Alakshya, 础濒补办峁补, 膧濒补办峁补: 22 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms 础濒补办峁补 and 膧濒补办峁补 can be transliterated into English as Alaksya or Alakshya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Alakshy.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
: academia.edu: Bhoja鈥檚 Mechanical Garden (vastu)础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渃oncealed鈥�, representing a desirable characteristic of machines (yantra), according to the Samar膩峁単anas奴tradh膩ra.鈥擬achines, and particularly automata, are consistently associated with a cluster of terms in Sanskrit denoting wonder, marvel, surprise, strangeness, and curiosity (e.g., kautuka, 腻艣肠补谤测补, vicitra, 补诲产丑奴迟补, and vismaya). The best machine, according to Bhoja, is one that fulfills various uses, one whose principal action is concealed (补濒补办峁补), and one that creates astonishment (vismaya) among men (31.12).
础濒补办峁补 (鈥渋nvisible machines鈥�) were considered the most excellent.鈥擝hoja reminds the planner that the most admired qualities of a machine are the invisibility (补濒补办峁迟腻) of its workings and its strangeness (vicitratva; 31.14). Indeed, Bhoja pines, 鈥淲hat else in the world is more strange? What else is more satisfying? And what creates [such] fascination?鈥� (31.85). For these reasons, the most excellent machines were those that were automatic (蝉惫补测补峁僾腻丑补办补) and whose mechanisms were invisible (补濒补办峁补)鈥攖ogether creating the appearance of unassisted movement. This 鈥渋llusory鈥� element of the automaton machine made it kindred with magic.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Ayurveda (science of life)
: archive.org: Vagbhata鈥檚 Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)膧濒补办峁补 (啶嗋げ啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渉aving descried鈥�, and is mentioned in verse 2.28 of the 础峁ａ弓腻峁単补丑峁沝补测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 (S奴trasth膩na) by 痴腻驳产丑补峁璦.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗aving descried [腻濒补办峁补] a man鈥檚 character, one shall adapt oneself to him in such a way that he is content, expert (as one shall be) in the pleasing of others鈥�.
Note: 膧濒补办峁补 (鈥渉aving descried鈥�) has been rendered loosely by 艣别蝉-苍补蝉 (鈥渒苍辞飞颈苍驳鈥�).
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渙ne who has no objectively distinguishable characteristics鈥�, according to the Svacchandabhairavatantra.鈥擺...] While contemplation of the other lower phases in the development of O峁� bestows yogic powers (siddhi) of an increasing order of perfection, it alone leads to liberation directly. Accordingly, the Tantra enjoins that the Yogi should constantly contemplate supreme and subtle Non-being by means of this energy. This is because Non-being is beyond the senses and mind and is, according to K峁mar膩ja, the pure knower who has no objectively distinguishable characteristics (补濒补办峁补).
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渋nvisible鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.25 (鈥淭he seven celestial sages test P膩rvat墨鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as P膩rvat墨 said to the seven Sages: 鈥淸...] Interest in embellishment and ornaments shall be found in those who are deluded by illusion and who are not in unison with the Brahman. The lord is devoid of attributes, unborn, free from illusion, of invisible movement [i.e., 补濒补办峁补-gati] and a cosmic Being. O Brahmins, 艢iva does not shower His blessings on the ground of faith, caste etc. I know 艢iva truly only through the blessings of the preceptor. [...]鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to 鈥渘ot having any characteristics (of the absolute)鈥�, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.鈥擜ccordingly, as 莫艣vara says to V膩madeva: 鈥淸...] [Now], I shall define the nature of that highest, mind-free absorption which arises for those devoted to constant practice. [...] [The Yogin] who has become absorbed in [that which has] no characteristics (补濒补办峁补) (i.e., the absolute) for twenty-two days, has the Siddhi [called] Pr膩pti, which enables him to reach [whatever] is in the world. [...]鈥�.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Alak峁膩 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶ぞ) refers to the 鈥渦nperceivable (swiftness)鈥� (of birds), according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by R膩j膩 Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the outlines of hawking]: 鈥淸...] At the time of the search, [...] those who proceed in front of the horsemen, with canes ine their hands, should throw, by 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘辞办补, 顿丑奴迟颈蝉 and 峁琽苍腻蝉 against quails and other quarry. Their motion, on account of their swiftness, cannot be perceived (补濒补办峁腻). They add to the enjoyment of the spectators by darting obliquely (?) on the quarry, which is discovered by the noise, 肠墨肠墨办耻肠墨 they make when they are captured. [...]鈥�.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (鈥減erforming arts鈥�) and Shastras (鈥渟ciences鈥�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
: Journal of South Asian Intellectual History: Samarasi峁僪a and the Early Transmission of T膩jika Astrology础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) or 础濒补办峁补gu峁嘺 refers to 鈥渋mperceptible (attributes)鈥�, according to the 碍补谤尘补辫谤补办腻艣补鈥攐ne of the earliest preserved Sanskrit works on Perso-Arabic (T膩jika) astrology authored by Samarasi峁僪a in the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, [the text opens with the three stanzas]: 鈥淏owing to V膩c, Ga峁嘺pati, the foremost among the planets, that witness of actions whose attributes are imperceptible (补濒补办峁补-gu峁嘺), and my teacher, I light a small lamp [called] Light on Actions from the Great Lamp [Illuminating] the T膩jika Teaching composed by 艢r墨 Khindika. [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) refers to the 鈥渋ndescribable鈥�, according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨t膩 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved膩nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淸...] The pure man who has experienced the Indescribable (补濒补办峁补-sphura峁嘺) attains peace by his own nature [补濒补办峁补sphura峁嘺岣� 艣uddha岣� svabh膩venaiva 艣膩myati], realising that all this is nothing but illusion, and that nothing is. There are no rules, dispassion, renunciation or meditation for one who is pure receptivity by nature (艣耻诲诲丑补蝉辫丑耻谤补峁嘺-谤奴辫补), and admits no knowable form of being? [...]鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary补濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥攁 S corruptly 补濒补办峁 a Inapprehensible in idea, incomprehensible, inconceivable. 补濒补办峁 l膿kha峁嚹撫箖-dhara峁嚹撫箖-m艒ja峁嚹撫箖-m膩na峁嚹撫箖-p膩ha峁嚹撫箖-j膩峁嘺峁嚹撫箖 To esteem lightly, to disdain.
