kakṣa कक्ष – Armpit
substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Armpit
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
kákṣa ·m. hiding-place, recess; thicket, weeds; f. ā enclosed court, private apartment; m. & f. ā armpit, region of the girth; girdle, cincture; balance (mostly f.); likeness, similarity; rivalry, emulation (only f.)
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
kakṣa kakṣa, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. kaṣ), a lurking or hiding-place; an inner recess, the interior of a forest; a forest of dead trees, a dry wood (the lair of wild beasts), grass, dry grass; a spreading creeper, a climbing plant; the armpit (as the most concealed part of the human body); the side or flank; the orbit of a planet or the circle anciently termed a deferent; sin; a buffalo; a gate; the Beleric Myroba- lan or Terminalia Belerica; (ā), f. painful boils in the armpit, side, shoulder, &c.; an elephant's rope, the string round his neck, also his girth; a woman's girdle or zone; a surrounding wall, a wall; a place surrounded by walls; a court or court-yard; an en- closure; a secluded portion of an edifice; a private or inner chamber, the private apartment for women &c., a room in general; a particular part of a carriage; resemblance, similarity; objection or reply in argu- ment; emulation, rivalry, object of emulation; the jeweller's weight, the Retti; (as, ā), m. f. the end of the lower garment which, after the cloth is carried round the body, is brought up behind and tucked into the waistband; a border, lace; the scale or basin of a balance; (am), n. a star, a constellation (perhaps a wrong reading for ṛkṣa); (ās), m. pl., N. of a people.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
kákṣa 1〉 m. Schlupfwinkel, Versteck: ye kakṣèṣvaghā̱yavàḥ VS. 11,79. kro̱ṣṭā vàrā̱haṃ niràtakta̱ kakṣā̀t ṚV. 10,28,4. — 2〉 m. Gebüsch, Strauchwerk; dürres Gestrüpp (Versteck der Thiere) VS. 16,19. TS. 3,3,8,4. CHĀND. UP. 2,9,8. rūḍhakakṣavanaprasthā (śarad) MBH. 3,12548. gajagavayamṛgendrāḥ — nirgatya kakṣāt ṚT. 1,27. kakṣāntaragato vāyurjīmūta iva garjati R. 5,5,24. yathoddharati nirdātā kakṣaṃ dhānyaṃ ca rakṣati . tathā rakṣennṛpo rāṣṭraṃ hanyācca paripanthinaḥ .. M. 7,110. agninā vā kakṣamupoṣet ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,4. KAUŚ. 46. ayamagnirdahankakṣamita āyāti bhīṣaṇaḥ MBH. 1,8366. MBH. 3,980. MBH. 3,2047. MBH. 13,425. MBH. 13,2705. MBH. 13,4071. MBH. 13,7378. DRAUP. 