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Kakshivat, Kakṣīva�, ṣīv, ṣīv: 3 definitions

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Kakshivat 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.

The Sanskrit terms Kakṣīva� and ṣīv and ṣīv can be transliterated into English as Kaksivat or Kakshivat, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kakshivat in Purana glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Kakṣīva� (कक्षीवट�).—A rājaṛṣi becoming a Brāhmaṇa.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 91. 117.

1b) The son born of Dīrghatamas to Bali's slave girl: Followed his father Gautama afterwards to Girivraja (Giripraja, Vāyu-purāṇa) and got engaged in tapas. Attained Brahmahood at the place with his brother Cakṣus. Father of 1000 sons known as Kūṣmāṇḍa Gautamas and Kṛṣṇāṅgas.1 A Գٰṛt and of the Aṅgirasa branch.2

  • 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 71, 95 & 99; Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 70, 93-7.
  • 2) Matsya-purāṇa 145. 105; Vāyu-purāṇa 59. 102.

2a) ṣīv (कक्षीवत�).—A sage who called on Bhīṣma on his death bed.1 An Aṅgiras and a Գٰṛt; a ṣaٰDZٲ屹Ჹ.2

  • 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa 1. 9. 7.
  • 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 32. 111; III. 66. 88.

2b) A pupil of Pauṣpiñji.*

  • * Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 6. 6.

3) ṣīv (काक्षीवत�).—A son born to the waiting woman of Sudeṣṇā and Dīrghaṭamas. By austerities at Girivraja, reached Brāhmaṇahood. Father of 1000 sons by name Kauṣmāṇḍas and Gautamas.*

  • * Matsya-purāṇa 48. 63, 84-8.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) 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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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Kakshivat in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ṣīv (कक्षीवत�).�m. [첹ṣy- Mahābhārata on P.VI.1.37] Name of a renowned Ṛiṣi, sometimes called Pajriya; author of several hymns of the ṻ岹; कक्षीवन्त� � औशिज� (kakṣīvanta� ya auśija�) ṻ岹 1.18.1

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

1) ṣīv (कक्षीवत�):—[from 첹ṣa] m. (for 첹ṣy-, [Kāśikā-vṛtti on Pāṇini 8-2, 12]), Name of a renowned Ṛṣi (sometimes called Pajriya; he is the author of several hymns of the Ṛg-veda, and is fabled as a son of Uśij and Dīrgha-tamas), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] (antas) the descendants of ṣīv, [Ṛg-veda i, 126, 4.]

3) ṣīv (काक्षीवत�):—[from ṣīv] = 첹ṣīv, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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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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