Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

cakṣus चक्षुस् – eye; faculty of sight

adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

eye; faculty of sight

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

cákṣus ·a. seeing. m. N. of a Marut & sev. Rishis; n. brightness, light, view, sight, eye.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Cakṣus, us, us, us, seeing; (us), m., N. of a Marut; also of a Ṛṣi with the patronymic Mānava; N. of a son of Anu; (us), f., N. of a river [cf. cakṣu and su-cakṣus]; (us), n. light, clearness; the act of seeing, faculty of seeing, sight, aspect, a look; the eye; often at the end of a compound (e. g. ghrāṇa- cakṣus, one who uses his nose for eyes; cāra- cakṣus, one who sees by means of his spies; dharma-cakṣus, one who has an eye for justice); [cf. a-cakṣus, aghora-c˚, &c.; cf. also Zend cas- man.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

cákṣus (von cakṣ) Uṇ. 2,115. VOP. 26,68. 1〉 adj. sehend: bhāsvànta̱ṃ cakṣùṣe cakṣuṣe̱ mayàḥ ṚV. 10,37,8. bhuva̱ścakṣùrma̱ha ṛ̱tasyà go̱pāḥ ṚV. 10,8,5. a̱kṣī ìva̱ cakṣu̱ṣā yā̀tama̱rvāk ṚV. 2,39,5. tvaṃ viśvàsya̱ jagàta̱ścakṣùrindrāsi̱ cakṣùṣaḥ das Auge des Sehenden ṚV. 10,102,12. sū̱ryaścakṣùṣā̱madhìpatiḥ AV. 5,24,9. saṃ hi sūrye̱ṇāgàta̱ samu̱ sarvèṇa̱ cakṣùṣā AV. 10,10,15. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Marutʼs HARIV. 11545. eines Ṛṣi (mit dem patron. mānava; s. cākṣuṣa) Ind. St. 1,196. Ind. St. 3,216. eines Sohnes des Anu BHĀG. P. 9,23,1. — 3〉 f. N. pr. eines Flusses BHĀG. P. 5,17,6. BHĀG. P. 5,17,7. Vgl. cakṣu, sucakṣus. — 4〉 n. a〉 Helle, Licht: sūryàsya̱ cakṣu̱ḥ pra mìnanti vṛ̱ṣṭibhìḥ ṚV. 5,59,5. ṚV. 6,11,5. ṚV. 7,66,16. ṚV. 9,10,8. ṚV. 1,164,4. der Morgenröthe: cakṣùrurvi̱yā vi bhā̀ti ṚV. 1,92,9. SV. I, 4,1,2,1. de̱vānā̱ṃ cakṣùḥ su̱bhagā̱ vahàntī ṚV. 7,77,3. — b〉 das Sehen: cakṣùṣe mā prata̱raṃ tā̱rayànto ja̱rasè mā ja̱radàṣṭiṃ vardhantu Sehen so v. a. Leben AV. 18,3,10. Anblick: nṛ̱cakṣàsa̱ścakṣùṣe randhayainam ṚV. 10,87,8. — c〉 Sehkraft, Gesicht; Blick, Auge (AK. 2,6,2,44. H. 575): (kaṇvāya) cakṣu̱ḥ pratyàdhattam ṚV. 1,118,7. ṚV. 10,87,12. sūrya̱ṃ cakṣùrgacchatu̱ vātàmā̱tmā ṚV. 10,16,3. AIT. BR. 2,6. prāṇaḥ, manaḥ, cakṣuḥ, balam AV. 5,30,13. ātmā, cakṣuḥ, asuḥ AV. 6,53,2. TS. 2,3,8,1. na̱soḥ prā̱ṇo 'kṣyo̱ścakṣùḥ TS. 5,5,9,2. ŚAT. BR. 10,5,3,16. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,1,5. cakṣurāyuścaiva prahīyate, pravardhate M. 4,41. M. 4,42. cakṣuruttamam M. 229. SUŚR. 1,153,5. etaddha vai manuṣyeṣu satyaṃ nihitaṃ yaccakṣuḥ AIT. BR. 1,6. paśyànti̱ sarve̱ cakṣùṣā̱ na sarve̱ manàsā viduḥ AV. 10,8,14. du̱rhārda̱ścakṣùṣo gho̱rāt AV. 4,9,6. MBH. 6,5757. MBH. 7,315. yaccakṣùṣā̱ manàsā̱ yacca̱ vācòpāri̱ma AV. 6,96,3. AV. 14,2,35. ṚV. 3,37,2. ṚV. 6,9,6. die Sonne Mitra-Varuṇaʼs Auge ṚV. 7,61,1. VS. 2,16. VS. 4,32. VS. 5,34. ŚAT. BR. 1,3,1,27. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,3,38. ŚAT. BR. 4,2,1,28. ŚAT. BR. 14,2,1,5. muṣṇantī prabhayā rājñāṃ cakṣūṃṣi ca manāṃsi ca N. 5,7. pārthasya cakṣururvaśyāṃ saktam INDR. 4,1. kṛṣṇasāre dadaccakṣustvayi ca ŚĀK. 6. MBH. 3,102. cakṣurdattvā ca sā tasmai HARIV. 10062. yasminnevādhikaṃ cakṣurāropayati pārthivaḥ PAÑCAT. I, 273. suhṛjjane patanti cakṣūṃṣi ŚĀK. 156. maitreṇekṣasva cakṣuṣā R. 1,52,17. R. 2,92,7. cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena ŚIKṢĀ 59. cakṣuṣī M. 2,90. prasārya cakṣuṣī MṚCCH. 35,17. pāṃśunā cakṣuṣī pūrayitvā MṚCCH. 35,18. RAGH. 3,17. kāṇena cakṣuṣā HIT. Pr. 11. divya BHĀG. P. 1,4,18. ghrāṇacakṣus adj. sich der Nase statt des Auges bedienend, blind MBH. 8,3443. pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ vedaścakṣuḥ sanātanam M. 12,94. sarvaṃ tu samavekṣyedaṃ nikhilaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā M. 2,8. M. 4,24. dhyāna˚ R. 1,9,64. jāgrato nayacakṣuṣā R. 1,7,11. dharmacakṣus adj. der ein Auge für das Rechte hat R. 2,111,22. nayacakṣus adj. RAGH. 1,55. prajāpateścakṣuḥ oder cakṣuḥsāma N. eines Sāman Ind. St. 3,216. — d〉 = cakṣurvahana RATNAM. 71. — Vgl. a˚, aghora˚, viśvataścakṣus, hrade˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