5,15. R. 2,24,8. R. 5,85,24. SUŚR. 1,63,15. RAGH. 7,52. BHĀG. P. 6,8,21. kakṣeṣviva hutāśanam R. 2,97,28. kakṣāgni MBH. 3,14757. juhotu ca sa kakṣāgnau visastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ MBH. 13,4520. jāhnavīkakṣe MBH. 15,1082. agniṃ mahākakṣamivāntakāle MBH. 3,10269. kakṣaghnaḥ śiśiraghnaḥ (d. i. das Feuer) mahākakṣe vilaukasaḥ . na dahediti cātmānaṃ yo rakṣati sa jīvati .. MBH. 1,5756. Nach den Lexicographen: Wald H. 1110. RUDRA_im_ŚKDR.; verdorrter Wald TRIK. 3,3,435. H. an. 2,559; Strauch (gulma) VAIJ. beim Sch. zu ŚIŚ. 2,42; Gras AK. 3,4,221. H. an. MED. ṣ. 8; verdorrtes Gras DHAR._im_ŚKDR.; kriechende Pflanze AK. H. an. MED. — 3〉 Achselgrube (der besonders versteckte Theil am menschlichen Leibe), m. AK. 2,6,2,30. TRIK. H. 589. H. an. MED. AV. 6,127,2. NIR. 2,2. NIR. 6,10. f. kakṣā SUŚR. 1,15,20. SUŚR. 1,49,3. SUŚR. 1,86,15. SUŚR. 1,340,18. SUŚR. 1,349,4. SUŚR. 1,15,5. SUŚR. 2,92,21. kakṣātalaluṇḍīkṛtaṃ paṭam MṚCCH. 34,11. Unbestimmt ob m. oder f.: devāriṃ gṛhya kakṣāntare 'karot R. 4,10,19. babandhuḥ karṇadhārāstaṃ rajjuvandhena kakṣayoḥ (um ihn inʼs Meer hinabzulassen) VID. 232. kakṣayorhastaṃ prakṣipāmi (um sie zu erwärmen) MṚCCH. 50,1 (WILS.: I will put it to my side). — 4〉 f. kakṣā Abscess in der Achselgrube SUŚR. 1,293,17. SUŚR. 2,118,2. — 5〉 m. Seite (schliesst sich an die Bedeutung Achselgrube an) Ajaya bei BHAR._zu_AK. ŚKDR. Flanke (eines Heeres): sa eva rakṣogaṇamṛtyubhūtaḥ pradhakṣyate vai tava sainyakakṣam R. 6,36,108. — 6〉 m. f. der in den Gürtel gesteckte Saum des Untergewandes H. 675 (f.) TRIK. 2,7,13 (f.). H. an. MED. kakṣaiḥ kakṣyāṃ vidhunvānāvāsphoṭaṃ tatra cakratuḥ (zwei sich gegenüberstehende Kämpfer) MBH. 2,900. kakṣābandhaṃ ca cakratuḥ sie schürzten das Untergewand auf MBH. 2,902. babandha kakṣām MBH. 4,346. baddhakakṣeṇa vāsasā MBH. 2,926. baddhakakṣāḥ (bharatarṣabhāḥ) MBH. 1,5334. MBH. 1,5344. kakṣāmutpīḍya MBH. 3,426. sa ātmano dṛḍhāṃ kakṣāṃ vaddhvā saṃbhrāntamānasaḥ R. GORR. 2,32,46 (SCHL. 2,32,36: sa śāṭīṃ paritaḥ kaṭyāṃ saṃbhrāntaḥ pariveṣṭya tām). vāme pṛṣṭhe tathā nābhau kakṣātrayamudāhṛtam . ebhiḥ kakṣaiḥ parīdhatte yo vipraḥ sa śuciḥ smṛtaḥ .. SMṚTI_im_ŚKDR. u. kaccha. paridhānādbahiḥ kakṣā nibaddhā hyasurī bhavet YOGIYĀJÑAVALKYA ebend. vaidūryarūpānpratimucya kāñcanānakṣānsa kakṣe parigṛhya vāsasā MBH. 4,215. vidūṣakasya kakṣādeśādābharaṇāni patanti (vgl. WILSON, Hindu Th. I, 51, N. 1) MṚCCH. 152,3. kakṣāntarāttāṃ (vittamātrāṃ) na muñcati PAÑCAT. 32,25. PAÑCAT. 33,4. PAÑCAT. 34,13. PAÑCAT. 34,20. Vgl. kaccha. — 7〉 Borte: svarṇakakṣapatākābhiḥ BHĀG. P. 9,10,37. — 8〉 f. Gürtel, Leibgurt (bei Menschen, Pferden, Elephanten), = varatrā TRIK. 3,3,436. H. 1232, Sch. = kāñcī und ibharajju H. an. hiraṇyakakṣa (bhīṣma) MBH. 4,2108. BHĀG. P. 5,25,7. hayaiḥ suvarṇakakṣaiḥ MBH. 4,1665. MBH. 4,2120. nāgakakṣā MBH. 4,1749. MBH. 2,2075. R. 2,37,3. R. 3,58,33. R. 4,16,37. R. 5,5,27. VIŚV. 3,17. Bildl.: yogakakṣā BHĀG. P. 4,6,39. — 9〉 f. Ringmauer, Wall; der von ihnen eingeschlossene Raum, das Innere eines Gebäudes, = prakoṣṭha TRIK. 3,3,436. = bhitti und gehaprakoṣṭhaka H. an. ā pañcamāyāḥ kakṣāyāḥ nainaṃ kaścidavārayat R. 2,32,32. rājatībhiśca kakṣābhiḥ R. 5,12,20. BHĀG. P. 3,15,27. madhyamakakṣāyāṃ dadarśa rathamāsthitam . ṛtuparṇam N. 21,16. niveśanam . praviṣṭaḥ mumahākakṣam N. 4,25. gatvā kakṣāntaraṃ tvanyat M. 7,224. krāntāni pūrvaṃ kamalāsanena kakṣāntarāṇyadripaterviveśa KUMĀRAS. 