Coksha, Cokṣa, Cokṣā: 13 definitions
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Coksha has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Cokṣa and Cokṣā can be transliterated into English as Coksa or Coksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Choksha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCokṣa (चोक्ष):—adj. f. ā rein, reinlich (viell. auch übertr. ehrlich) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 437.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1436.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 562.] [Medinīkoṣa ṣ. 12.] avakāśeṣu cokṣeṣu nadītīreṣu caiva hi . vivikteṣu ca tuṣyanti dattena pitaraḥ sadā .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 207.] anīrṣurguptadāraḥ syāccokṣaḥ syādaghṛṇī nṛpaḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 2708.] pāpāmacokṣāmavalehinīṃ ca u.s.w. striyaṃ parivarjayāmi [13, 519.] cokṣāṇāṃ hṛdayaṃ śuci [7580.] cokṣaścokṣajanānveṣī u. s. w. śūdro vaiśyatvamarhati [6593.] śraddhāvanto dayāvantaścokṣāścokṣajanapriyāḥ . dharmādharmavido nityaṃ te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ [6660.] Die Lexicographen kennen noch folg. Bedd.: gewandt (dakṣa) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Medinīkoṣa] schön, reizend (sundara, manojña); gesungen [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = abhīkṣṇa (wofür [Śabdakalpadruma] und [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] tīkṣṇa scharf gelesen haben) [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. caukṣa .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCokṣa (चोक्ष):—Adj. (f. ā) —
1) reinlich (von Personen). —
2) *gewandt. —
3) *schön , reisend. —
4) *gesungen. —
5) * = abhīkṣṇa oder tīkṣṇa.
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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Ends with: Acoksha.
Full-text: Cauksha, Cokkha, Caukshya, Cuksha, Uksha, Pishaca, Raga, Jitashatru.
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