्टपत्रावलीकैः (prakaṭamalinalakṣmā muṣṭapatrāvalīkaiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 11.3;8.41; Kirātārjunīya 11.18;14.64; R.19.3; Kumārasambhava 7.43.
2) A speck, spot; मलिनमपि हिमांशोर्लक्ष्म लक्ष्मी तनोति (malinamapi himāṃśorlakṣma lakṣmī tanoti) Ś1.2; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9. 25.
3) Definition.
4) The chief, principal (pradhāna); 'लक्ष्म चिह्ने प्रधाने च (lakṣma cihne pradhāne ca)' इति विश्वः (iti viśvaḥ); शोकं दैन्यं च दुःखं च प्राजहात् पुत्रलक्ष्मणि (śokaṃ dainyaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ca prājahāt putralakṣmaṇi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 6.14.43.
5) A good or bad mark.
6) A pearl. -m.
1) The crane or Sārasa bird.
2) Name of Lakṣmaṇa.
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्).—n. (-kṣma) 1. A mark, a spot, &c. 2. Chief, principal. 3. Definition. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. The Sarasa bird. 2. Lakshmana, the son of Dasa- Rat'Ha. E. lakṣ to mark, &c., manin aff.
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्).—[lakṣ + man], n. 1. A mark, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 19, 30; a spot, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 19. 2. Chief.
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्).—[neuter] mark, sign, token; any special mark or characteristic (good or bad).
1) Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्):—[from lakṣ] n. a mark, sign, token, characteristic, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a good or lucky mark, excellence, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] a bad mark, stain, blemish, [Bālarāmāyaṇa]
4) [v.s. ...] definition (as ‘the marks or characteristics collectively’), [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]
5) [v.s. ...] = pradhāna, the chief, principal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a pearl, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्):—(kṣma) 5. n. A mark; a chief.
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्):—(von lag wie lakṣa und lakṣmī) n.
1) Mal, Merkmal, Marke, Zeichen (sg. bisweilen in collectiver Bedeutung, daher so v. a. Definition) [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 18. 3, 4, 14, 79. 18, 127.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 106.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 282.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 119.] [Halāyudha 1, 45. 5, 69.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1, 23, 4. 6, 141, 2. 3. 12, 4, 6.] kṛṣṇa [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 4, 19, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 2, 18. 8, 4, 4, 11. 5, 4, 3.] [Suśruta 2, 264, 12.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 43, 58. 67. 51, 44. 52, 10. 54, 48.] [BṚH. 18, 4.] [Spr. 2662.] himāṃśoḥ [Śākuntala 19.] [Śiśupālavadha 9, 31.] uttamo lokapālo yamiti lakṣma praśastiṣu . yaḥ prāptavān [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 346.] puṃlakṣma (vom Folgenden zu trennen) [2, 104.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 16, 21. 5, 18, 23.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 296. 300. 351.] amīṣāṃ spaṣṭatvāllakṣma nocyate [Sāhityadarpana 551.] iti kathitaṃ saṃgrahāddravyasya lakṣma [SARVADARŚANAS. 53, 21.] Am Ende eines adj. comp.: deva [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 5, 2, 8, 3.] purastāllakṣman [2, 6, 2, 3. 4.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 300.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 43.] [Raghuvaṃśa 19, 30.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 2.] a (Lesart der ed. Bomb.) so v. a. kein Ansehen habend: divākara [Mahābhārata 6, 5209.] Vgl. kampa, mṛgarāja, rāja . —
2) = pradhāna das Haupt, der Vorzüglichste [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 18, 127.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्):—
1) ein gutes Merkmal, Vorzug [Spr. (II) 6502.]
Lakṣman (लक्ष्मन्):—n. —
1) Mal , Merkmal , Marke , Zeichen ; Sg. bisweilen in collectiver Bed. —
2) ein gutes Merkmal , Vorzug. —
3) ein schlimmes Zeichen , Makel , Schandfleck [Bālarāmāyaṇa 153,6.212,13.] —
4) Definition. —
5) *das Haupt , der Vorzüglichste. —
6) *Perle [GARBE] zu [Rājan 13,153.]
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Hindi dictionary
Lakshman in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a younger brother of Ram in the ancient Indian epic of Ramayan; -[rekha] in the epic Ramayan, the line drawn by Lakshman bidding Sita: rot to cross it for her own security..—lakshman (लक्ष्मण) is alternatively transliterated as Lakṣmaṇa.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (Griffith) (by Ralph T. H. Griffith)
Chapter LIX: Ravans Sally < [Book VI]
Chapter LVI: Chitrakuta < [Book II]
Chapter LXXXVII: Guha’s Story < [Book II]
Surgery in ancient India (Study) (by P. P. Prathapan)
5. Surgery in the Ramayana < [Chapter 2 - The concept and practice of Surgery in ancient India]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 18.4 < [Chapter 18 - Disposition of the Zodiac Signs]
Kailash: Journal of Himalayan Studies
The Disappearance and Reappearance of Janakpur < [Volume 6, Number 4 (1978)]
A Translation of a Newari Version of the Chanakya Sara Samgraha < [Volume 7, Number 3-4 (1979)]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 5, brahmana 4 < [Eight Kanda]
Kanda VIII, adhyaya 4, brahmana 4 < [Eight Kanda]
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