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Iksh, Īk�: 9 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Īk� can be transliterated into English as Iks or Iksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Īk� (ईक्ष�).�1 Ā. (īṣaٱ, īkṣāñcakre, ṣiṣṭ, īṣiٳܳ, īkṣitvā, īṣiٲ)

1) To see, behold, view, perceive, observe, look or gaze at.

2) To regard, consider, look upon; सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानम� (ūٲٳ󲹳ٳԲ)... ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्म� (īṣaٱ yogayuktātmā) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 6.29.

3) To take into account, care for; नाभिजनमीक्षत� (ᲹԲīṣaٱ) K.14; � कामवृत्तिर्वचनीयमीक्षत� (na kāmavṛttirvacanīyamīṣaٱ) Kumārasambhava 5.82.

4) To think, reflect; � ऐक्ष� लोकान्नु सृजै (sa aikṣata lokānnu sṛjai) Ait. Up.1.1. तत्तेज ऐक्ष� बह� स्या� प्रजायेय (tatteja aikṣata bahu syā� prajāyeya) Ch. Up. 6.2.3.

5) To require; नाभ्यासक्रममीक्षत� (īṣaٱ) ʲñٲԳٰ (Bombay) 1.151.

6) To look to, or to investigate, the good or bad luck of any one (with dat. of the person); कृष्णा� ईक्षते गर्ग� (kṛṣṇāya īṣaٱ garga�) Sk. (śubhāśubha� paryālocayati) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.76. -With अध� (adhi) to suspect; सत्येऽप्यपायमधीक्षत� (ٲ'ⲹⲹīṣaٱ) H.4.12 v. l.

-anvava 1 to see, behold.

2) to consider.

3) to care for, take into account.

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

Īk� (ईक्ष�).—[īkṣa] r. 1st cl. (īṣaٱ) To see. It most usually occurs compounded with one or other of the prepositions, as with apa, to expect; with abhi, to gaze at; with ava, to inspect; with ut or upa, to expect or await; with upa, to abandon; with nir, to see; with pari, to try, to test, to assay; with pra, to see, to resemble, or look like; with vi, to inspect; with prati, 1. to took for, to expect, 2. to venerate; with sam, to compare, to contrast, to select; with prati and ut, to look up at.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Īk� (ईक्ष�).� (like in 1. ṣa, a desider. of a lost vb., see ṣa), i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry also [Parasmaipada.], Mahābhārata 15. 826). 1. To look, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 25, 148. To behold, [Śśܱ] 9, 61. To perceive, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 6, 29. 2. To mind, [Kumāraṃbhava, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 82; īṣiٲ, n. A look, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 44.

� With the prep. adhi adhi, To suspect, [ᾱٴDZ貹ś] iv. [distich] 101 (satye py apāyam adhīṣaٱ, Suspects injury even in truth).

� With apa apa, 1. To see, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 42, 6. 2. To mind, [ʲñٲԳٰ] v. [distich] 61. To pay regard to, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 17, 12. 3. To intend, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 215, 13. 4. To require, Bhāṣāp. 63. 5. To expect, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 66. -ṣiٲ, adj. 1. Not minded, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 309; unregarded, [ٲśܳٲ] in Chr. 193, 3. 2. Regardless, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 34, 15.

� With vyapa vi-apa, 1. To look back, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 86, 22. 2. To mind, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 19, 6.

� With ava ava, 1. To look at, Mahābhārata 1, 5923; [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 50, 11 (ṣy-ṣy, ever pursuing with his eyes). 2. To perceive, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 45, 5. 3. To consider, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 7, 10. 4. To mind, Mahābhārata 2, 2158; to regard, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 7, 48. ܲ-ṣiٲ, n. An unsuitable look, Mahābhārata 3, 14669. -ṣiٲ, adj. Well pondered, [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 31, 5.

� With anvava anu-ava, 1. To look at, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 64, 9. 2. To look round, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 16, 38. 3. To perceive, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 3, 5. 4. To reflect, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 6, 65.

� With abhyava abhi-ava, To look at, Mahābhārata 2, 2686.

� With nyava ni-ava, To ponder, Mahābhārata 12, 4975.

� With nirava nis-ava, To perceive, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 86, 1.

� With paryava pari-ava, To regard(?), Mahābhārata 14, 636.

