Mukhanirikshaka, Mukhanirīkṣaka, Mukha-nirikshaka: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Mukhanirīkṣaka can be transliterated into English as Mukhaniriksaka or Mukhanirikshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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[«previous next»] — Mukhanirikshaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mukhanirīkṣaka (मुखनिरीक्षक).—a lazy fellow, an idler.

Derivable forms: mukhanirīkṣakaḥ (मुखनिरीक्षकः).

Mukhanirīkṣaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mukha and nirīkṣaka (निरीक्षक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mukhanirīkṣaka (मुखनिरीक्षक).—m.

(-kaḥ) An idler, a lazy man. E. mukha the face, nirīkṣaka contemplating.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mukhanirīkṣaka (मुखनिरीक्षक):—[=mukha-nirīkṣaka] [from mukha] mfn. ‘face-gazer’, idle, lazy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an idler, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mukhanirīkṣaka (मुखनिरीक्षक):—[mukha-nirīkṣaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. An idler.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mukhanirikshaka in German

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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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