Samprekshana, Saṃprekṣaṇa: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Saṃprekṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Sampreksana or Samprekshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃprekṣaṇa (संप्रेक्षण).—

1) Observing, beholding.

2) Considering, investigating.

Derivable forms: saṃprekṣaṇam (संप्रेक्षणम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Saṃprekṣaṇa (संप्रेक्षण).—(nt.), °ṇā (to Sanskrit sam-pra-īkṣ- plus ana), the act of seeing, looking (upon), viewing: °ṇena Lalitavistara 309.4 (verse); °ṇa- 432.5 and 6 (prose); cakṣuḥ-°ṇām api na kṛtavān Avadāna-śataka i.16.5 (prose), didn't even give a look with the eyes.

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

Samprekṣaṇa (सम्प्रेक्षण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Deliberating, considering, investigating. 2. Looking at, seeing. E. sam and pra before īkṣ to see, lyuṭ aff.

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

1) Samprekṣaṇa (सम्प्रेक्षण):—[=sam-prekṣaṇa] [from sam-prekṣaka > sam-prekṣ] n. the act of looking well at, beholding, seeing, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] deliberating about, considering, investigating, [ib.]

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

Samprekṣaṇa (सम्प्रेक्षण):—[sa-mpre-kṣaṇa] (ṇaṃ) 1. n. Looking at, deliberating.

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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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