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pratyakṣa प्रत्यक्ष – direct perception

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

direct perception

Derived from

  1. prati प्रति previx — against; back; towards
  2. akṣa अक्ष substantive neuter — eye; sense organ
Cappeller 1891 adjective

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pratyakṣa ·a. before the eyes, plainly visible, clear, distinct, actual, immediate. -- n. superintendence, care of (gen.); ocular evidence, immediate apprehension or intelligence; as adv. before one's face, publicly, distinctly, immediately, personally (also abl., instr., & °--).

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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pratyakṣa praty-akṣa, as, ā, am, perceptible to the eye, being present before the eyes, in sight, perceptible, sensible, cognizable by any of the organs of sense (opposed to paro'kṣa, q. v.); clear, dis- tinct, evident, undoubted, express, explicit, actual, real; corporeal; immediate; having before the eyes, keeping in view, discerning; (am), n. perceptibility, ocular evidence, clearness, distinctness, explicitness; superintendence; (in philosophy) apprehension by the senses, sensation, perception, intuition; (in rhetoric) a kind of style descriptive of impressions derived from the senses; (am, āt, eṇa), ind. before the eyes, in the sight of; with direct personal knowledge, dis- tinctly, clearly; in the face of, in the presence of, before; publicly; immediately, directly, explicitly, really; literally; personally; at first sight, at sight; (e), ind. in the sight of, before the eyes of.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

