Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

apekṣā अपेक्षा – regard; attention; expectation

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

regard; attention; expectation

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

apekṣā ·f. regard, attention, expectation, consideration; often adj. --° regarding, expecting, requiring. Instr. with regard or in proportion to (--°).

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

apekṣā (wie eben) f. 1〉 das Sichumsehen, s. anapekṣa 1. — 2〉 Beachtung, Berücksichtigung, Betracht; das obj. im loc.: apekṣā bhikṣāyāmapi ŚĀNTIŚ. 4,15. geht im comp. voran: āḥ pañcaśaraḥ kusumadhanvā kāmo jetavya ityatrāpi śastragrahaṇāpekṣā PRAB. 72,12. jīvitāpekṣayā in Rücksicht auf das Leben R. 3,27,3. kāryakaraṇāpekṣayā PAÑCAT. 40,16. PAÑCAT. 152,22. prathamasukṛtāpekṣayā MEGH. 17. niyamāpekṣayā RAGH. 1,94. tādṛśādayo rūḍhā iti na darśanakriyāpekṣāsti P. 3,2,60, Sch. apekṣayā mit jeglicher Rücksicht, mit der grössten Umsicht: alabdhaṃ caiva lipseta labdhaṃ rakṣedapekṣayā HIT. II, 7. = M. 7,99 (wo prayatnataḥ für apekṣayā): anapekṣa keine Rücksichten nehmend R. 5,61,19. Am Ende eines adj. comp. nach einem subst.: mit einer Rücksicht auf Etwas verbunden: daṇḍam — śaktyapekṣam eine Strafe mit Rücksicht auf das Vermögen YĀJÑ. 2,26. strīliṅganirdeśo 'rthāpekṣaḥ P. 4,1,115, Sch. sarvadhurāditi nirdeśastu prātipadikāpekṣaḥ P. 4,4,78, Sch. SIDDH. K._zu_P. 1,1,34. śarīrasādhanāpekṣaṃ nityaṃ yatkarma tadyamaḥ AK. 2,7,48. — 3〉 Erwartung, das Verlangen, Erforderniss: nirapekṣa adj. ohne irgend ein Verlangen M. 6,41. M. 6,49. mit dem loc.: nirapekṣāsmi jīvite R. 4,19,19. anapekṣa = nirapekṣa BHAG. 12,16. vahniredhāpekṣa iva wie Feuer, das auf Holz wartet ŚĀK. 174. yatnāpekṣaṃ manoratham ein Verlangen, das Anstrengung erheischt, RAGH. (ed. Calc.) 1,80.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

apekṣā 1〉 randhrāpekṣeṇa mṛtyunā lauernd auf Spr. 4818. — 2〉 tvadapekṣayā aus Rücksicht für dich DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 187,6. sthūlaprapañcāpekṣayā in Betracht von so v. a. im Verhältniss —, im Vergleich zu VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 63. ˚buddhi BHĀṢĀP. 106. fg. kālāpekṣa, kriyāpekṣa, arthāpekṣa adjj. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 267,a,40. — 3〉 Erwartung VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 104. nirantarasukhāpekṣā hṛdaye yadi vidyate ein Verlangen nach Spr. 1597. vīrasācivyasāpekṣa erfordernd KATHĀS. 75,35.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

apekṣā -kṣaṇaṃ 1 Expectation, hope, desire. 2 Need, requirement, necessity; nirapekṣa without hope or need, regardless of; sāpekṣatve'pi gamakatvātsamāsaḥ; anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣaḥ Bg. 12. 16; or in comp.; sphuliṃgāvasthayā vahniredhāpekṣa iva sthitaḥ Ś. 7. 15 awaiting kindling. 3 Consideration, reference, regard, with the obj. in loc. case; more usually in comp.; madhyabhaṃgānapekṣaṃ Ratn. 1. 17 regardless of; the instr. and sometimes loc. of this word frequently occur in comp. meaning ‘with reference to’, ‘out of regard for’, ‘with a view to’, ‘for the sake of’; sāpi kāryakaraṇāpekṣayā kṣuramekamādāya tasyābhimukhaṃ preṣayāmāsa Pt. 1; niyamāpekṣayā R. 1. 94; vṛṣalāpekṣayā Mu. 1; paurajanāpekṣayā 2 out of regard for; kimakauśalāduta prayojanāpekṣayā 3 with a view to gain some object; prathamasukṛtāpekṣayā Me. 17; daṃḍaṃ śaktyapekṣaṃ Y. 2. 26 in proportion to, in accordance with; atra vyaṃgyaṃ guṇībhūtaṃ tadapekṣayā vācyasyaiva camatkārikatvāt K. P. 1 as compared with it. 4 Connection, relation, dependence as of cause with effect or of individual with species; śarīrasādhanāpekṣaṃ nityaṃ yatkarma tadyamaḥ Ak. 5 Care, attention, heed; deśāpeśākṣāstathā yūyaṃ yātādāyāṃgurīyakaṃ Bk. 7. 49. 6 Respect, deference. 7 (In gram.) = ākāṃkṣā q. v. Comp. — buddhiḥ (In Vaiśeṣika phil.) the distinguishing perception by which we apprehend ‘this is one,’ ‘this is one &c.’ and which gives rise to the notion of duality; ([Page 0120-a]) see Sarva. chap. 10 where apekṣābuddhiḥ = vināśakavināśapratiyoginī buddhiḥ; cf. Bhāṣā P. dvitvādayaḥ parārdhāṃtā apekṣābuddhijā matāḥ . anekāśrayaparyāptā ete tu parikīrtitāḥ apekṣābuddhināśācca nāśasteṣāṃ nirūpitaḥ Bhāṣā P. 107-8.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

apekṣā f. Beachtung, Rücksicht, Erwartung. Instr. (—˚) in Betracht von, im Vergleich mit.

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