The Sanskrit term Traiyakṣa can be transliterated into English as Traiyaksa or Traiyaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Traiyakṣa (त्रैयक्ष) refers to “relating to tryakṣa” or Śiva, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 21.133. In the verse in question Nala is described as superior to Cupid who was burnt by the third “eye of Śiva” (traiyakṣa-vīkṣaṇa), and in this connection Vidyādhara gives another explanation, viz., “looking with three eyes” or becoming angry. “To look at some one with three eyes” is a popular expression meaning “to become angry”. It is used by Śrīharṣa himself in 4.76. Cf. Īśānadeva 4.79 and Nārāyaṇa.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Traiyakṣa (त्रैयक्ष):—[from traimātura > traiṃśa] mfn. belonging to (try-) Śiva, [Bālarāmāyaṇa vii, 30.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Traiyaksha 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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