Vaikaksha, Vaikakṣa: 8 definitions
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Vaikaksha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Vaikakṣa can be transliterated into English as Vaikaksa or Vaikaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaikakṣa (वैकक्ष).—[viśeṣeṇa kakṣati vyāpnoti aṇ]
1) A garland worn over one shoulder and under the other like the यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta).
2) An upper garment, a mantle.
Derivable forms: vaikakṣam (वैकक्षम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikakṣa (वैकक्ष).—n.
(-kṣaṃ) 1. A garland worn over one shoulder and under the other, like the sacrificial thread. 2. An upper garment, a wrapper, a mantle. E. vi implying “possessed of” or “belonging to,” kakṣ the flank. aṇ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikakṣa (वैकक्ष).—i. e. vi-kakṣa + a, n. 1. A garland worn over one shoulder and under the other. 2. An upper garment, a wrapper.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikakṣa (वैकक्ष).—[neuter] upper garment, mantle, also = seq.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vaikakṣa (वैकक्ष):—n. ([from] vi-kakṣa) = vaikakṣaka, [Mudrārākṣasa] ([varia lectio])
2) an upper garment, mantle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaikakṣa (वैकक्ष):—(kṣaṃ) 1. n. A garland worn like the brāhmanical thread; an upper garment; a mantle.
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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 corpusVaikakṣa (ವೈಕಕ್ಷ):—
1) [noun] a garland suspended over the shoulder.
2) [noun] a loose cloth for covering the shoulders.
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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