Avekshana, Avēkṣana, Avekṣana, Avekṣaṇa: 13 definitions

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Avekshana has 11 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Avēkṣana and Avekṣana and Avekṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Aveksana or Avekshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Avekṣaṇa (अवेक्षण):—(von īkṣ mit ava) n.

1) das Hinsehen, Hinblicken: vṛthā viṣvagavekṣaṇam [Sāhityadarpana 57, 15.] —

2) das Beobachten, Richten der Aufmerksamkeit auf Etwas, Vorsorge: varṇāśramāvekṣaṇajāgarūka [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 85.] anavekṣaṇādapi kṛṣiḥ (vinaśyati) [Bhartṛhari 2, 34.]

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Avekṣaṇa (अवेक्षण):—

1) [Spr. 1216.] auch aspectus planetarum [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 1.] —

2) [Kathāsaritsāgara 70,12. 124,96.] [Oxforder Handschriften 207,a, Nalopākhyāna 3.] lokāvekṣaṇa [Spr. 2858.] anavekṣaṇa [3064.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Avekṣaṇa (अवेक्षण):—n.

1) das Hinsehen , Hinblicken auf [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra 9,32.15,24.] —

2) das Richten der Aufmerksamkeit auf Etwas , Vorsorge.

3) aspectus planetarum.

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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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