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Lakshana, ṣaṇa, Laksana, ṣaṇ�: 42 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms ṣaṇa and ṣaṇ� can be transliterated into English as Laksana or Lakshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Lakshan.

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In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nṭya-śstra

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to “characteristic feature�. According to the Nṭyaśstra chapter 17, there are thirty-six ṣaṇa (‘characteristic features�) that make a perfect poetic composition (屹ⲹԻ). The term is used throughout ṭyśٰ literature.

There are thirty-seven ṣaṇa:

  1. ūṣaṇa (the ornamental quality),
  2. ṣaṃgٲ (due word combinations),
  3. śDz (beauty),
  4. ܻ󲹰ṇa (example),
  5. hetu (motivation),
  6. ṃśaⲹ (hesitation),
  7. ṛṣṭnٲ (graphic illustration),
  8. پ (attainment),
  9. 󾱱ⲹ (confidence),
  10. Ծ岹śԲ (counter-argument),
  11. nirukta (etymology),
  12. siddhi (success),
  13. śṣaԲ (recognition),
  14. ṇtٲ (contrast of virtues),
  15. ṇtśⲹ (special virtues),
  16. tulyatarka (persuasion through comparison),
  17. padoccaya (lengthy statement),
  18. 徱ṣṭ (description),
  19. upa徱ṣṭ (apt statement),
  20. (progress),
  21. viparyaya (transposition),
  22. ṃśa (slip of the tongue),
  23. anunaya (mediation),
  24. (garland),
  25. ṣiṇy (reasonable conduct),
  26. ṇa (hypocrisy),
  27. ٳ貹ٳپ (admission),
  28. prasiddhi (progress to success),
  29. ṛc (query),
  30. ūⲹ (identity),
  31. manoratha (hint at a desire),
  32. ś (wit),
  33. ṃkṣo (affliction),
  34. ṇaīٲԲ (extolling virtues),
  35. anuktasiddhi (vague success),
  36. priyokti (pleasant speech),
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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

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: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).—Daughter of Duryodhana. Wife of Smba. (See for details under Smba).

2) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).—A celestial maiden. This maiden took part in the birth day celebrations of Arjuna. (Śloka 62, Chapter 122, Ādi Parva, Mahbhrata).

3) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).�(LAKṢMAṆĀ) III. One of the eight queens of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. ṣaṇ� was the daughter of Bṛhatsena, King of Madra. (Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, Padma Purṇa). Śrī Kṛṣṇa got ten sons of her some of whom are Praghoṣa, Gtravn, Siṃha and Bala. (10th Skandha, Bhgavata).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—An elephant, son of Añja.*

  • * Brahmṇḍa-purṇa III. 7. 339.

2) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).—An Apsaras.*

  • * Vyu-purṇa 69. 6.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

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Vaisheshika (school of philosophy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Vaiśeṣika

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) means the “definition� of a topic, and refers to one of the three methods of expositions laid down in the ⲹṣy (verse 1.1.2) by Vtsyyana.

: Google Books: Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1

Definition, (ṣaṇa) sets forth a peculiar property, constituting the essential character of a thing.

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Vaisheshika (वैशेषि�, vaiśeṣika) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. Vaisheshika deals with subjects such as logic, epistemology, philosophy and expounds concepts similar to Buddhism in nature

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Shodhganga: Vaiykaraṇaūṣaṇasra: a critical study

ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).—Faculty of indication or implication residing in a word. It subordinates or abandons the real meaning of a word and helps comprehend a different but related meaning.

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—A rule or a sūtra composed by the ancient Sūtrakras; the word is very frequently used in this sense by the Bhşyakra and later commentators; cf. लक्ष्यलक्षणे व्याकरणम� (ṣyaṣaṇe vykaraṇam); cf. also लक्षणं हि ना� ध्वनति, भ्रमति मुहूर्तमपि नावतिष्ठते (ṣaṇa� hi ma dhvanati, bhramati muhūrtamapi vatiṣṭhate) M.Bh. on P.I.1.3 Vrt 10;

2) ṣaṇa.—Characteristic or sign; cf. लक्षणेनाभिप्रती आभिमुख्य� (ṣaṇebhipratī bhimukhye) P. II. 1. 14; cf. also P.I.4.90 and III. 2.12;

3) ṣaṇa.—Indirect way of expression; cf. लक्षणप्रतिपदोक्तयो� प्रतिपदोक्तत्यैव ग्रहणम� (ṣaṇapratipadoktayo� pratipadoktatyaiva grahaṇam) Par. Śek. Pari. 105.

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ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).—Implication; potentiality of implication; this potentiality of words viz. लक्षणा (ṣaṇ�) is not recognised by grammarians as a potentiality different from the अभिधाशक्ति (󾱻śپ) or the power of denotation. Later grammarians, however, like the Ālamkrikas, have used the word in the sense of potentiality of implication as different from that of denotation; cf. अन्त्यशब्द� लक्षणा � � (antyaśabde ṣaṇ� na ca) ʲşԻś󲹰.

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Vyakarana (व्याकर�, vykaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Kavya (poetry)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Kavya glossary
: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to “definition�, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 10.81.—Cf. ś (“eԳܲԳپDz�).

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Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Ayurveda glossary

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

: Ancient Science of Life: Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to “sign and symptoms�, as mentioned in the 10th century Yogaśataka written by Pandita Vararuci.—It has been told that “only after examining hetu (causative factors) and ṣaṇa (sign and symptoms) of disease thoroughly, treatment should be prescribed. And any kind of drug or treatment can cure the disease if it is applied in Ծ峾 (devoid of Āma) condition�.