7,70. kakṣāntare 'pi śuddhānto nṛpasyāsarvagocare AK. 3,4,14,68. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. āḥ hemakakṣā (laṅkā) R. 3,54,15. Nach Ajaya bei BHAR._zu_AK. auch m. ŚKDR. — 10〉 m. the orbit of a planet, or the circle anciently termed a different WILS. In dieser Bed. wohl Verz. d. B. H. No. 836. Verz. d. B. H. No. 842. — 11〉 m. f. Wagschale Z. d. d. m. G. 9,666. — 12〉 f. ein best. Theil des Wagens H. an. — 13〉 m. Sünde H. an. VAIJ. a. a. O. Vgl. kakṣāy. — 14〉 f. Gleichheit H. 1463. H. an. — 15〉 f. Einwand TRIK. 3,3,436. H. an. — 16〉 f. Wetteifer, Eifersucht (spardhā) TRIK. Gegenstand der Eifersucht (spardhāpada) MED. — 17〉 n. kakṣá Stern, Gestirn Uṇ. 3,62. Wohl fehlerhaft für ṛkṣa. — 18〉 m. pl. N. pr. eines Volkes MBH. 6,356. MBH. 6,364. VP. 190. Varr.: kaccha, kacchiya. — 19〉 zweifelh. ist die Bed. in der Stelle: adhì bṛ̱buḥ pàṇī̱nāṃ varṣìṣṭhe mū̱rdhannàsthāt . uru̱ḥ kakṣo̱ (viell. urspr. urukakṣo als N. pr.) na gā̱ṅgyaḥ ṚV. 6,45,31. — WILS. hat noch folg. Bedd.: 20〉 m. a buffalo. — 21〉 m. a gate. — 22〉 m. the beleric myrobalan (Terminalia Bellerica Roxb.). — 23〉 f. the jewellers weight, the Retti (raktikā). — Vgl. kakṣya, kakṣyā, welches in vielen der hier angegebenen Bedeutungen gewiss die richtigere Form ist. kakṣa am Ende eines comp. s. apikakṣa, upa˚, ni˚, śiti˚, śruta˚. Vgl. auch kaccha.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
kakṣá UṆĀDIS. 3,62. NIR. 2,2. 2〉 jaratkakṣa PAÑCAV. BR. 17,7,2. prakṣipyodarciṣaṃ kakṣe śerate te 'bhimārutam Spr. 2811. — 3〉 (tam) kakṣāvalambinaṃ kṛtvā so v. a. unter den Arm nehmend R. 7,34,16. R. 7,34,21 rāvaṇaṃ tu mumocātha svakakṣāt R. 7,34,34. kakṣābaddhottarīyaka KATHĀS. 32,325. — 6〉 MBH. 2,900 liest die ed. Bomb. kakṣaiḥ kakṣāṃ, NĪLAK. erklärt: kakṣairdormūlaiḥ kakṣāṃ prakoṣṭhagatāṃ rajjum; ebend. 902: kakṣābandhaṃ parasparakakṣāyāṃ hastau kṛtvā bandhanam. — 8〉 f. ā Leibgurt (eines Elephanten) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 94,13. auch = guhyapidhāna ein Schurz zur Bedeckung der Schamtheile (vgl. kakṣāpaṭa) HALĀY. 5,56. — 9〉 madhyakakṣāntaraṃ rāmo nirjagāma R. 7,42,36. madhyakakṣāmavātarat R. 7,82,18. kakṣāntarasthita R. 7,42,20. saptakakṣāvṛta (rājaveśman) KATHĀS. 124,74. trīṇi gulmānyatīyāya tisraḥ kakṣāśca (= pratolīḥ Schol.) BHĀG. P. 10,80,16. = gehe prakoṣṭhe HALĀY. 5,56, wofür AUFRECHT gehaprakoṣṭhe vermuthet. prāveśayattataḥ kakṣāṃ dvitīyāṃ rājaveśmanaḥ DEVĪBHĀG. 1,54_bei_AUFRECHT, HALĀY. Ind. kakṣāntara = prakoṣṭha HALĀY. 2,149. — 10〉 f. ā Planetenbahn VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2, S. 4. GOLĀDHY. 3,50. ˚vṛtta GOLĀDHY. 5,10. kakṣākhyavṛtta GOLĀDHY. 5,17. ˚valaya GOLĀDHY. 5,19. — SŪRYAS. 12,7. SŪRYAS. 