Cakas, Ca: 9 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chakas.
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryCa (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 DictionaryCa (चकास�).—[(�) ṛ] r. 2nd cl. (پ) To shine. adā jakṣ� para-aka-se� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryCa (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 DictionaryCa (चकास�).�پ shine, beam.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 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 DictionaryCa (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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Starts with: Cakasanem, Cakasayat, Cakasita, Cakasram, Cakasranamam, Cakasranamarccanai, Cakasrapeti, Cakasraracakkaram, Cakasrarattattu, Cakastirapeti, Cakastiratcan.
Full-text: Samcakas, Cakasita, Jagajaga, Abhicakash, Abhyasta, Velu.
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Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)