� With pratyava prati-ava, 1. To look at, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 39, 1. 2. To inspect one after the other, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 80, 21. 3. To mind, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 32, 34.

� With samava sam -ava, 1. To look at, [Ṛtܲṃh] 6, 17; to behold, Mahābhārata 4, 218. 2. To consider, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 78, 4. 3. To reflect, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 50, 10. 4. To pay regard to, [峾ⲹṇa] 4. 19, 2.

� With ud ud, 1. To look up to, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 30, 12. 2. To look at, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 77. 3. To see, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 22, 7. 4. To wait, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 90; to expect, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 109, 5.

� With abhyud abhi-ud, To look at, [峾ⲹṇa] 6, 11, 2.

� With pratyud prati -ud, To look at, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 9, 19.

� With samud sam-ud, 1. To look, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 73, 3. 2. To perceive, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 2, 1. 3. To look up to one, Chr. 3, 7.

� With upa upa, 1. To look at, [Nala] 22, 5. 2. To pay regard to, Chr. 55, 5. 3. To examine, [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 29, 29. 4. To descry, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 29, 4. 5. To overlook, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 66. 11; [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 23, 16; to disregard, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 47; to neglect, [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 17, 5. 6. To let escape, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 8, 344.

� With abhyupa abhi-upa, To forsake, Mahābhārata 16, 160.

� With samupa sam-upa, To neglect, Mahābhārata 2, 1960.

� With nis nis, 1. To behold, Mahābhārata 2, 2463. 2. To look at, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 4, 38. 3. To look about, [ʲñٲԳٰ] iv. [distich] 63, 64 (pass. on account of the metre). 4. To perceive, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 2, 19. 5. To consider, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 84, 5.

� With ṃnis sam-nis, To perceive, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 21, 55.

� With pari pari, 1. To look round, [峾ⲹṇa] 5, 17, 2. 2. To examine, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 9, 14 3. To perceive, [Ჹٲṅgṇ�] 5, 109. a-parīṣiٲ, adj. Inconsiderate, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 15, 5; foolish, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 14, 20.

� See ku-; su-, adj. Well considered, [ʲñٲԳٰ] v. [distich] 16. ṣpīṣy, i. e. ܲ-貹īṣy, adj. Difficult to be examined, Mahābhārata 3, 12481. Comp. absol. -貹īṣy, Without due consideration, [ʲñٲԳٰ] v. [distich] 16. [Causal.] 貹īṣaⲹ, To cause to be examined, [Բ󲹰śٰ] 7, 194.

� With pra pra, 1. To look at, [峾ⲹṇa] 2, 97, 13. 2. To suffer patiently, Mahābhārata 3, 526. 3. To perceive, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 23, 11. ṣiٲ n. A look, Daśak in Chr. 190, 15. ṣaṇīy, Worthy to be looked at, [Իǰ岵Բ] 5, 13.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Īk� (ईक्ष�).�īṣaٱ (īṣaپ), [participle] īṣiٲ (q.v.) look, view, behold, perceive, see (l.&[feminine]), consider, regard, expect; *tell fortune to ([dative]). [Causative] īṣaⲹپ cause to look at ([accusative]).

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

1) Īk� (ईक्ष�):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] īṣaٱ, īṣāṃ- ([Pāṇini 1-3, 63]), īṣiṣyٱ, ṣiṣṭ, īṣiٳܳ, to see, look, view, behold, look at, gaze at;

—to watch over (with [accusative] or rarely [locative case]), [Atharva-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Manu-smṛti; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to see in one’s mind, think, have a thought, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata; Bhagavad-gītā] etc.;

—to regard, consider, [Kumāra-sambhava];

—to observe (the stars etc.), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-ṃhitā];

—to foretell for ([dative case]; [literally] to observe the stars for any one), [Pāṇini 1-4, 39] :—[Causal] īṣaⲹپ, to make one look at (with [accusative]), [Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] (This root is perhaps connected with ṣi q.v.)

2) (also) to be seen, [Jātakamālā]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Īk� (ईक्ष�):�īṣaٱ 1. d. To see. With apa or ut to expect; with abhi to gaze at; with ava to inspect; with upa to overlook; with nir to see; with pari to test; with pra to look like; with vi to inspect; with prati to look for; with to compare; with prati and ut to look up at.

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

Īk� (ईक्ष�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ikkha, Ī.

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