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Cakas, Ca: 9 definitions

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Cakas 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chakas.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ca (चकास�).�2 P. (Rarely Ā.) (پ-ste, āñcakāra, aīt, ita)

1) To shine, be bright; गण्डश्चण्ड� चकास्त� नीलनलिनश्रीमोचन� लोचनम् (gaṇḍaścaṇḍi پ nīlanalinaśrīmocana� locanam) Gītagovinda 1; चकासतं चारुचमूरुचर्मण� (ata� cārucamūrucarmaṇ�) Śiśupālavadha 1.8; Bhaṭṭikāvya 3.37.

2) (Fig.) To be happy or prosperous; वितन्वति क्षेममदेवमातृकाश्चिराय तस्मिन� कुरवश्चकासते (vitanvati kṣemamadevamātṛścirāya tasmin kuravaśate) Kirātārjunīya 1.17. -Caus. To cause to shine, illuminate; Śiśupālavadha 3.6. With वि (vi) to shine, be bright.

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

Ca (चकास�).—[(�) ṛ] r. 2nd cl. (پ) To shine. adā jakṣ� para-aka-se� .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ca (चकास�).� (cf. ś), ii. 2, [Parasmaipada.] To shine, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 24, 9 (with ś instead of s, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 19, 14).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ca (चकास�).�پ shine, beam.

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

1) Ca (चकास�):�1. (cf.ś) [class] 2. [Parasmaipada] پ (3 [plural] sati, [Pāṇini 6-1, 6; Bhāgavata-purāṇa v; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; p. sat, [Śiśupāla-vadha i, 8; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 19, 14]; [imperfect tense] , 2. sg. or , [Pāṇini 8-2, 73 f.; Kāśikā-vṛtti]; [imperative] , [25; Kāraṇḍa-vyūha 1] [Patañjali]; , [Patañjali] [on, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha 3]]; [perfect tense] ā� cakāra [vi, 4, 112; Siddhānta-kaumudī] [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]; [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ? 3. [dual number] caśete, [Mahābhārata iii, 438; viii, 2328]),

—to shine, be bright:—[Causal] ayati ([Aorist] acaat or ī, [Pāṇini 7-4, 81; Siddhānta-kaumudī]),

—to cause to shine, make bright, [Śiśupāla-vadha iii, 6.]

2) 2. mfn. shining, [Pāṇini 8-2, 73; Kāśikā-vṛtti]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ca (चकास�):�(la) پ 2. a. To shine.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ca (चकास�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jagajaga.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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