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to “characteristics� (of an elephant), according to the 15th century ٲṅgī composed by Nīlakaṇṭha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient  India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 8, “on marks of character”]: �1. One shall note by their several signs (sva-sva-ṣaṇa) [ṣayet svasvaṣaṇai�] (elephants that are) gods, demons, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, ogres, and men (in character), and that have the character of goblins and serpents�.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा):—Specific expression indicated by a word or phrase or sentence

: Indian Journal of History of Science: Jvaranirnaya: a rare monograph on diagnosis of fevers from the pre-colonial era

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “symptoms (of fever)�, according to the Jvaranirṇaya: an Ayurvedic manuscript dealing exclusively with types of jvara (fevers) written by Sri Nryaṇa Paṇḍita in the 16th century CE.—The uniqueness of the text is that one can get a comprehensive classification, symptomatology and diagnosis of jvara, all at one place in this text. [...] Pṛthakjta here means “caused by single Doṣa specifically�. The cause, prodromal symptoms, symptoms (ṣaṇa) and types that manifests due to the involvement or vitiation of a single doṣa , two doṣa , three doṣa and fever due to extrinsic causes are mentioned in this section. This section also deals with latent fevers and the time taken for relief from different types of fevers.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to:—Quality or characteristic. (cf. Glossary page from Śrī Bṛhad-bhgavatmṛta).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Shaivism glossary
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “characteristics (of a temple of Śiva)�, according to the 9th-century Sarvajñnottaratantra chapter 18.—Accordingly, “Next, I shall teach the best observance among observances, which is known as the Śiva-vrata and which is revered by Asuras and Gods alike. [...] Next, I shall teach the characteristics (ṣaṇa) of a temple of Śiva, as well as [how to perform] the installation of the ṅg, in which the universe is [itself] ‘installed.� All the gods, beginning with Brahm, reside in the ṅg; therefore a Yogin who venerates his guru, God and the fire and who has performed his 屹ٲ should install the ṅg, following the procedure taught in scripture. [...]�.

2) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to �(favourable) characteristics (of a woman)�, according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhit: a Kubjik-Tripur oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “[Devī spoke]:—O God, what kind of a woman is a Yoginī? Who is My and who is Pśavī? Tell me, O Bhairava, the pros and cons of having sex with them. [Bhairava spoke]:—[...] A woman who possesses all favourable characteristics (sarva-ṣaṇa-sampan) [but] has neither a [Yoginī] Clan/noble family nor a [human/material] form/beauty, and who is to be approached by empathic imagination, O Maheśnī, is called My�.

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Shaiva (शै�, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Yoga (school of philosophy)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Yoga glossary
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “mark (of omniscience)�, according to the Amṛtasiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Hṭhayoga textual tradition.—Accordingly, “Omniscience, which brings about complete understanding of the triple body, should be known by the knowledgable to be the mark (ṣaṇa) of he whose mind has been mastered�.

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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 sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kavya)

ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा) refers to Lakṣrtha which represents one of the “three kinds of meaning of words�, according to the 󾱳ٲⲹdarpaṇa.—There are three kinds of meaning of words which are: 峦ⲹ-ٳ, ṣa-ٳ and ⲹṅg-ٳ. The 峦ⲹ-ٳ is known by 󾱻, ṣa-ٳ is known by ṣaṇ� and ⲹṅg-ٳ is recognized by ⲹñᲹ. Thus it can be said that Abhidh denotes the primary meaning, where the dictionary meaning of the word is predominant. ṣaṇ� denotes the secondary meaning which is established after the failure of the primary sense though it is based on the primary meaning. And ⲹñᲹ denotes the suggestive sense of a word.

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, 屹ⲹśٰ) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Arts glossary
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “characteristics (of hawks)�, according to the ŚⲹԾ첹-śٰ: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rj Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[Hunting by Hawking] is to be practised in various ways, namely, by inspiring the hawks with confidence, by observing their characteristics (ṣaṇa) and by practising the different ways of throwing or casting them. The casting is of two kinds—Hastamoka and Muṣṭimoka. [...]�.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) 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.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Hinduism glossary
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (hinduism)

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refer to “definitions�, according to the ṃkٲ첹 by Dalapatirya and Baṃsīdhara (dealing with Poetics and Erotics). The ṃkٲ첹 is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—[...] The ṃkٲ첹 by Vaṃsīdhara and Dalapatirya is extensive. As stated by them, it is in the tradition of the Sanskrit ܱԲԻ岹. It is made of definitions (lacchana, Skt. ṣaṇa) and examples.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: academia.edu: A Critical Study of the Vajraḍkamahtantrarja (II)

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) is the name of a plant mentioned in connection with a Tantric ceremony, according to the Vajraḍkatantra chapter 38.—Five techniques to please Dūtīs as well as the Yogin himself and to enlarge a Yogin’s gentials are introduced. Various kinds of woods and plants in addition to honey and butter are utilized for this purpose. [...] If a Yogin crushes ṇḍūṣa and ṣaṇa (according to the commentary they are names of plants), cooks them with sesame oil and rubs it on his foot, he will be praised by Dūtīs.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Mahayana glossary
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjapariṛc

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to a “characteristic� (Cf. Lakṣya—‘something to be characterized�), according to the Gaganagañjapariṛc: the eighth chapter of the Mahsaṃnipta (a collection of Mahyna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then, the Lord went on to speak these verses: ‘[...] (80) Insight purifies the root of hindrance; it is the mark of knowledge (貹ñ) about the part of personality and realms (첹Ի󲹻ٳ); it is the liberation from its characteristics since there is no distinction between a characteristic and something to be characterized (ṣaṇa-ṣya). By attaining the insight, he is adorned in the three realms. [...]’�.

: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to �(thirty-two) marks (of beauty)�, according to the ղٳṇḍⲹ첹貹Ჹ, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, “Now the Bhagavn was residing in the abode of Brahm. [...] The Bhagavn had a body ornamented with a net of ten million million thousand rays. He was blazing brightly like a golden pillar. He was brilliant like the Sun, displayed the thirty-two marks of beauty (dvtriṃśat-ṣaṇa-dhara) and the eighty minor marks of beauty. He was embellished with a radiance measuring a fathom. He had the body of a Tathgata, extremely pure, extremely spotless and brilliant�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahyna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñpramit ūٰ.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Buddhism glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�, “mark�) or ṣaṇaśūԲⲹ refers to “marked emptiness� one of the “twenty emptinesses� (śūԲⲹ) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 41). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ṣaṇa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

2) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “thirty-two marks of a great man� as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 83):