12,30. SŪRYAS. 12,73. SŪRYAS. 12,75. SŪRYAS. 12,77. SŪRYAS. 12,80. SŪRYAS. 12,81. SŪRYAS. 12,83. fgg. Peripherie SŪRYAS. 65. Vgl. krāntikakṣa. — 11〉 VARĀH. BṚH. S. 26,6. tulāmāropito dharmaḥ satyaṃ caiveti naḥ śrutam . samakakṣāṃ tulayato yataḥ satyaṃ tato'dhikam .. so v. a. wiegen gleich viel MBH. 12,7269. — 14〉 tava kakṣāṃ na yāti kommt dir nicht gleich Spr. 5317. — 17〉 UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 3,62 kennt nicht die Bed. nakṣatra.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine
kákṣa — 1〉 m. — a〉 Schlupfwinkel, Versteck. — b〉 Gebüsch, Strauchwerk, insbes. dürres Gestrüpp R. 6,36,108. — c〉 *Seite. — d〉 *Sünde. — e〉 Pl. N. pr. eines Volkes. — f〉 úruḥ kákṣaḥ ṚV. 6,45,31. wohl fehlerhaft für urukakṣaḥ N. pr. — 2〉 m. f. (ā) — a〉 Achselgrube MṚCCH. 152,3. PAÑCAT. 32,25. PAÑCAT. 33,4. PAÑCAT. 34,13. PAÑCAT. 34,20. — b〉 Gürtel, Gurt, Leibgurt, Schurz MBH. 1,134,23. MBH. 1,134,33. MBH. 2,23,11. MBH. 2,23,13. MBH. 2,24,2. MBH. 4,13,22. R. GORR. 2,32,46. m. nur einmal zu belegen. — c〉 Saum, Borte nur BHĀG. P. 9,10,37. am Ende eines adj. Comp. — d〉 Wagschale (gewöhnlich f.). alamaṃśumataḥ kakṣāmāroḍhuṃ tejasā so v. a. kann sich mit der Sonne in der Gluth messen Chr. 250,18. tasya kakṣāṃ vigāhate so v. a. kann sich mit ihm messen Chr. 251,7. kakṣaṃ gāhate dass. VIKRAMĀṄKAC. 2,11. tvattulyakakṣa Adj. so v. a. dir gleich Spr. 7782. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 Abscess in der Achselgrube. — b〉 Ringmauer, Wall, der von ihnen eingeschlossene Raum. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ā. — c〉 Planetenbahn. — d〉 Peripherie. — e〉 *ein best. Theil des Wagens. — f〉 Gleichgewicht, Gleichheit. — g〉 Wetteifer, Gegenstand [Page2-002-c] des Wetteifers. kakṣā kimataḥ parāpi so v. a. kann man nach etwas noch Höherem als dieses streben? NAIṢ. 6,81. — h〉 *Einwurf.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter
kakṣaḥ 1 A lurking or hidingplace. 2 The end of the lower garment; see kakṣā. 3 A climbing plant, creeper. 4 Grass, dry grass; yatastu kakṣastata eva vahniḥ R. 7. 55, R. 11. 75; Ms. 7. 110. 5 A forest of dead trees, dry wood. 6 The arm-pit; ˚aṃtara Pt. 1. the cavity of the armpit; prakṣipyodarciṣaṃ kakṣe śerate te' bhimārutaṃ Śi. 2. 42. 7 The harem of a king. 8 The interior of a forest; āś nirgatya kakṣāt Rs. 1. 27; kakṣāṃtaragato vāyuḥ Rām. 9 The side or flank (of anything). 10 A woman's girdle; as in ābaddhanibiḍakakṣaiḥ. 11 A surrounding wall. 12 A part of a boat. 13 The orbit of a planet. 14 A buffalo. 15 A gate. 16 The Beleric Myrobalan or Terminalia Belerica. 17 A marshy ground. — kṣā 1 Painful boils in the arm-pit. 2 An elephant's rope; also his girth. 3 A woman's girdle or zone; a girdle, waist-band (in general); Śi. 17. 24. 4 A surrounding wall; a wall. 5 The waist, middle part; Mk. 5. 21. 6 A courtyard; area. 7 An enclosure. 