Vicakshu, Vicakṣu: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Vicakṣu can be transliterated into English as Vicaksu or Vicakshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vichakshu.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryVicakṣu (विचक्षु).—(s) , adj. (= Pali vicakkhu-, with -kamma; in Sanskrit blind, but in the Sanskrit Lex. Trik. = vimanas, a [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit]-Pali usage), perplexed, confused (in mind); only in composition with karaṇa or karman, the making perplexed: vicakṣuḥ-karaṇāya, in order to make confused, Mahāvyutpatti 6528; yan nv aham (Māra) upasaṃkrāmeyaṃ °ṇāya (sc. the Buddha) Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 78.7; so also °karmaṇe Lalitavistara 378.15 (the daughters of Māra); (yaṃ nūnāhaṃ upasaṃkrameyaṃ) °karmāya Mahāvastu iii.416.1, 15 (Māra); °karmāsya (sc. dharma- bhāṇakasya) karoti dharmaṃ pratikṣipati Śikṣāsamuccaya 96.10, (he who) causes confusion for the preacher, rejects the Doctrine.
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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Starts with: Vicakshum, Vicakshus, Vicakshusha, Vicakshushka, Vicakshutkarana.
Full-text: Vicakshus, Nicakshus, Bhurijyeshtha, Vicakshum, Vicakkhu, Vicchandayati, Vichandayati.
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 85 - War between Krishna and Asuras < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]