Vikshepashakti, Vikṣepaśakti, Vikshepa-shakti: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Vikṣepaśakti can be transliterated into English as Viksepasakti or Vikshepashakti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vikshepashakti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vikṣepaśakti (विक्षेपशक्ति).—f. (in Vedānta phil.) the power of Māyā (avidyā).

Derivable forms: vikṣepaśaktiḥ (विक्षेपशक्तिः).

Vikṣepaśakti is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vikṣepa and śakti (शक्ति).

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

Vikṣepaśakti (विक्षेपशक्ति).—[feminine] the projective power (ph.); p. mant.

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

Vikṣepaśakti (विक्षेपशक्ति):—[=vi-kṣepa-śakti] [from vi-kṣepa > vi-kṣip] f. (in [philosophy]) the projecting power (of Māyā or A-vidyā id est. that power of projection which raises upon the soul enveloped by it the appearance of an external world), [Vedāntasāra] (ti-mat mfn. endowed with the above power, [ib.])

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vikshepashakti in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vikṣēpaśakti (ವಿಕ್ಷೇಪಶಕ್ತಿ):—[noun] the power of nature that causes illusion or hides the truth behind the veil of ignorance.

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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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