Aksha, Akṣa: 33 definitions
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Aksha has 32 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Akṣa can be transliterated into English as Aksa or Aksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAkṣa (अक्ष):—
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—1. [Z. 5 lies 4, 38, 4; Z. 9 lies 7, 109, 1.] Würfel so v. a. Würfelspiel [Halāyudha 2, 233. 5, 66.] Bez. der Zahl fünf [WEBER, Jyotiṣa 101.]
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—2.
1) [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 41, 28. 6, 86, 4] (svakṣa) . [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 21, 14.] bhaṅga [GOBH. 2, 4, 3.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 291.] bheda [Weber’s Indische Studien 5, 353.] —
5) akṣau [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 6.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 11, 12.] —
7) [Mahābhārata 3, 12361.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 2, 13.] —
12) n. [Oxforder 307,b,4.] —
15) = nyāya [Halāyudha 2, 274.] = ācāra [5, 66.] —
19) streiche [Ṛgveda 8, 46, 26] und füge nach [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 73] hinzu [5, 42.] —
20) vgl. nirakṣa . —
21) Schlüsselbein [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 2, 6, 14.] —
22) Masche: kṣudrākṣa (jāla) [Spr. 3999.] kṣudrekṣa v.l.
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—3.
1) n. [Spr. 1604.] m.: niyacchedviṣayebhyo kṣān [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 2, 1, 18.]
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Ākṣa (आक्ष):—adj. von 2. akṣa [20]): valana [Scholiast] zu [Sūryasiddhānta 4, 24. fg.]
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—2.
20) [Sūryasiddhānta 3, 14. 16. fg. 20. 25. fg. 4, 24. 5, 1. 4. 10, 7. 12, 44.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAkṣa (अक्ष):—1. m. —
1) Würfel [224,7.] —
2) *Würfelspiel. —
3) Bez. der Zahl fünf. —
4) Terminalia Bellerica (die Pflanze und die Nuss). —
5) *der Same von Elacocarpus Ganitrus u. einer anderen Pflanze. —
6) auch n. ein best. Gewicht — karṣa.
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—2. m. —
1) Wagenachse. —
2) das auf zwei Stützen ruhende Querstück , and welches eine Wage gehängt wird. —
3) Schlüsselbein. —
4) Schläfebein. —
5) geographische Breite. —
6) ein best. Längenmaass , = 104 Aṅgula [Śulbasūtra 1,11.] —
7) *Rad. —
8) *Karren.
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—3. —
1) m. n. Sinnesorgan. —
2) am Ende eines adj. Comp. (f. ī) = akṣi — a) Auge [163,2.174,5.175,25.184,1.186,6.] — b) Masche. —
3) m. Seele [Indische studien von Weber 14,382.]
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—4. m. Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer.
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—5. m. —
1) Schlange. —
2) Beiname Garuḍa's. —
3) Process. —
4) Kenntniss. —
5) ein Blindgeborener.
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Akṣa (अक्ष):—6. n. —
1) Sochalsalz. —
2) blauer Vitriol.
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Ākṣa (आक्ष):—1. n. ein aus der Rinde der Terminalia Bellerica bereitetes berauschendes Getränk [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Ākṣa (आक्ष):—2. Adj. von der geographischen Breite Comm. zu [Sūryasiddhānta 4,24,25.]
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Ends with (+1126): A-shuddha-paksha, Abbhaksha, Abhaksha, Abhakshyabhaksha, Abhinaddhaksha, Abhiraksha, Abjaksha, Adaksha, Adavi draaksha, Adavi draksha, Adavi teega draksha, Adavi-draksha, Adavi-teega-draksha, Adavi-tiga-draksha, Adavidraaksha, Adavidraksha, Adhiraksha, Adhoaksha, Adhoksha, Adhyaksha.
Full-text (+523): Akshadyu, Akshavata, Akshamala, Akshadyutika, Akshadyuta, Akshapada, Akshadevin, Akshasutra, Akshadarshaka, Akshapida, Akshapataka, Akshabhaga, Akshadhurta, Samaksham, Duraksha, Akshapari, Kutaksha, Akshakarna, Akkha, Akshapata.
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