cakṣus 2〉 Mānava angeblich Verfasser von ṚV. 9,106,4—ṚV. 9,106,6. Saurya Verfasser von ṚV. 10,158. — 4〉c〉 Z. 5 lies 10,5,3,6 st. 10,5,3,16.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

cákṣus — 1〉 Adj. sehend. — 2〉 m. N. pr. — a〉 eines Marut. — b〉 verschiedener Ṛṣi. — 3〉 f. N. pr. eines Flusses. — 4〉 n. — a〉 Helle, Licht. — b〉 das [Page2-206-a] Sehen. — c〉 Anblick. — d〉 Sehkraft, Gesicht. — e〉 Blick. — f〉 Auge. prajāpatestrīṇi cakṣūṃṣi und mitrāvaruṇayoḥ cakṣuḥ Namen von Sāman ĀRṢ. BR. — g〉 *Odina pinnata.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

cakṣus a. [cakṣ karaṇe usi Uṇ. 2. 118] Seeing. — n. 1 The eye; dṛśyaṃ tamami na paśyati dīpena vinā sacakṣurapi M. 1. 9; kṛṣṇasāre dadaccakṣuḥ Ś. 1. 6; cf. words like ghrāṇacakṣus, jñānacakṣus, na yacakṣus, cāracakṣus &c. 2 Sight, look, vision, the faculty of sight; cakṣurāyuścaiva prahīyate Ms. 4. 41, Ms. 4. 42. 3 Light, clearness. 4 Lustre, splendour. Comp. — gocara a. visible, being within the range of the eye. — grahaṇaṃ morbid affection of the eye — dānaṃ the ceremony of anointing the eyes of an image at the time of consecrating it. — pathaḥ the range of sight, the horizon. — baṃdhaḥ blinding the sight; Vās. 67. — malaṃ the excretion of the eyes. — rāgaḥ ( cakṣūrāgaḥ) 1 redness in the eyes. 2 ‘eye-love’, love or liking as expressed by an exchange of glances: puraścakṣūrāgaratadanu manaso'nanyaparatā Māl. 6. 15; cakṣūrāgaḥ kokileṣu na parakalatre ṣu K. 41 (where the word has sense 1 also). — rogaḥ (cakṣūroga.) a disease of the eye. — viṣayaḥ 1 the range of sight, ken, presence, visibility; ca kṣurviṣayatikrāṃteṣu kapoteṣu H. 1; Ms. 2. 198. 2 an object of sight, any visible object. 3 the horizon. — śravas m. a serpent; Ki. 16. 42; N. 1. 28.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

cákṣus sehend; n. = cakṣas.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

cakṣus cakṣus n. (cakṣ) œil.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 94–97: Pratyāhāra 1 occurrence

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PYS 1 occurrence
PYS 3.21–22: Invisibility and Time of Death 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 1.71-1.81: Avidyā und Elemente 1 occurrence

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SVU 3 occurrences
SVU 2.10: The Sheltered Place 1 occurrence

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SVU 3.1-3.4: The One Rudra 1 occurrence

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SVU 4.17-4.22: Knowledge and Protection 1 occurrence

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