Plakshi, Plākṣi: 5 definitions

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Plakshi means something in 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 Plākṣi can be transliterated into English as Plaksi or Plakshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Plākṣi (प्लाक्षि).—An ancient writer of a Pratisakhya work quoted in the Taittiriya Pratisakhya.See प्लाक्षायण (plākṣāyaṇa) above. The words प्लाक्षि (plākṣi) and प्लाक्षायण (plākṣāyaṇa) as also प्लाक्षी (plākṣī) (feminine) occur in the Mahabhasya also, but not in the Ganapatha of Panini.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Plākṣi (प्लाक्षि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted ibid. 5, 38. 9, 6. 14, 10. 17. 18, 5.

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

1) Plākṣi (प्लाक्षि):—[from plakṣa] m. [patronymic] [from] plakṣa, [Taittirīya-āraṇyaka; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa]

2) Plākṣī (प्लाक्षी):—[from plākṣi > plakṣa] f., [Pāṇini 4-1, 65 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

[Sanskrit to German]

Plakshi 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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