  1. ṅkٲṇi岹ٲ (wheels on his palms and soles),
  2. ܱپṣṭ󾱳ٲṇi岹ٲ (palms and soles well-placed),
  3. ṅgܱṇi岹ٲ (fingers, palms and soles bound with nets),
  4. ṛdܳٲṇa󲹲ٲ岹ٲ (hands and soles that are soft and tender),
  5. saptotsada (seven prominent marks),
  6. īṅgܱ (long fingers),
  7. ⲹٲṣṇ (heels that are long and deep),
  8. ṛjٰܲ (upright limbs),
  9. ܳٲṅg岹 (high ankles),
  10. ܰ岵dz (bristling hair),
  11. ṇeⲹᲹṅg (antelope-like calves),
  12. (arms that hang low),
  13. ṣaٲپܳⲹ (what is covered by a cloth is ensheathed),
  14. ܱṇaṇa (golden in colour),
  15. śܰ󲹱 (fine skin),
  16. 岹ṣiṇvٲ첹dz (each hair arises singly and turns to the right),
  17. ūṇlṅkṛtܰ (a circle of hair decorates his forehead),
  18. ṃhūԳٲⲹ (a torso like a lion’s),
  19. ܲṃvṛtٲ첹Ի (upper back that is even all round),
  20. Գٲṃs (between the shoulders it is firm),
  21. (his taste buds are supremely sensitive),
  22. Բⲹǻ󲹱貹ṇḍ (his (body) is well-proportioned like a banyan tree),
  23. ṣṇīṣaś첹 (he has a protuberance on the head),
  24. ūٲᾱ (his tongue is large),
  25. ṃh󲹲Գ (his jaw is like a lion’s),
  26. śܰ󲹲Գ (his jaw is fine),
  27. samadanta (his forty teeth are even),
  28. ṃsԳٲ峾 (a gait like that of a goose),
  29. aviraladanta (the teeth are without gaps),
  30. ٱṃśa岹Գٲ (the forty teeth are even),
  31. 󾱲īԱٰ (the eyes are very dark),
  32. DZ貹ṣaԱٰ (and the eyes have eyelashes like a cow’s).

3) ṣaṇa also refers to the “sixteen marks of being receptive to knowledge� (regarding the four noble truths) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 97):

  1. Being receptive to the dharma knowledge of suffering (duḥkhe dharma-jñna-kṣnti),
  2. The dharma knowledge of suffering (duḥkhe dharma-jñna),
  3. Being receptive to the conformity knowledge of suffering (duḥkhe ’nvaya-jñna-kṣnti),
  4. The conformity knowledge of suffering (duḥkhe ’nvaya-jñna);
  5. Being receptive to the dharma knowledge of arising (samudaye dharma-jñna-kṣnti),
  6. The dharma knowledge of arising (samudaye dharma-jñna),
  7. Being receptive to the conformity knowledge of arising (samudaye ’nvaya-jñna-kṣnti),
  8. The conformity knowledge of arising (samudaye ’nvaya-jñna);
  9. Being receptive to the dharma knowledge of cessation (nirodhe dharma-jñna-kṣnti),
  10. The knowledge of cessation (nirodhe dharma-jñna),
  11. Being receptive to the conformity knowledge of cessation (nirodhe ’nvaya-jñna-kṣnti),
  12. The conformity knowledge of cessation (nirodhe ’nvaya-jñna);
  13. Being receptive to the dharma knowledge of the path (mrge dharma-jñna-kṣnti),
  14. The dharma knowledge of the path (mrge dharma-jñna),
  15. Being receptive to the conformity knowledge of the path (mrge ’nvaya-jñna-kṣnti),
  16. And the conformity knowledge of the path (mrge ’nvaya-jñna).
: academia.edu: A Prayer for Rebirth in the Sukhvatī

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to “thirty-two major marks of distinction� mentioned in the 17th century Sukhvatī.—The lists of the thirty-two bodily marks of a ܰṣa (skyes bu chen po) given in the Dīghanikya (Mahpadna-sutta & Lakkhaṇa-suttanta), Lalitavistara, and ٳ󲹰ṃg do not follow the same order and contain variations.

The list given here follows the order, but not always the exact wording, of the Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ (236-67):

  1. protuberance on the top of the head (ṣṇīṣaś첹);
  2. the hair on the head curled towards the right (岹ṣiṇvٲś);
  3. a prominent forehead (ٲ);
  4. a hairy mole between the eye-brows (ūṇkś);
  5. deep blue eyes and eyelashes like a cow’s (󾱲īԱٰgopakṣma);
  6. forty teeth (ٱṃśa岹Գٲ);
  7. even teeth (samadanta);
  8. well spaced teeth (aviraladanta);
  9. bright white teeth (śܰ岹Գٲ);
  10. a perfect sense of taste ();
  11. jaws like a lion’s (ṃh󲹲Գ);
  12. a long and slender tongue (ūٲٲԳᾱ󱹲);
  13. a voice like Brahm’s (brahmasvara);
  14. an evenly rounded bust (ܲṃvṛt첹Ի);
  15. seven prominences [hands, feet, shoulders, back of the neck] (saptotsada);
  16. no indentation between the shoulders (Գٲṃs);
  17. delicate and gold-like complexion (ūṣmܱṇa󲹱);
  18. hands reaching the knees while standing and without bending (sthitnavanata);
  19. the front part of the body is like a lion’s (ṃhū󲹰ⲹ);
  20. (bodily) symmetry of the nyagrodha tree (Բⲹǻ󲹱貹ṇḍ);
  21. one clockwise curling hair to each pore (첹첹dz岹ṣiṇvٲ);
  22. body-hairs growing upwards (ū󱹲dz);
  23. male organs concealed in a sheath (śDZ貹ٲپܳⲹ);
  24. well rounded thighs (suvartitoru);
  25. concealed ankles [or Skt ?arched feet] (ܳٲṅg岹);
  26. soft and tender palms and soles (ṛdܳٲṇa󲹲ٲ岹ٲ);
  27. webbed hands and feet (屹Բ󲹳󲹲ٲ岹);
  28. long fingers and toes (īṅgܱ);
  29. palms and soles marked with wheels (ṅkٲ󲹲ٲ岹);
  30. well positioned feet (ܱپṣṭ󾱳ٲ岹);
  31. projecting heels (ⲹٲ岹ṣṇ);
  32. legs like an antelope’s (ṇeⲹᲹṅg).

The list of the eighty minor marks (ԳܱⲹñᲹԲ) also follows the order of the Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ (269-348).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Jainism glossary
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1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “five characteristics�, according to chapter 1.1 [īś-ٰ] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalkpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] Vajrabha acquired strong Tirthakṛt-body-making and family-karma by the twenty ٳԲ첹 as follows:—[...] The ninth [ٳԲ첹] is right-belief, free from the faults of doubt, etc., adorned with the qualities of firmness, etc., characterized by tranquillity, etc. [viz., ṣaṇa] [...]�.

Note: The characteristics (ṣaṇa) are: tranquillity (ś); desire for emancipation (ṃv𲵲); disgust with the world (nirveda); compassion (anukampa); faith in the principles of truth (پⲹ).�(cf. Yogaśstra 2.15.)

2) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to “marks on the body� (such as śīٲ) and represents one of the eight divisions of Nimittaśstra (“science of omens�), possibly corresponding to “the eight divisions of the science of omens� (ṣṭ󾱰첹ṇīgԳٳ), according to chapter 2.6 [ᾱٲٳ-ٰ].�(Cf. Uttardhyayana with Kamalasaṃyama’s commentary 31. 19, pp. 506-7).—See Rjendra, ṭṭṅgṇiٳٲ; Sūtrakṛtṅga 2.2. 25; Pravacanasroddhra 1405-09, p. 410.

: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) refers to the “characteristic (of the doctrine)�, according to the 11th century Jñrṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “[com.—Next he speaks about the characteristic of the doctrine (dharmaṣaṇam)]—Anything which is undesirable for oneself is not to be done to others by the actions of [body,] speech and mind, even in a dream—such is the principal characteristic of the doctrine�.

Synonym: Liṅga.

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India history and geography

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ṣaṇa.�(IA 18), the sexual parts; the male organ; cf. nirṣitavya, to be castrated. (CII 1), branding. (SII 3; SITI), a document or deed; an inscription. Note: ṣaṇa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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Biology (plants and animals)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Biology glossary
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Laksana in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Acacia farnesiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa suaveolens Salisb. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1974)
· Legum. Agric. Boliv. (1996)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (5264)
· Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical series (1937)

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—n (S) A mark. 2 An indication or a sign; a characteristic; a token, evidence, symptom; a quality or property; anything by which a matter is designated or distinguished. Ex. dhūma phil asat� ēthē� agni ŧ asē� jñna hōtē� mhaṇūna dhūma hē� la0 agni hē� ṣya; phṭakana dusaṛysa śivī dētsa hē� tujhē aṅgī� vīṭa la0 ŧ; Pr. ṃva mōṭhē� ṇi la0 ōṭĸ. 3 A definition; description of a thing through explication of its essence or enumeration of its properties. 4 In ԾԲ or pathology. The third of the five departments,--the Symptoms or concomitant derangements. 5 (Used for lavaṣaṇa) Handsomeness, comeliness. 6 S Sight or seeing.

2) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).—f S (Looking at or viewing.) The looking, aspect, or bearing (of a word or phrase); the respecting, and thus the indicating, of some sense beyond that literally and rigidly conveyed by it; metaphorical or figurative import. Ex. cōrcē bhaynē� sr gṃva paḷl ēthē� gṃva hy śabdcī la0 gṃvntīla lōkc jō samudya tyjavara hōtī.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).�n A mark; a sign; a token. A definition.

2) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा).�f The aspect or bearing (of a phrase) metaphorical or figurative import.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—[ṣyate'nena �-karaṇe lyu� Uṇdi-sūtra 3.8.]

1) A mark, token, sign, indication, characteristic, distinctive mark; वधूदुकूल� कलहंसलक्षणम् (vadhūdukūla� kalahaṃsaṣaṇam) Kumrasambhava 5.67; अनारम्भो हि कार्याणा� प्रथमं बुद्धिलक्षणम� (arambho hi kryṇṃ prathama� buddhiṣaṇam) ܲ�; उपकारापकार� हि लक्ष्य� लक्ष�- मेतयोः (upakrpakrau hi ṣya� ṣaṇa- metayo�) H.4.15; अव्याक्षेप� भविष्यन्त्या� कार्यसिद्धेर्ह� लक्षणम� (avykṣepo bhaviṣyanty� kryasiddherhi ṣaṇam) R.1.6;19.47; गर्भलक्ष� (garbhaṣaṇa) Ś.5; पुरुषलक्षणम् (puruṣaṣaṇam) 'the sign or organ of virility'.

2) A symptom (of a disease).

3) An attribute, a quality.

4) A definition, accurate description; असाधारणधर्मो लक्षणम� (asdhraṇadharmo ṣaṇam); नामधेयेन पदार्थमात्रस्याभ�- धानमुद्देश�, तत्रोद्दिष्टस्यातत्त्वव्यवच्छेदक� धर्म� लक्षणम� (madheyena padrthamtrasybhi- dhnamuddeśa�, tatrod徱ṣṭsytattvavyavacchedako dharmo ṣaṇam) Vtsyyana Bhṣya 1.1.2.

5) A lucky or auspicious mark on the body (these are considered to be 32); द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणोपेतः (屹ٰṃśaṣaṇoٲ�); लक्षणसंपन्नान्ना� गवामधः सस्न� (ṣaṇaaṃpann� gavmadha� sasnau) K.64.

6) Any mark or features of the body (indicative of good or bad luck); क्� तद्विधस्त्वं क्� � पुण्यलक्षण� (kva tadvidhastva� kva ca puṇyaṣaṇ�) Kumrasambhava 5.73; क्लेशावह� भर्तुरलक्षणाहम� (kleśvah bharturaṣaṇham) R.14.5.

7) A name, designation, appellation (oft. at the end of comp.); विदिशालक्षणा� राजधानीम् (vidiśṣaṇṃ rjadhnīm) Meghadūta 24.

8) Excellence, merit, good quality; as in आहितलक्ष� (hitaṣaṇa) R. 6.71 (where Malli. renders it by ٲṇa and quotes Ak.:-guṇai� pratīte tu kṛtaṣaṇhitaṣaṇau).

9) An aim, a scope, an object.

1) A fixed rate (as of duties); नदीतीरेषु तद्विद्यात� समुद्र� नास्ति लक्षणम� (nadītīreṣu tadvidyt samudre sti ṣaṇam) Manusmṛti 8.46.

11) Form, kind, nature.

12) Effect, operation.

13) Cause, occasion.

14) Head, topic, subject.

15) Pretence, disguise (= ṣa); प्रसुप्तलक्षणः (prasuptaṣaṇa�) Mlatīmdhava (Bombay) 7.

16) A line, spot.

17) Observation, seeing.

18) Indicatory characteristic; लक्ष्यते ये� तल्लक्षणम्, धूमो लक्षणमग्नेरिति हि वदन्ति (ṣyate yena talṣaṇam, dhūmo ṣaṇamagneriti hi vadanti) ŚB. on MS.1.1.2.

19) A chapter; धर्म� द्वादशलक्षण्या व्युत्पाद्यः (dharmo dvdaśaṣaṇy vyutpdya�).

2) A sexual organ; लक्षणं लक्षणेनै� वदनं वदने� � (ṣaṇa� ṣaṇenaiva vadana� vadanena ca) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 13.4.58.

-ṇa� 1 Name of Lakṣmaṇa.

2) The crane.

-ṇ� 1 An aim, object.