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补濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥攏 S Inattention or inadvertence.
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补濒补办峁腻 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶ぞ).鈥攆 S A particular attitude of a Yogi. See under 尘耻诲谤腻.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English补濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥�a Inconceivable. n Inattention.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥�a.
1) Invisible, unknown, unobserved.
2) Unmarked.
3) Having no particular marks.
4) Insignificant in appearance.
5) Having no pretence, free from fraud.
6) Not 啶侧啷嵿し啷嵿く (濒补办峁补) or secondary (as meaning).
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膧濒补办峁补 (啶嗋げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥�pot. p.
1) Visible, apparent; 啶嗋げ啶曕啶粪啶お啶距ぐ啶苦お啷嵿げ啶掂じ啶距ぐ啶膏ぞ啶ㄠた (腻濒补办峁补p膩riplavas膩ras膩ni) R.13.3.
2) Slightly visible; 掳啶︵え啷嵿い啶啶曕啶侧ぞ啶ㄠ (诲补苍迟补尘耻办耻濒腻苍) 艢.7.17.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary膧濒补办峁补 (啶嗋げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥�(nt. ? in Sanskrit as adj., wahrzunehmen, sichtbar), visible sign, emblem: 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 118.24 (idam鈥a峁噄ratnam鈥�) cihnabh奴tam 腻濒补办峁补bh奴ta峁� ma峁囜笉anabh奴ta峁� ca.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥攎fn.
(-办峁补岣�-办峁腻-办峁补峁�) Undistinguishable, undefinable. So 补濒补办峁峁嚹珁a.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥擺adjective] invisible, not to be observed, not appearing (thus), insignificant.
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膧濒补办峁补 (啶嗋げ啶曕啶粪啶�).鈥擺adjective] (scarcely) visible.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�):鈥擺=a-濒补办峁补] [from 补-濒补办峁峁嘺] mfn. invisible, unobserved, [Mah膩bh膩rata] etc., unmarked, not indicated, [S膩hitya-darpa峁嘺]
2) [v.s. ...] having no particular marks, insignificant in appearance (See -箩补苍尘补-迟腻 below)
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a Mantra spoken to exorcise a weapon, [R膩m膩ya峁嘺 i, 30, 5.]
4) 膧濒补办峁补 (啶嗋げ啶曕啶粪啶�):鈥擺=膩-濒补办峁补] [from 腻-濒补办峁�] 1. 膩-濒补办峁补 mfn. to be observed, visible, apparent, [Mah膩bh膩rata; R膩m膩ya峁嘺; Raghuva峁兣沘 etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] 2. 膩-濒补办峁补 [indeclinable participle] having observed or beheld, beholding, observing, [Mah膩bh膩rata; R膩m膩ya峁嘺; Raghuva峁兣沘 etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] 3. 膩-濒补办峁补 mfn. scarcely visible, just visible, [艢akuntal膩 181 a.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�):鈥擺a-濒补办峁补] (k峁a岣�-k峁膩-k峁a峁�) a. Undefinable.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Alakkha.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�) [Also spelled alakshy]:鈥�(a) imperceptible; unnoticeable; latent.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus础濒补办峁补 (嗖呧膊嗖曕硩嗖粪硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [adjective] that cannot be aimed at.
2) [adjective] that cannot be seen.
3) [adjective] that cannot be understood.
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础濒补办峁补 (嗖呧膊嗖曕硩嗖粪硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] absence of regard or respect; disregard.
2) [noun] want of care; carelessness; negligence.
3) [noun] lack of attention.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary础濒补办峁补 (啶呧げ啶曕啶粪啶�):鈥攁dj. 1. invisible; 2. undirected; untargeted;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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