Takshana, Takṣaṇa: 13 definitions
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Takshana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Takṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Taksana or Takshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)Takṣaṇa (तक्षण) or “carpentry” refers to one of the “sixty four kinds of Art”, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of kalā are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.
Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, kāmaśāstra) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytakṣaṇa (तक्षण).—n S Chipping, planing, paring, shaving or slicing off. 2 Carpentry gen.
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 dictionaryTakṣaṇa (तक्षण).—(तक्ष् भावे-ल्युट् (takṣ bhāve-lyuṭ)] Paring, cutting; दारवाणां च तक्षणम् (dāravāṇāṃ ca takṣaṇam) Manusmṛti 5.115; Y.1 185.
-ṇī A carpenter's adze.
Derivable forms: takṣaṇam (तक्षणम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTakṣāṇa (तक्षाण).—(for Sanskrit takṣan; §§ 17.39, 41; compare Pāṇ.6.4.9 and Kāś.; Prakrit takkhāṇa, Hemacandra 3.56), wood-worker, car- penter: °ṇo Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.117.5; °ṇasya 119.20; °ṇaṃ, °ṇaḥ 120.2 (all prose).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTakṣaṇa (तक्षण).—n.
(-ṇaṃ) Paring, peeling, planing, &c. f. (-ṇī) A carpenter’s adze. E. takṣ to plane or pare, affixes bhāve lyuṭ and ṅīṣ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTakṣaṇa (तक्षण).—i. e. takṣ + ana, n. Planing, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 115.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryTakṣaṇa (तक्षण).—[neuter] hewing, cutting, planing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Takṣaṇa (तक्षण):—[from takṣ] m. a cutter, abrader, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] (in [mathematics]) the divisor employed to reduce a quantity, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] n. cutting, paring, peeling, abrading, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra xxii, 6; Gautama-dharma-śāstra i, 29; Manu-smṛti v, 115 etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] (Name of a Kalā), [Vātsyāyana i, 3, 17]
5) [v.s. ...] dividing in order to reduce a quantity, [Līlāvatī of bhāskara]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTakṣaṇa (तक्षण):—(ṇaṃ) 1. n. Paring, peeling. planing. f. A carpenter’s adze.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Takṣaṇa (तक्षण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Chollaṇa, Tacchaṇa, Raṃpaṇa.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusTakṣaṇa (ತಕ್ಷಣ):—[noun] that moment or point of time.
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Takṣaṇa (ತಕ್ಷಣ):—
1) [adverb] at that moment.
2) [adverb] immediately; suddenly.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Ends with: Anubhutakshana, Avatakshana, Chittakshana, Cittakshana, Dattakshana, Ekacittakshana, Katakshana, Kritakshana, Muktakshana, Pratakshana, Samanyaniruktidvitiyatakshana, Samtakshana, Santakshana, Svayamvarakritakshana, Vaksamtakshana, Vihitakshana.
Full-text: Takshan, Takshini, Chollana, Tacchana, Rampana, Samtakshana, Samanyaniruktidvitiyatakshana, Palaganda, Takshani, Carpentry, Kala, Tatkshana, Taksh, Causashtakala, Ghat.
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