Vicakshus, Vicakṣus: 5 definitions
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Vicakshus has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Vicakṣus can be transliterated into English as Vicaksus or Vicakshus, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vichakshus.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVicakṣus (विचक्षुस्):—(2. vi + ca)
1) adj. a) augenlos, blind [Mahābhārata 12, 2450.] — b) = vimanas [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 1, 17.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [Harivaṃśa 8058] (nicakṣus die neuere Ausg.). [Oxforder Handschriften 40,b,8. 9.]
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: Vicakshusha, Vicakshushka, Vicakshutkarana.
Ends with: Dvicakshus.
Full-text: Nicakshus, Bhurijyeshtha, Vicakshutkarana.
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