2) (In Rhet.) An indirect application or secondary signification of a word, one of the three powers of a word; it is thus defined:-मुख्यार्थबाध� तद्योग� रूढितोऽथ प्रयोजनात् � अन्योऽर्थो लक्ष्यते यत� सा लक्षणारोपिता क्रिया (mukhyrthabdhe tadyoge rūḍhito'tha prayojat | anyo'rtho ṣyate yat s ṣaṇropit kriy) K. P.2. लक्षणा शक्यसंबन्धस्तात्पर्यानुपपत्तित� (ṣaṇ� śakyasaṃbandhasttparynupapattita�) Bhṣ� P.; see S. D.13. also श्रुतिलक्षणाविषय� � श्रुतिर्न्याय्या � लक्षणा (śrutiṣaṇviṣaye ca śrutirnyyy na ṣaṇ�) ŚB. on MS.6.2.2; A. Rm.7.5.26-27.

3) A goose.

4) Name of Duryodhana's daughter.

Derivable forms: ṣaṇam (लक्षणम�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).�nt., mark (Sanskrit); (1) in ṅk屹-ūٰ 37.10 ff.; 38.5 ff., external mark, manifested aspect, of the vijñna (compare Suzuki, Studies, 183); contrasted with prabandha, q.v.; fuller expression seems to be svajti-ṣaṇa, see ṅk屹-ūٰ 38.16 ff., especially 18 f., svajtiṣaṇe punar nirudhya- mne (mss.) layavijñnanirodha� syt, suggesting that with its suppression, the laya-vijñna itself is suppressed; for the aṣṭaṣaṇa vijñna see vij° 2; (2) in پ屹Բ 513.15, 24, sauvarṇena ṣaṇena laḍḍīś (sc. of a state horse) chorayati, removes the dung with a golden� (? some sort of implement; according to Index, spoon?), perhaps shovel or the like; (3) = svabhva (2), q.v., characteristic, of existing things, there being three such, viz. parikalpita, paratan- tra, pariniṣpanna, qq.v.: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1662 (to 1665 incl.); Asaṅga (Mahyna-sūtrlaṃkra) xi.38�41 (Lévi, indice); svabhva-ṣaṇa-traya- kuśalena bhavitavyam ṅk屹-ūٰ 67.2; (4) characteristic mark of a superior person (a cakravartin or a Buddha), of which there are standardly 32 (anomalously 28 in Ҳṇḍū 353.7, aṣṭaviṃśatibhir ܰṣaṣaṇair upeto; no list). There are various lists; in Pali (lakkhaṇa), Dīghanikya (Pali) ii.17.10 ff. and iii.143.5 ff. (here followed by lengthy treat- ments of each item); Majjhimanikya (Pali) ii.136.6 ff.; in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit], Lalitavistara 105.11 ff. [Page458-1b+ 37] (here referred to as LVa) and 429.3 ff. (LVb); Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 235 ff.; ٳ󲹰ṃg (here abbreviated Dh) 83; Ҳṇḍū 399.20 ff., with valuable brief explanations of each term; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 375.9 ff., with a few brief glosses, but followed on 378.3 ff., 381.8 ff., by more extensive treatments of the various items, with a few minor variants which are mostly not recorded here; finally, Ѳ屹ٳ i.226.16 ff. = ii.29.19 ff. has, in 7 lines of verse, extremely brief one-word designations for the 32 items, in part so corrupt in the text that I have failed to identify a few items (here, Ѳ屹ٳ without reference refers to this list); again, Ѳ屹ٳ ii.304.14 ff. has a very loose, inaccurate, and incomplete list, mingled with some ԳܱⲹñᲹԲ and other extraneous materials; this is cited below by page and line when it is important. Finally, a few stray ṣaṇa are unsystematically mentioned in Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.13� 47.12, and again 50.11-51.5; they will be referred to by page and line under the appropriate items. In modern literature, correlations of various Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] lists (but without the Ҳṇḍū, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū, and Ѳ屹ٳ lists) have been recorded by Burnouf, Lotus, 558 ff.; Müller, note on ٳ󲹰ṃg 83 (but note that in a number of cases Müller here cites ٳ󲹰ṃg itself inconsistently with his own text). In Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ and LVa (as also in the stray fragmentary lists of Rṣṭraplapariṛc) the order of all other texts is reversed, so as to begin with the head instead of the feet; in citing numbers I have reversed the numbering of these two lists, to facilitate comparison with the other lists; therefore when I cite �Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 32, LVa 32�, I refer to Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ and LVa 1; �Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 31, LVa 31� means Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2, LVa 2, etc. I believe the following list is substantially correct and original, tho the precise language is not always certain; all important variants are cited. The order of the items in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] varies greatly, no two lists being alike; but the relative order in the Pali lists is, I believe, always or nearly always supported by some [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] evidence, and I see no serious reason to doubt that it represents the original; it is therefore adopted here. 1. ܱپṣṭ󾱳ٲ岹 (Pali suppatiṭṭhitapda), Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 3; [Page459-a+ 71] LVb, Ҳṇḍū, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 1; LVa 1 inserts sama before pda; Ѳ屹ٳ probably means this by 1 sam; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.304.14 sam…caraṇ� supratiṣṭhit; Dh 2 -pṇipdatala(t) for -pda. �2. adhastt pdatalayoś cakre jte�(epithets), so ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 2, similarly LVa, Ҳṇḍū 2; Pali heṭṭhpdatalesu cakkni jtni�(epithets); Ѳ屹ٳ 2 heṣṭ, also heṣṭ�Ѳ屹ٳ ii.304.16; LVb 2 compresses the epithets into a long [compound] ending cakrṅkitapdatala; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 4 cakrṅkita-hasta-pda, and so Dh 1 adding -tala and with pṇi for hasta, which, tho supported by Tibetan phyag, is only a false interpretation of adhastt or semi-MIndic heṣṭ.�3. ⲹٲ岹ṣṇ (Pali yatapaṇhi), so Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 2, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 4, Ҳṇḍū 5 (LVa 6 yata- prṣṇipda); or ⲹٲṣṇ, LVb 3, Dh 7, with Pali; Ѳ屹ٳ 4 yat.