Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śikṣā शिक्षा – instruction

substantive feminine

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

instruction

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

śikṣā ·f. ability, cleverness, skill, art, knowledge, instruction; esp. the science of the grammatical elements.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Śikṣā, f. desire of being able to effect anything, wish to prevail (Kirāt. XV. 37); learning, study, the acquisition of knowledge; teaching, instruction, training, discipline; the science which teaches proper pronunciation and especially the laws of euphony peculiar to the Veda, (one of the six Vedāṅgas; see vedāṅga); modesty, humility, diffidence; giving, bestowing (Ved., see rt. 1. śak); the plant Bignonia Indica.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

śikṣā (von 1. śikṣ) f. gaṇa chattrādi zu P. 4,4,62. 1〉 Kenntniss, Kunst, Fertigkeit, Geschicklichkeit BHĀG. P. 2,7,46. na darśayeyuḥ svāṃ śikṣām MBH. 1,5314. asiyuddhe u. s. w. MBH. 1,5520. nānāśikṣāsu bodhitāḥ MBH. 1,4356. MBH. 3,12585. HARIV. 7507. HARIV. 12154. śikṣayā kunstgerecht HARIV. 5096. HARIV. 5111. HARIV. 5624. HARIV. 6869. R. 6,76,40. instr. pl. dass. MBH. 6,1765. snānaśikṣājña (so ed. Bomb.) R. 2,65,8. abhūcca namraḥ praṇipātaśikṣayā RAGH. 3,25. RAGH. 9,63. aśva˚ die Kunst mit Pferden umzugehen MBH. 4,63. gaja˚ MBH. 1,4355. nāga˚ MBH. 5,5209. haya˚ MBH. 14,2319. hasti˚ MṚCCH. 1,15. krama˚ MBH. 1,2885. nyāya˚ MBH. 1,67. Spr. (II) 5815. — 2〉 Unterricht, Unterweisung, Vorschrift, Lehre; = kriyā AK. 3,4,24,158. = upadeśana SĀH. D. 503. — ŚĀṄKH. BR. 12,6. TAITT. UP. S. 42. yasya śikṣāmupāsate MBH. 8,327. śikṣārtham MBH. 13,4991 (nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb., fehlerhaft śiṣṭārtham ed. Calc.). R. 4,54,7. RĀJA-TAR. 2,118. BHĀG. P. 4,22,59. ˚daṇḍa eine als Lehre dienende Strafe BHĀG. P. 26,21. BHĀG. P. 7,5,53. SARVADARŚANAS. 35,8. lalitābhinayasya MĀLAV. 67. vīṇāyā gaṇaśarmāṇaṃ śikṣārambhamakārayat KATHĀS. 49,47. hṛdaye kuśalairviniveśitā . śikṣā Spr. (II) 2802. yaugaṃdharāyaṇaprāttaśikṣā adj. KATHĀS. 33,12. dattaśikṣā (adj.) vāsavadattayā 19. dattakartavyaśikṣā adj. KATHĀS. 61,194. ityādiśikṣāṃ dattvā Z. d. d. m. G. 14,571,15. rājyārambhe 'nuyuktena bhīmādevena dhīmatā . ukte śubhāvahe śikṣe dve sa mantravadasmarat .. RĀJA-TAR. 8,45. yacchikṣayā durch deren Unterweisung Spr. (II) 4676. BHĀG. P. 1,5,36. — 3〉 die Lehre von den grammatischen Elementen, eine Hilfswissenschaft zum Veda und Titel besonderer Schriften, Einleitung zu NIR. S. XVI. TS. PRĀT. S. 435. AK. 1,1,5,4. H. 250. VS. PRĀT. 1,29. MUṆḌ. UP. 1,1,5. gaṇa kramādi zu P. 4,2,61. ṛgayanādi zu P. 4,3,73. Ind. St. 1,13. fg. Ind. St. 1,16. Ind. St. 2,211. fg. Ind. St. 3,260. Ind. St. 4,118. fg. Ind. St. 4,125. Ind. St. 4,345. fgg. Ind. St. 8,192. fg. Ind. St. 10,433. HARIV. 1049. HARIV. 1304. VP. 284. Comm. zu TS. PRĀT. 1,1 u. s. w. LALIT. ed. Calc. 179,4. Verz. d. B. H. 376. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 386,a, No. 502. fg. ˚sūtra Verz. d. Oxf. H. 169,a,14. — 4〉 Bignonia indica ŚABDAM._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. manaḥ˚, raṇa˚, ratha˚, varṇa˚, śastra˚, śaikṣa.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

śikṣā f. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 Kenntniss, Kunst, Fertigkeit, Geschicklichkeit, — in (Loc. oder im Comp. vorangehend). Instr. Sg. und Pl. kunstgerecht. — 2〉 Unterricht, Unterweisung, Vorschrift, Lehre. — 3〉 Züchtigung Comm. zu NYĀYAM. 6,7,2. — 4〉 die Lehre von den grammatischen Elementen, eine Hülfswissenschaft zum Veda und Titel besonderer Schriften. — 5〉 *Bignonia indica.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

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śikṣā [śikṣ-bhābe a] 1 Learning, study, acquisition of knowledge; śikṣāviśeṣalaghuhastatayā nimeṣāt R. 9. 63. 2 Desire of being able to do anything, wish to prevail; Ki. 15. 37. 3 Teaching, instruction, training; kāvyajaśikṣayā'byāsaḥ K. P. 1; abhūcca namraḥ praṇipātaśikṣayā R. 3. 25; M. 4. 9. 4 One of the six Vedāngas, the science which teaches the proper pronunciation of words and laws of euphony. 5 Modesty, humility. 6 Science; raṇaśikṣā ‘military science'. 7 Giving, bestowing (Ved.) Comp. — karaḥ 1 a teacher, an instructor. 2 N. of Vyāsa. — guruḥ a religious preceptor. — naraḥ an epithet of Indra. — śaktiḥ f. skill.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

śikṣā f. Unterweisung, Lehre (bes. die Lehre von den grammatischen Ele- menten), Kenntnis, Kunst, Geschicklichkeit in (Loc. o. —˚).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

śikṣā f. étude; science acquise; exercice, méthode que l'on suit. Un des 6 vedāṅgas, cf. aṅga. Bignonia indica, bot.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 3.26-3.31: Mahāvedha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 2.32-2.34: Inneres Feuer 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.101-4.104: Bindu-Siddhi 1 occurrence

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