The Sanskrit term Samīkṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Samiksana or Samikshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण) refers to the “viewing” (i.e., Parasparasamīkṣaṇa—“mutual view of the couple”), according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. The Paraspara-samīkṣaṇa rite is mentioned under the header called Gift of the girl (kanyādāna).

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण).—n S Inquisitive or close investigation, examination, or search.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण).—n Close investigation or search,

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण).—Search, close investigation.

Derivable forms: samīkṣaṇam (समीक्षणम्).

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

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Search, looking for, investigation. 2. Seeing, looking at. E. sam intensitive prefix, īkṣaṇa seeing.

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

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण).—[adjective] causing to see, showing; [neuter] looking at, observing.

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

1) Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण):—[=sam-īkṣaṇa] [from sam-īkṣa > sam-īkṣ] n. looking at or looking about thoroughly, [???]

2) [v.s. ...] search, close investigation, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) causing to look at or perceive, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण):—[samī+kṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Search, inspection.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Samicchaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samikshana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Samīkṣaṇa (ಸಮೀಕ್ಷಣ):—[noun] examining critically and carefully.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Samīkṣaṇa (समीक्षण):—n. reviewing; commenting; critiquing;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ikshana, Sam.

Ends with: Parasparasamikshana, Prasamikshana, Pratisamikshana.

Full-text: Prasamikshana, Samicchana, Pratisamikshana, Samiksha.

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