Kataksha, Kaṭākṣa, Kata-aksha: 16 definitions
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Kataksha has 14 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kaṭākṣa can be transliterated into English as Kataksa or Kataksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kataksh.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKaṭākṣa (कटाक्ष):—(kaṭa Hüfte, Seite + akṣa Auge) m. Seitenblick [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 45.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 30.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 578.] kaṭākṣairnirdahantīva tiryagrājānamaikṣata [Mahābhārata 1, 3009. 3041. 15, 387.] kaṭākṣahāvamādhuryaiḥ [Indralokāgamana 2, 32.] [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 24, 11.] [Meghadūta 36.] [Śṛṅgāratilaka 13.] parāṅmukhairardhakaṭākṣavīkṣitaiḥ [Bhartṛhari 1, 2.] kāntākaṭākṣaviśikhāḥ [2, 76.] nirīkṣaṇa [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 7, 2.] [ŚUK. 23, 18.] kvāyatāste kaṭākṣāḥ [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 1, 27.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 12, 22.] ityalamupajīvyānāṃ mānyānāṃ vyākhyāneṣu kaṭākṣanikṣepeṇa [Sāhityadarpana 18, 14.]
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Kaṭākṣa (कटाक्ष):—, upayāmāya tvā kaṭākṣāya tvā [Kāṭhaka-Recension 40, 4.] [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 190, 12.] kaṭākṣān kumāre nidadhe [Lassen’s Anthologie (II) 88, 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKaṭākṣa (कटाक्ष):—m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) Seitenblick [Indische sprüche 7624.]
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Kāṭākṣa (काटाक्ष):—ein best. Flüssigkeitsbehälter [Kāṭhaka (weber) 40,4.]
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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Partial matches: Aksha, Ksha, Kata.
Starts with: Katakshakshetra, Katakshamahatmya, Katakshamushta, Katakshana, Katakshanirikshana, Katakshapata, Katakshashataka, Katakshavade, Katakshavekshana, Katakshaveshana, Katakshavikshana, Katakshavikshepa, Katakshavishikha, Katakshaya.
Ends with: Baddhakataksha, Dayakataksha, Karkataksha, Kripakataksha, Lakshmikataksha, Netrakataksha, Samkataksha, Sankataksha, Shakataksha, Sikataksha, Vikatakataksha, Vikataksha.
Full-text (+19): Kadakkha, Sakataksham, Katakshamushta, Katakshavishikha, Katakshamahatmya, Katakshakshetra, Teyvakataksham, Vikataksha, Lakshmikataksham, Kirupakataksham, Punkhita, Karkaratu, Krapa, Drishtivikshepa, Katakshaveshana, Jayamanakataksham, Kripa, Katakshepa, Katakshavekshana, Katakshita.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.22 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.119 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 10.34 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 3.9.26-28 < [Chapter 9 - The Birth of Śrī Girirāja]
Verse 2.9.21 < [Chapter 9 - Brahmā’s Prayers]
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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 4.8.84 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]
Verse 2.5.36 < [Part 5 - Permanent Ecstatic Mood (sthāyī-bhāva)]
Verse 3.2.54 < [Part 2 - Affection and Service (dāsya-rasa)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 17 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]
Text 20 < [Chapter 5 - Pañcama-yāma-sādhana (Aparāhna-kālīya-bhajana–kṛṣṇa-āsakti)]
Text 18 < [Chapter 3 - Tṛtīya-yāma-sādhana (Pūrvāhna-kālīya-bhajana–niṣṭhā-bhajana)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 2.18.156 < [Chapter 18 - Mahāprabhu’s Dancing as a Gopī]
Verse 1.2.181 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Appearance]