Taikshnya, Taikṣṇya: 10 definitions
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Taikshnya has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Taikṣṇya can be transliterated into English as Taiksnya or Taikshnya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTaikṣṇya (तैक्ष्ण्य):—(von tīkṣṇa) n. Schärfe (des Messers u. s. w.): śastra [Suśruta 1, 15, 14.] śara [Śākuntala 32, 5, v. l.] von Stoffen u. s. w. [Suśruta 1, 149, 1. 154, 12. 191, 20. 192, 20. 313, 5. 2, 235, 3.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 38, 20 (Gorresio 39, 19).] scharfes, rauhes Wesen, Strenge [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 163] [?(= Mahābhārata 13, 4990). Mahābhārata 12, 4355. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 21, 43.] pratikūleṣu taikṣṇyasyāvabodhaḥ krodha iṣyate [Sāhityadarpana 75, 22.] taikṣṇa (sic) im Gegens. zu mārdava [Mahābhārata 5, 68.]
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Taikṣṇya (तैक्ष्ण्य):—, taikṣṇyaṃ kṛpāṇe yasyābhūnna daṇḍe nayaśālinaḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 53, 87. Z. 5] tīkṣṇaṃ st. taikṣṇaṃ [Mahābhārata 5, 68 ed. Bomb.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTaikṣṇya (तैक्ष्ण्य):—n. —
1) Schärfe [Indische sprüche 7627.] —
2) Schärfe , brennender Geschmack. —
3) scharfes , rauhes Wesen , Strenge. —
4) Qual [Priyadarśikā 5,20] ( taikṣṇyamava zu lesen).
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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