Prajadhyaksha, Prajādhyakṣa, Praja-adhyaksha: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Prajādhyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Prajadhyaksa or Prajadhyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPrajādhyakṣa (प्रजाध्यक्ष).—
1) an epithet of the sun.
2) of Dakṣa.
Derivable forms: prajādhyakṣaḥ (प्रजाध्यक्षः).
Prajādhyakṣa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prajā and adhyakṣa (अध्यक्ष).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Prajādhyakṣa (प्रजाध्यक्ष):—[from prajā > pra-jan] m. (jādh) ‘surveyor of c°’, Name of the sun, [Mahābhārata]
2) [=prajā-dhyakṣa] [from prajādhyakṣa > prajā > pra-jan] of Kardama and Dakṣa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
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