�4. īṅgܱ (Pali dīgha°), LVb 4, LVa 7, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 5, Dh 6, Ҳṇḍū (2d ed.) 6 dīrgh asyṅgulayo, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 3; Ѳ屹ٳ 3 dīrgh; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.1.�5. mṛdutaruṇahastapda (Pali mudutaluṇahatthapda); LVa 4, LVb 6; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 5 (mss. om. hasta, Tibetan phyag, for which ed. pṇi); Dh 4 and Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7 add -tala; Ҳṇḍū 7 mṛdūni…hastapdatalni; Ѳ屹ٳ 11 mṛdu; compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.10.�6. jla-(jlvanaddha-?)- hastapda; Pali jlahatthapda, to which ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 6 jla- pṇipda is closest; LVa 3, LVb 7 jlṅgulihastapda; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 6 jlvanaddha-hastapda, compare Ѳ屹ٳ ii.304.14 (com- bined with No. 1 above) jlvanaddh (caraṇ�); Dh 3 corrupt, jlbalabaddhṅgulipṇipdatala(t); Ҳṇḍū 4 hasta- pdatale jlinī (2d ed.); Ѳ屹ٳ 12 jl.�7. ucchaṅkha-(?)- pda (Pali ussaṅkha°), so Ҳṇḍū 3, and so read (ucchaṅkha) Ѳ屹ٳ 5 and Ѳ屹ٳ ii.304.19, also with Mironov Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 8; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ Kyoto ed. utsaṅga°, so LVa 5, Dh 9, and ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 7 (-caraṇa for pda); LVb 8 ucchaṅga°.�8. ṇeⲹᲹṅg (Pali eṇi-j°), so Ҳṇḍū 8, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1, Dh 11; eṇeya° LVb 10, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 8 (and Rṣṭraplapariṛc 51.3); eṇeyamṛgarjajaṅgha LVa 8; Ѳ屹ٳ 6 eṇi; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.3 eṇ�-j°; Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.12 eṇajaṅgha.�9. sthitna- vanata- Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 15, and sthito'vanata° (as Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ) LVa 15; compare Pali ṭhitako va anonamanto ubhohi pṇitalehi jaṇṇukni parimasati�; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 9 anavana- takya; LVb 12, Dh 12, Ҳṇḍū 15 ; compare Ҳṇḍū 13 anūnagtra�, (read) anunnatagtro'pariṇatagtra�; Ѳ屹ٳ(?); Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.8 anonatena kyena pṇīhi jnuk� spṛśe; compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.9 dīrgha-parigha-bhū.�10. kośopagata-vastigu- hya (Pali kosohitavatthaguyha; it seems that vattha is a mistake for vatthi, compare Pali vatthi-kosa), so Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 10, LVa 10, LVb 11; or kośagata-vas° ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 10, Ҳṇḍū 10, Dh 13; Ѳ屹ٳ 9 kośa; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.10 kośavastiguhya; Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.11 guhyakośo. �11. ܱṇaṇa (Pali suvaṇṇavaṇṇa, with appended kañcanasannibhataca, compare ǻ󾱲ٳٱū), so Dh 14; LVb 15 suvar- ṇachavi; Ҳṇḍū 29 ܱṇaṇachavi; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 15 kñcanasaṃni- bhatvac (compare Pali); Ѳ屹ٳ 22 suvarṇa; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.7 kñcana- chaviśobha; in LVa 16 and Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 16 combined with next, ūṣmܱṇa󲹱 (Lefm. adds varṇa, by em., after suvarṇa); kanakavarṇa Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.10; 51.5.�12. sūkṣma- chavi (Pali sukhumachavi), so LVb 14 (mṛdutaruṇa-sū°), Ҳṇḍū 28; Dh 15 śuklachavi(-t); for LVa and Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ see prec.; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 16 śṣṇatvt (but 379.18 sūkṣma-śṣṇa-tvacat, and 381.11 sūkṣmatvakt) tvaco rajo…vatiṣṭhate, and śṣṇa, instead of sūkṣma, is read also in Ѳ屹ٳ 16; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.14 and Rṣṭraplapariṛc 51.5 śṣṇachavī.�13. ekaikaroma (or °man; Pali ekekaloma), so LVa 12; Ҳṇḍū 30; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.15; Ѳ屹ٳ 14 ek; LVb 16 ekaikanicitaromakūpa; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 14 °rom, adding…pradakṣiṇvarta�; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 12 °roma-pradakṣiṇ�- varta�; Dh 16 岹ṣiṇvٲ첹dz(-t); compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.11; see next.�14. ūrdhvgraroma, °man (Pali uddhagga- loma), so Dh 10; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 11 ūrdhvaga-roma; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 13 ūr- dhvaṃga°; Ҳṇḍū 31 ūrdhvṅga°; Ѳ屹ٳ 15, mss. intend ūr- dhvgra or ūrdhaṃga; LVa 11 ūrdhvgrbhipradakṣiṇ�- vartarom(�); LVb 9 ūrdhavṅgadakṣiṇvartaromakūpa; see prec.�15. bṛhad-ṛju-gtra (Pali brahmujjugatta), so Ҳṇḍū 16, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 21; Ѳ屹ٳ 7 bṛhat; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.18 prahavarjugtra (corruption for brahmarj°?); Dh 8 ṛjٰܲ(-t); LVb 5 bahujanatrt, obvious corruption; not in LVa, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ (replaced, perhaps, by suvartitoru, Lefm. suvivart°, 9 in [Page459-b+ 71] both?).�16. saptotsada (Pali sattussada), LVa 18; LVb 17; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 18; Ҳṇḍū 9; Dh 5; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 17 °da-kya; Ѳ屹ٳ 20 utsad; Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.9.�17. ṃhū󲹰ⲹ (Pali sīha- pubbaddhakya), LVa 14; LVb 18; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 14; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 18; Ҳṇḍū 11; Dh 18 (°nta° for °rdha°); Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.6; probably concealed in Ѳ屹ٳ 18 or 19, corrupt.�18. Գٲṃs (or °śa, Dh; Pali citantaraṃsa), LVa, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 17; LVb 19; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū, Dh 20; Ҳṇḍū 12; probably cit to be read in Ѳ屹ٳ 17.� 19. Բⲹǻ󲹱貹ṇḍ (Pali nigrodha°), LVa, LVb, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 13; Dh 22; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 11; Ҳṇḍū 33; Ѳ屹ٳ 10 nyagrodha.