Prekshya, Prekṣya: 6 definitions

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Prekshya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Prekshya has 4 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Prekṣya can be transliterated into English as Preksya or Prekshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Prekṣya (प्रेक्ष्य):—(wie eben) adj. zu sehen, zu Gesicht zu bekommen: sukha [Mahābhārata 4, 622.] wonach —, worauf man zu sehen —, zu achten hat: prekṣyo lagno nukūlaḥ prāk [Kathāsaritsāgara 32, 19.] varasyāmī guṇāḥ prekṣyā na lakṣmīḥ kṣaṇabhaṅginī [25, 163.] was man ruhig ansehen kann: aprekṣyaṃ nṛghātinām [12, 132.] sehenswerth [Meghadūta 15.] atiśaya [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 25.] sarvajana [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 16.] Bez. eines Śabdālaṃkāra [Oxforder Handschriften 208,a,43.] — Vgl. duṣprekṣya .

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Prekṣya (प्रेक्ष्य):—was angeschaut wird, was mit dem Auge wahrgenommen wird [Oxforder Handschriften 208,a,1 v. u.] prekṣyārtha [kāvyādarśa 1, 39.] prekṣārtha dieselbe Stelle [Oxforder Handschriften 204,a,12.]

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

Prekṣya (प्रेक्ष्य):—Adj. —

1) zu sehen , zu Gesicht zu bekommen , was angeschaut worden , was mit dem Auge wahrgenommen wird.

2) wonach — , worauf man zu sehen , — zu achten hat.

3) sehenswerth.

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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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