Prekshaka, Prekṣaka: 17 definitions
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Prekshaka has 16 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Prekṣaka can be transliterated into English as Preksaka or Prekshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Prekshak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrekṣaka (प्रेक्षक):—(von īkṣ mit pra) adj. f. prekṣikā zusehend, sich Jmd oder Etwas (acc.) ansehend, sich Jmd oder Etwas anzusehen beabsichtigend; subst. Zuschauer: rājānaḥ sarva eva te . prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta bhīṣmaśālvasamāgamam [Mahābhārata 1, 4113.] prasthitau prekṣakāvubhau [Harivaṃśa 4469.] āgamiṣyati vaidehīṃ māṃ cāpi prekṣako janaḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 54, 24.] ityevaṃ tumulā vācaḥ śuśruvuḥ prekṣakeritāḥ [Mahābhārata 1, 5359. 5375. 3, 803. 4, 1930. 5, 7112. 6, 1660.] te sene -śarapātamapākramya tasthatuḥ prekṣike tadā [?8, 941. 13, 7769. Harivaṃśa 5051. SĀṂKHYAK. 65. Kathāsaritsāgara 50, 72. Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 156. Kullūka zu Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 92.]
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Prekṣaka (प्रेक्षक):—, raṅga [UTTARARĀMAC. 119, 14 (162, 2).]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrekṣaka (प्रेक्षक):—Adj. (f. prkṣikā —
1) zusehend , sich Jmd oder Etwas (Acc.) ansehend , — anzusehen beabsichtigend ; Subst. Zuschauer [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 1,12.] —
2) in Betracht ziehend , erwägend , Recht sprechend [210,24.]
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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Starts with: Prekshakarin.
Ends with: Goprekshaka, Samprekshaka, Utprekshaka.
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