� 20. ܲṃvṛtٲ첹Ի (Pali sama-vatta-kkhandha), LVa, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū, Dh 19; LVb 20; Ҳṇḍū 14 (omits su); Ѳ屹ٳ 24 sam (compare Pali); Ѳ屹ٳ ii.305.17 (omits su); Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.9 śnta- saṃvṛtta-skandha�; the erroneous spelling °saṃvṛta° in Dh, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ text (but Index and Mironov saṃvṛtta), and Ҳṇḍū (but followed in gloss by vṛttv asya skandhv…pīnau, etc.).�21. 岵(-vant? Pali rasaggasaggi); °gra- (-t) Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 23; Dh 21; °gra-vant LVa 22; LVb 25; °gra- prpta� ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 27; rasa� Ѳ屹ٳ 21; °griṇa� Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.4; in Ҳṇḍū 17 represented by kambugrīva(-t) (400.25), on which see [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. kambu; it is paraphrased by adīnakaṇṭha�, with not inferior neck, but for the real meaning see following passage cited s.v. rasaharaṇ�, proving connexion with (rasa-) rasgra, q.v.; compare also Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.9 kambu-rucira- grīv (among ṣaṇa).�22. ṃh󲹲Գ (Pali sīha°), LVa 20; LVb 21; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 11; Ҳṇḍū 18; Dh, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 25; Ѳ屹ٳ 23 sīho (or siṃho); Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.4; Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.15.�23. catvri�- śaddanta (Pali cattlīsadanta), Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 27; compare Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.5; catvriṃśatsamadanta LVb, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 22, Ҳṇḍū 19 (1st ed.); ٱṃśa岹Գٲ LVa 26; Ҳṇḍū 19 (2d ed.); not identified in Ѳ屹ٳ; compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.17; 50.17.�24. samadanta (Pali id.), Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 26; Dh 27; Ҳṇḍū 21; Ѳ屹ٳ 26 sam; for ǻ󾱲ٳٱū, LVa, LVb, see under prec.; they seem to combine the two (but note that Ҳṇḍū has this item separately, while including sama with the prec.); Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.17.�25. aviraladanta (Pali avivara°, but v.l. aviraḷa°), LVa, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 25; LVb 24; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 23; Dh 29; Ҳṇḍū 20 aviralviṣamadanta(-t); compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 50.17.� 26. suśukla-daṃṣṭra, or °danta (Pali susukkadṭha): °daṃṣṭra Ҳṇḍū 401.13 (in gloss on No. 24 above); śukra- daṃṣṭr (v.l. śܰ岹Գٲ) Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.6; °danta LVb 23; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 24; śukla-danta LVa 24; śukla-hanu(-t) Dh 26; śukl Ѳ屹ٳ 25; compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.17.�27. prabhūtajihva (Pali pahūtajivha), LVa 21; LVb 29; Dh 24; Ҳṇḍū 22 (su-pra°); ūٲٲԳᾱ󱹲 Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 21; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 26; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.7; pra- bhūt Ѳ屹ٳ 27; jihv prabhūt Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.18; 50.15.�28. brah- masvara (Pali brahmassara), LVa, Ҳṇḍū 23; LVb 26; Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 20; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 28 (with gloss kalaviṅkamanojñabhṇ�; some Pali texts gloss karavīkabhṇ�); Ѳ屹ٳ 28 brahm; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.11; not in text of Dh, but one ms. is cited in Müller's note as reading corruptly prastasvara(-t), which should doubtless be emended and adopted, deleting Dh 28 ha�- savikrntagmi(t), which is properly an ԳܱⲹñᲹԲ; compare Rṣṭraplapariṛc 47.1 brahmaghoṣ�.�29. 󾱲īԱٰ (Pali °netta), LVa, LVb 27, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 29, Dh 31; Ѳ屹ٳ 29 nīla; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.15; Ҳṇḍū 24 (2d ed.); Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 28 󾱲īԱٰ-gopakṣm, combining this with next. Cf. Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.15; 50.13.�30. go- pakṣma, or °man (Pali gopakkhuma), ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 30 °m (n. sg.), Ҳṇḍū 25 °ma�; °ma-netra LVa 28, and intended by corrupt readings LVb 28; Dh 32; Ѳ屹ٳ 30 °ma (mss.); for Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ see prec.�31. ūrṇ� bhruvntare jtvadt mṛdutūlasa�- nibh (? exact language uncertain, but Pali uṇṇ bhamu- kantare jt odt mudutūlasannibh); Pali seems sup- ported by Ѳ屹ٳ ii.306.17�18, where read bhruvntare(ṇa) …ūrṇ� hi prakśvadt (mss. cited as °ś ca vt) mṛduka-(so v.l.)-tūlasdṛś�; LVa 29 ūrṇ…bhruvor madhye jt himarajataprakś; Dh 17 ūrṇlaṃkṛtamu- khat; Ҳṇḍū 26 bhruvntare…ūrṇ� jtbhūn mṛdvī� śuddh prabhsvar himaguḍik-tuṣravarṇ�; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 32 ūrṇ…bhruvor madhye jt śvet śaṅkhasaṃnibh pra- dakṣiṇvart (compare Lalitavistara, Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ); LVa 31 (compare LVb below, LVa 29 above, ǻ󾱲ٳٱū, and Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ)…pradakṣivartakeśa�; [Page460-a+ 71] Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 29 ūṇkś� (so read), and 31 岹ṣiṇvٲś�; LVb 31 bhrūmadhye-sujtapradakṣiṇvartottaptaviśud- dhavarṇbhsorṇa(�, n. sg., [ܱī]); Ѳ屹ٳ 31 ūrṇ�. Cf. Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.14; 50.12.�32. uṣṇīṣaśīrṣa (see s.v. uṣṇīṣa; Pali uṇhīsasīsa), LVa 32; Ѳ屹ٳ 32; Ѳ屹ٳ ii.307.4; ǻ󾱲ٳٱū 31 (°ṣḥ); °śiraska(-t) Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 32; Dh 23; mūrdhni…uṣṇīṣam Ҳṇḍū 27; uṣṇīṣaśīrṣnavalokitamūrdha LVb 30; uṣṇi Rṣṭraplapariṛc 46.13; 50.11.—A few secondary insertions in individual lists are here ignored. References to the 32 ṣaṇa, usually as seen on a Buddha, are frequent, e.g. 󲹰ṇḍī첹 47.10; and see s.v. ṣa for two cases where Senart assumes, wrongly I think, that Ѳ屹ٳ substitutes that word for ṣaṇa.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—n.