8 An inner apartment, a private chamber: room in general; Ku. 7. 70; Ms. 7. 224; gṛhakalahaṃsakānanusaran kakṣāṃtarapradhāvitaḥ K. 63, K. 182. 9 A harem. 10 Similarity. 11 An upper garment. 12 Objection or reply in argument (in Logic &c.). 13 Emulation or rivalry. ([Page 0366-c]) 14 A secluded part of an edifice. 15 A particular part of a carriage. 16 The jeweller's weight, Retti. 17 The end of the lower garment which, after the cloth is girt round the lower part of the body, is brought up behind and tucked into the waistband (Mar. kāṃsoṭā). 18 Tying up the waist. 19 The wrist. 20 Border or lace. 21 The basin of a balance (kakṣaḥ also). — kṣaṃ 1 A star. 2 Sin. Comp. — agniḥ wild fire, conflagration; R. 11. 92. — aṃtaraṃ inner or private apartment. — avekṣakaḥ 1 a superintendent of the harem. 2 a keeper of a royal garden. 3 a doorkeeper. 4 a poet. 5 a debauchee. 6 a player; painter. 7 an actor. 8 a paramour. 9 strength of feeling or sentiment (Wilson). — utthā a fragrant grass, (bhadramustā Cyperus). — dharaṃ the shoulder-joint. — paḥ 1 a tortoise. 2 one of the 9 treasures of Kubera. — (kṣā) paṭaḥ a cloth passed between the legs to cover the privities. — puṭaḥ the arm-pit. — ruhā = nāgaramustā q. v. — śāyaḥ -yuḥ a dog. — stha a. seated on the hip or the flank.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive masculine
kákṣa m. Versteck, Gebüsch; m. f. (ā) Achselgrube, Gurt, Schurz; Wagschale (gew. f.); f. Ringmauer, Einfriedigung; Planetenbahn; Gleichheit, Wetteifer.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
kakṣa kakṣa m. buffle et esp. de plante. Vd. Toute plante grimpante; herbe, herbe sèche; lande; bois sec, bois mort; bois, forêt. Terminalia belerica, bot. Flanc, aisselle. — S. m. ou f. mur. Bas du vêtement relevé par derrière et pris dans la ceinture. — S. f. kakṣā cloison, partie de maison ou d'édifice; clôture, enclos; compartiment de voiture. Corde, licol ou sangle d'éléphant; ceinture de femme. Au fig. objection, argumentation; opposition, rivalité; émulation; parité, similitude. [Page133-1] Poids - balance de bijoutier; cf. kakṣyā. — S. n. constellation, étoile. kakṣāpaṭa m. (paṭa) partie du vêtement passée entre les jambes pour couvrir la nudité. kakṣāvat m. cf. kakṣīvat. kakṣāvekṣaka m. (avekṣe) garde qui veille à la porte d'un jardin, d'une maison, d'un appartement. Sensibilité exaltée; homme passionné, débauché. Poète; peintre. kakṣīvat m. np. d'un poète védique, fils de Dīrghatamas; np. d'un autre, fils de Pajra. kakṣya n. plateau de balance. kakṣyā f. clôture, mur, cour; cloison, chambre, appartement intérieur. Sangle d'éléphant; ceinture de femme. Vêtement de dessus. Au fig. effort, activité déployée; lien ou rapport de similitude. Abrus precatorius [arbuste dont les graines servent de poids aux bijoutiers].
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