The Sanskrit term Vakṣ can be transliterated into English as Vaks or Vaksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vakṣ (वक्ष्).—1 P. (vakṣati)

1) To grow, increase.

2) To be powerful.

3) To be angry.

4) To accumulate.

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

Vakṣ (वक्ष्).—r. 1st cl. (vakṣati) To be angry. 2. To accumulate.

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Vākṣ (वाक्ष्).—[(i)vākṣi] r. 10th cl. (vāṅkṣati) To desire, to wish.

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

Vakṣ (वक्ष्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (ved., also [Ātmanepada.]), 1. To grow, to become tall, Chr. 290, 3 = [Rigveda.] i. 64, 3. 2. † To be angry. Ptcple. pf. pass. ukṣita, Grown up, Chr. 291, 2 = [Rigveda.] i. 85, 2.

— Cf. 2. vaj, of which it is probably an old desider.; [Gothic.] vahsjan; [Anglo-Saxon.] weaxan;

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

Vakṣ (वक्ष्).—(cf. 2 ukṣ), [Causative] vakṣayati cause to grow or increase, strengthen.

— ati excel, be superior to ([accusative]).

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

1) Vakṣ (वक्ष्):—(cf. √1. ukṣ) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xvii, 11]) vakṣati ([perfect tense] vavakṣa [future] vakṣitā etc. [grammar]; really there occur only the [perfect tense] forms vavakṣa, vavakṣitha, vavakṣatuḥ, vavakṣuḥ, vavakṣe, vavakṣire),

—to grow, increase, be strong or powerful, [Ṛg-veda];

—to be angry, [Dhātupāṭha] :—[Causal] vakṣayati, to make grow, cause to be strong, [Ṛg-veda]

2) cf. [Greek] ἀέξω, αὐξάνω; [Lithuanian] aúgti; [Gothic] wahsja, 1; [German] wahsan, wachsen; [Anglo-Saxon] weaxan; [English] wax; See also under √1. ukṣ.

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

1) Vakṣ (वक्ष्):—vakṣati 1. a. To be angry; to accumulate.

2) Vākṣ (वाक्ष्):—(ka, i) vāṅkṣati 1. d. To desire.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vaksh 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vaksh in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) chest, thorax; ~[sthala] chest, chest region..—vaksh (वक्ष) is alternatively transliterated as Vakṣa.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Vaksh is another spelling for वक्ष [vakṣa].—n. breast; bosom; chest;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Starts with (+27): Vaksara, Vaksha, Vakshah, Vakshahkara, Vakshahkarika, Vakshahsamarddhini, Vakshahsammarddini, Vakshahsammardini, Vakshahstha, Vakshahsthala, Vakshahsvastika, Vakshakchada, Vakshakti, Vakshalaka, Vakshalya, Vaksham, Vakshanestha, Vakshani, Vaksharaka, Vaksharuk.

Ends with: Dhvaksh, Gavaksh, Pratvaksh, Tvaksh.

Full-text (+10): Vakshani, Vakshas, Vivakshana, Vankshana, Vaksha, Vaksho, Vakshatha, Vakshah, Vakshoruh, Vakshojata, Vakshahstha, Vakshomani, Vakshogriva, Vakshoruha, Vakshahkarika, Ukshita, Vakshahsthala, Vakshakchada, Vakshomandalin, Vakshasija.

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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 1, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]

Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]

Kāṇḍa I, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 3 < [First Kāṇḍa]

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

Section XLVIII < [Rajadharmanusasana Parva]

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