Prajnacakshus, Prajñācakṣus, Prajna-cakshus: 10 definitions
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Prajnacakshus has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Prajñācakṣus can be transliterated into English as Prajnacaksus or Prajnacakshus, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Prajnachakshus.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrajñācakṣus (प्रज्ञाचक्षुस्):—(pra + ca) adj. bei dem der Verstand die Stelle der Augen vertritt, blind [Mahābhārata 1, 147. 582. 2719. 2, 2020. 14, 371.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 13, 27.] m. Beiname des blinden Königs Dḥrtarāṣṭra [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrajñācakṣus (प्रज्ञाचक्षुस्):—1. n. Verstandesauge [Mālavikāgnimitra 10,4] (11 ,
1) [Vajracchedikā 38,17.]
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Prajñācakṣus (प्रज्ञाचक्षुस्):—2. —
1) Adj. — a) mit dem Auge des Verstandes sehend [Indische sprüche 1211.] — b) bei dem der Verstand die Stelle der Augen vertritt , blind [Indische sprüche 7710.] —
2) *m. Beiname des blinden Dhṛthrāṣṭra.
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: Cakshus, Prajna.
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Full-text: Cakshus, Five Eyes, Pancacakshus, Prajnanayana, Anavarana, Mithyadharma, Dharmacakshus, Prajna.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - Notes on the five cakṣus or visual powers of the Buddha < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Preliminary note on the ‘five eyes’ < [Part 6 - Obtaining the five ‘eyes’]
Description of the ‘five eyes’ (cakṣus) < [Part 6 - Obtaining the five ‘eyes’]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]