The Sanskrit term Vakṣāra can be transliterated into English as Vaksara or Vakshara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Vakṣāra (वक्षार) refers to a mountain range (i.e., four ranges having the shape of elephant-tusks), according to chapter 2.2 [ajitanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—(Cf. Die Kosmographie der Inder p. 233)

Accordingly: “[...] Approaching the ocean Puṣkaroda, like sea-faring merchants an island, they took very rapidly lotuses, etc. [...] They took herbs, perfumes, flowers, white mustard, and saffron from all the principal mountain-ranges, from all the Vaitāḍhyas, from all the provinces and all the Vakṣāra Mts., from the Deva- and Uttarakurus, from Bhadraśāla, Nandana, Saumanasa, and Pāṇḍaka encircling Sumeru, and from the mountains, Malaya, Dardura, etc. The gods mixed all these materials together, like doctors mixing medicines and perfumers mixing perfumes. After obtaining all this, they went to the Master, as if rivaling Acyutendra’s mind in zeal”.

context information

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Vāksāra (वाक्सार):—[=vāk-sāra] [from vāk > vāc] m. vigour of sp°, eloquence, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Vakṣāra (वक्षार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vakkhāra.

context information

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

Vāksāra (ವಾಕ್ಸಾರ):—[noun] a man who wins over others by his power of speech alone.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vaksha, Vak, Sara, Ara, Cara.

Starts with: Vaksarani, Vaksharaka.

Ends with: Abahvakshara, Avakshara, Bahvakshara, Devakshara, Dhruvakshara, Dvitvakshara, Gurvakshara, Hrasvakshara, Jivakshara, Laghuvakshara, Laghvakshara, Navakshara, Sarvakshara, Svakshara, Tilotbhavakshara, Tvaksara, Yavakshara.

Full-text: Shrutivaksarasamgraha, Vakkhara, Sara.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Vaksara, Vaksha-ara, Vāksāra, Vakshara, Vakṣāra, Vak-sara, Vāk-sāra, Vakṣa-ara, Vaksa-ara; (plurals include: Vaksaras, aras, Vāksāras, Vaksharas, Vakṣāras, saras, sāras). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 10: Birth of Bharata and Śatrughna < [Chapter IV - The, birth, marriage, and retreat to the forest of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa]

Part 8: Birth-ceremonies presided over by Śakra < [Chapter II - Birth of Ajita and Sagara]

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