Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śakta शक्त – able; capable

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

able; capable

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śakta ·a. able, capable, competent (instr., gen., dat., loc., acc. w. prati, infin., or --°); strong, mighty, important, rich, opulent.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Śakta, as, ā, am, able, capable, competent (with inf. or with loc. in the sense of an inf., e. g. śaktaḥ pari-rakṣitum or śaktaḥ pari-rakṣaṇe, able to preserve); strong, mighty, powerful; one who has the power of giving, opulent, rich (Manu XI. 9); significant, expressive; speaking kindly or pleasantly (= priyaṃ-vada); clever, diligent, attentive, in- tent.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

1. śakta (partic. von 1. śak) 1〉 adj. a〉 vermögend, im Stande seiend, Etwas könnend, fähig AK. 3,4,12,47. AK. 3,4,23,144 TRIK. 3,1,14. H. 491. H. 1263. HALĀY. 2,231. M. 2,109. M. 4,34. M. 10,129. M. 11,9. YĀJÑ. 1,28. YĀJÑ. 2,116. YĀJÑ. 2,209. YĀJÑ. 2,300. MBH. 1,6853. KAP. 1,118 (SĀṂKHYAK. 9.). Spr. (II) 1775. Spr. (II) (I) 2928. RĀJA-TAR. 5,457. lokānnāvārayan śaktā api BHĀG. P. 4,14,40. śaktatara PAÑCAT. 57,16. ati˚ R. 2,29,6. aśakta (aśaktá = aśakti P. 5,4,21, v. l.) M. 11,224. YĀJÑ. 2,209. R. 1,76,3. R. 2,63,40. Spr. (II) 709. fgg. Mit einer Ergänzung: α〉 mit einem instr.: bhrātṝṇāṃ yastu neheta dhanaṃ śaktaḥ svakarmaṇā wenn er solches durch seine Arbeit (zu thun) vermöchte M. 9,207. karmaṇā R. 2,23,13. — β〉 mit einem gen. der Person: gewachsen, Macht habend über: śakto 'haṃ rākṣasasya MBH. 3,11504. R. 3,29,19. R. 4,16,45. KATHĀS. 45,100. mit einem gen. der Sache: śaktāhaṃ nāsya khedasya VARĀH. BṚH. S. 32,4. — γ〉 mit einem dat. der Person: śakto mallo mallāya P. 2,3,16, Vārtt. 2, Schol. mit einem nom. act. im dat.: śaktaścarantamugraṃ pratidhāvanāya (pratibādhanāya ed. Bomb.) MBH. 8,3398. aśaktā trāṇāya MBH. 1,8432. upakārāya MĀRK. P. 19,5. — δ〉 mit prati und acc. der Person: na ca śaktastvamimaṃ prati KATHĀS. 45,400. — ε〉 mit einem infin. M. 9,10. MBH. 1,5960. MBH. 1,6142. MBH. 1,6765. MBH. 1,6880. MBH. 2,736. MBH. 3,133. MBH. 3,1442. MBH. 3,2614. MBH. 3,12275. Spr. 5010. R. 1,33,9. R. 1,58,4. R. 2,27,14. R. 2,39,6. R. 2,74,28. R. 3,54,27. ŚĀK. 36. ŚĀK. 74. VIKR. 72. SARVADARŚANAS. 55,16. PAÑCAT. 69,17. aśakta M. 8,154. MBH. 1,1115. R. 2,45,30. HIT. 30,3. mit einem aus dem Vorhergehenden zu erganzenden infin.: naitatkartuṃ kṣamā vayam . yo vā śaktaḥ sa kurutām KATHĀS. 18,142. DAŚAK. 80,15. — ζ〉 mit einem loc.: yatra yacchaktam SARVADARŚANAS. 150,12. karmaṇi M. 8,388. Spr. (II) 2480. mantrasaṃvaraṇe śaktāḥ śaktāḥ sūkṣmāsu buddhiṣu R. 1,7,9. rakṣaṇapoṣaṇe MBH. 1,6150. MBH. 1,6234. MBH. 3,2263. MBH. 3,8773. R. 1,13,50. R. 1,58,5. R. 3,4,35. Spr. 3214. Spr. 5076. RĀJA-TAR. 8,2281. tasya sāhāyake KATHĀS. 73,270. aśaktā grahaṇe MBH. 1,5569. MBH. 1,8433. Spr. (II) 2702. — η〉 mit der Ergänzung componirt: yāvadvittopārjanaśaktaḥ Spr. 4482. KATHĀS. 91,9. — b〉 angeblich = śakita (s. u. 1. śak am Ende) KĀŚ._zu_P. 7,2,17. VOP. 26,110. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Manasyu MBH. 1,3697.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. śakta fehlerhaft für sakta, z. B. SĀṂKHYAK. 40 (asakta bei WILSON). DAŚAK. 140,7.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

śakta — 1〉 Adj. s. u. 1. śak. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Sohnes des Manasyu.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śakta p. p. [śak-kta] 1 Able, capable, competent (with gen. or loc. or inf.); bahavo'sya karmaṇaḥ śaktāḥ Ve. 3; tasyopakāre śaktastvaṃ kiṃ jīvan kimutānyathā ibid. 2 Strong, mighty, powerful. 3 Rich, opulent; Ms. 11. 9. 4 Significant, expressive, conveying a meaning by denotation ( abhidhā or śakti) and not by indication (lakṣaṇā) (as a word). 5 Clever, intelligent. 6 Speaking kindly or agreeably.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

śakta s. śak.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

śakta śakta (pp., sens actif, de śak) qui peut; na kaścit tat kartuṃ śaktas personne n'est capable de faire cela; avec le 1. na kaścana nivāranebhavac chaktas personne ne pouvait empêcher.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 2.72-2.78: Kevala Kumbhaka 1 occurrence

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