(-ṇa�) 1. A mark, a spot. 2. A name, an appellation. 3. Sight, seeing. 4. An indication, a predicate, any thing by which an object is designated or distinguished. 5. A symptom or any indication of actual disease. m.

(-ṇa�) 1. The younger brother of Rama. 2. The Indian crane. f.

(-ṇ�) 1. The female of the Indian crane. 2. A goose. 3. An ellipsis, a word, &c. understood, though not inserted. 4. The force or application of a word or phrase. E. to see, to mark, aff. �; or as before, Unadi aff. na and augment; also with augment, ṣmaṇa, which in the masc. and fem. forms is the more usual reading.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—i. e. � + ana, I. n. 1. Seeing, sight. 2. A characteristic mark, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 130; [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 70; a spot. 3. A holy mark, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] 99, 7; a lucky mark, [ٲśܳٲ] in Chr. 197, 11. 4. Form, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 20, 38. 5. A name, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iii. [distich] 35 (read ٰṣaṇam, called ٰ). 6. An indication, a definition, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 1, 112. 7. Settlement, 8, 406. 8. A symptom of actual disease. Ii. m. 1. The Indian crane. 2. A proper name. Iii. f. . 1. Metonymy, as distinguished from a word’s literal meaning, [Vedntasra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 212, 16; Bhṣp. 81. Cf. 󾱳ٲⲹ, Darp. ii. 2. The female of the Indian crane. 3. A goose.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�).—[adjective] = [preceding] [adjective]; [feminine] aim, goal, indirect indication ([rhetorie]).

� [neuter] mark, sign, token, characteristic, attribute, lucky or favourable mark, the genitals; accurate description, definition, designation, appellation, name, kind, species; aim, intention, direction; cause, occasion; adj. —� appearing as, relating to.

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ṣaṇa (लाक्षण).—[adjective] knowing characteristic signs or marks.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Taitt. See Svaraṣaṇa.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�):—[from ] mfn. indicating, expressing indirectly, [Vedntasra]

2) [v.s. ...] m. Ardea Sibirica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [Rjataraṅgiṇī] (often confounded with, ṣmaṇa)

4) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा):—[from ṣaṇa > �] a f. See sub voce

5) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�):—[from ] n. (ifc. f(). ) a mark, sign, symbol, token, characteristic, attribute, quality (ifc. = ‘marked or characterized by�, ‘possessed of�), [Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata] etc.

6) [v.s. ...] n. a stroke, line ([especially] those drawn on the sacrificial ground), [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]

7) [v.s. ...] a lucky mark, favourable sign, [Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra; Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata] etc.

8) [v.s. ...] a symptom or indication of disease, [Catalogue(s)]

9) [v.s. ...] a sexual organ, [Mahbhrata xiii, 2303]

10) [v.s. ...] a spoon (?), [پ屹Բ]

11) [v.s. ...] accurate description, definition, illustration, [Manu-smṛti; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Suśruta]

12) [v.s. ...] settled rate, fixed tariff, [Manu-smṛti viii, 406]

13) [v.s. ...] a designation, appellation, name (ifc. = ‘named�, ‘called�), [Manu-smṛti; Mahbhrata; Kvya literature]

14) [v.s. ...] a form, species, kind, sort (ifc.= ‘taking the form of�, ‘appearing as�), [Manu-smṛti; Śaṃkarcrya; Bhgavata-purṇa]

15) [v.s. ...] the act of aiming at, aim, goal, scope, object (ifc. = ‘concerning�, ‘relating to�, ‘coming within the scope of�), [Atharvaveda-prtiśkhya; Yjñavalkya; Mahbhrata; Bhgavata-purṇa]

16) [v.s. ...] reference, quotation, [Pṇini 1-4, 84]

17) [v.s. ...] effect, operation, influence, [ib. i, 1, 62 etc.]

18) [v.s. ...] cause, occasion, opportunity, [Rmyaṇa; Daśakumra-carita]

19) [v.s. ...] observation, sight, seeing, [Horace H. Wilson]

20) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा):—[from ] b f. aiming at, aim, object, view, [Harivaṃśa]

21) [v.s. ...] indication, elliptical expression, use of a word for another word with a cognate meaning (as of ‘head� for ‘intellect�), indirect or figurative sense of a word (one of its three Arthas; the other two being 󾱻 or proper sense, and ⲹñᲹ or suggestive s°; with srop, the placing of a word in its figurative sense in apposition to another in its proper s°), [󾱳ٲⲹ-darpaṇa; Kvyaprakśa; Bhṣpariccheda] etc.

22) [v.s. ...] the female of the Ardea Sibirica (= ṣmaṇ�), [Suśruta]

23) [v.s. ...] a goose, [Uṇdi-sūtra iii, 7 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

24) [v.s. ...] Name of an Apsaras, [Mahbhrata; Harivaṃśa]

25) ṣaṇa (लाक्षण):—mf(ī)n. ([from] ṣaṇa) relating to or acquainted with characteristic signs or marks, [Atharvaveda-prtiśkhya [Scholiast or Commentator]]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ṣaṇa (लक्ष�):�(ṇa�) 1. n. Mark, sign; name; sight; the young brother of Rma, Indian crane. m. f. (ṇ�) Crane; goose; ellipsis.

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Hindi dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Hindi glossary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�) [Also spelled lakshan]:�(nm) a symptom; indication; trait, characteristic feature, characteristic mark; ~[vijñna] semiology; ~[vijñnī] semiologist; ~[vaijñnika] semiological; —[dikhī paḍa] to be on the horizon.

2) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा):�(nf) indirect, implied or figurative sense of a word; ~[ū첹] arising out of [ṣaṇ�;] hence ~[ū첹t] (nf); —[śپ] the wordpower of indirect or implied or figurative expression.

3) ṣaṇa (लाक्षण):�(a) pertaining to or related with a [ṣaṇa].

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ṣaṇa (ಲಕ್ಷ�):�

1) [noun] a mark; a symbol; an indication; a sign.

2) [noun] a distinguishing feature or quality; a characteristic.

3) [noun] the spots or black portions on the disc of the moon.

4) [noun] a mark on the body that enhances the beauty or which is considered as auspicious, lucky etc.

5) [noun] any sign or indiacation of a disease; a symptom.

6) [noun] beauty; lovelines; charm.

7) [noun] a series of comments, explanations or annotations; a commentary.

8) [noun] the look or outward aspect of a person or thing; appearance.

9) [noun] an aim, purpose or intention.

10) [noun] the figurative sense of a word.

11) [noun] (yoga.) the condition of the mind that culminates or results in self-absorption.

12) [noun] the act of interpreting the characteristics, future etc based on the physical features of a person, animal, etc.

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ṣaṇa (ಲಕ್ಷ�):—[noun] a device used for cutting or trimming the nails; a nail-cutter.

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Nepali dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Lakshana in Nepali glossary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) ṣaṇa (लक्ष�):—n. 1. symptom; 2. sign; mark; symbol; 3. sign of good or bad omen; 4. definition; 5. good qualities or merits; 6. manner; trait; demeanor; behavior;

2) ṣaṇ� (लक्षणा):—n. Rhet. allegory;

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