pratyakṣa (1. pra˚ + akṣa = akṣi Auge) 1〉 adj. f. ā vor Augen liegend, augenfällig, sinnlich wahrnehmbar (Gegens. parokṣa) AK. 3,2,28. AK. 3,4,29,227. TRIK. 3,2,11. HALĀY. 5,88. fg. CHĀND. UP. 5,2,1. TAITT. UP. 1,1. pratyakṣaṃ yattadātiṣṭha parokṣaṃ paṣṭhataḥ kuru R. 2,108,17. etacchrutvā vacastasya pratyakṣamiva darśanam als wenn er es mit Augen sähe MBH. 13,961. MEGH. 92. ŚĀK. 1. ŚĀK. 111,3. ŚĀK. 112,8. SĀH. D. 32,5. KATHĀS. 37,19. pratyakṣā sā śrutiḥ kṛtā R. 2,106,12. parokṣayāniśaṃ buddhyā rāma pratyakṣayā tathā . parāṃ ca prakṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā paripālyāḥ prajāstvayā .. R. GORR. 2,2,29. KAṆ. 4,2,2. augenfällig so v. a. deutlich, keinem Zweifel unterworfen, ausdrücklich, wirklich NIR. 3,5. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 85,3. ˚parīkṣaṇaiḥ (nicht ˚pratīkṣaṇaiḥ, wie bei WEBER, Nax. 1,311 gedruckt ist) durch wirkliche Beobachtungen VARĀH. BṚH. S. 3,2. (bhartā) pratyakṣaṃ devi daivatam eine leibhaftige Gottheit Spr. 2020. ˚bṛhatī eine unmittelbare, nicht erst zusammengesetzte Bṛ. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 18,8,2. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 18,8,6. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 18,8,9. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 18,8,1. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 10,1,4. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 10,11,1. ˚vikāra LĀṬY. 9,11,15. ˚dviṣ ŚAT. BR. 14,6,11,2. vor Augen habend, Einsicht habend in: sarvadharmāṇām MBH. 3,12624. — 2〉 n. Augenfälligkeit, unmittelbare Deutlichkeit; Ausdrücklichkeit; in der Philosophie Sinnesempfindung, Wahrhatīnehmung, perceptio, Intuition; vollst. pratyakṣajñāna. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,13. NIR. 13,12. TARKAS. 20. pratyakṣajñānakaraṇaṃ pratyakṣam . indriyārthasaṃnikarṣajanyaṃ jñānaṃ pratyakṣam TARKAS. 25. TARKAS. 26. KAṆ. 2,1,15. KAṆ. 9,1,11. KAṆ. 9,1,12. SUŚR. 1,3,7. yatsaṃbaddhaṃ sattadākārollekhi vijñānaṃ tatpratyakṣam KAP. 1,90. KAP. 1,148. YOGAS. 1,7. ŚAṂK._bei_WIND. Sancara 106. BHĀṢĀP. 51. BHĀṢĀP. 61. BHĀṢĀP. 131. PRAB. 20,17. pratyakṣaṃ cānumānaṃ ca śāstraṃ ca vividhāgamam M. 12,105. pratyakṣāvagama BHAG. 9,2. SĀH. D. 2,1. śrutipratyakṣahetavaḥ (brāhmaṇāḥ) M. 12,109. pratyahaṃ lokayātrāyāḥ pratyakṣam so v. a. Sorge um M. 9,27. In der Rhetorik eine Form, in welcher Sinneseindrücke geschildert werden, KUVALAY. 160,a. — 3〉 pratyákṣam adv. (pratyakṣám gaṇa śaradādi zu P. 5,4,107) VOP. 6,65. vor Augen, augenfällig, auf Augenschein, mit eigener unmittelbarer Kenntniss, deutlich, klar; inʼs Angesicht, in Gegenwart, coram, persönlich; unmittelbar, ausdrücklich, wirklich: yo vi̱dyādbrahmà pra̱tyakṣàm AV. 9,6,1. AV. 10,7,24. AV. 11,8,3. iti pratyakṣaṃ sūryamabhivadati geradezu, wirklich AIT. BR. 4,20. nāmya somaḥ pratyakṣaṃ bhakṣito bhavati nicht wirklich AIT. BR. 7,31. TBR. 2,7,3,2. den Göttern wird parokṣam, den Brahmanen pratyakṣam unmittelbar geopfert TS. 1,7,3,1. sa pra̱tyakṣàṃ de̱vebhyò bhā̱gamàvadatpa̱rokṣa̱masùrebhyaḥ TS. 2,5,1,1. TS. 3,5,2,1. pratyakṣaṃ vai tadyatpaśyati ŚAT. BR. 9,2,1,6. na vai yajñaḥ pratyakṣamivārabhe yathāyaṃ daṇḍo vā vāso vā nicht eigentlich, — materiell ŚAT. BR. 3,1,3,25. ŚAT. BR. 3,1,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 1,3,4,5. ŚAT. BR. 1,8,1,16. ŚAT. BR. 2,5,2,16. ŚAT. BR. 5,4,5,18. ŚAT. BR. 11,2,4,6. LĀTY. 3,9,22. ĀŚV. ŚR. 2,6. — tatsarvam — dadarśa tatra pratyakṣaṃ pāṇāvāmalakaṃ yathā R. 1,3,6. ciravṛttamapi hyetatpratyakṣamiva darśitam R. 1,4,16. KATHĀS. 32,180. KATHĀS. 33,187. KATHĀS. 40,78. KATHĀS. 48,134. VET. 23,2. M. 9,52. MBH. 3,2820. MBH. 13,2233. MBH. 13,3207. MBH. 14,1301. R. 6,103,11. Oft ist es schwer zu ent scheiden, ob pratyakṣam als adv. oder adj. zu fassen sei. vor den Augen von, in Gegenwart von, mit dem gen. M. 8,402. N. 20,9. R. 2,34,47. R. 6,101,14. Spr. 1846. MṚCCH. 147,23. ŚĀK. CH. 66,2. In comp. mit der Ergänzung: sakalajana˚ PAÑCAT. 49,3. Am Anfange eines comp. ohne Flexionszeichen: pratyakṣāśuciputrikā Spr. 635. ˚lavaṇa MĀRK. P. 34,28. ˚vihita ausdrücklich angeordnet ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 3,19,8. ˚kṛta unmittelbar —, persönlich angeredet: stotāraḥ NIR. 7,1. persönliche Anrede enthaltend: ṛcaḥ ebend. — 4〉 pratyakṣāt = pratyakṣam. sākṣādeva taddevatāṃ prīṇāti pratyakṣāddevatāṃ yajati AIT. BR. 3,8. AIT. BR. 4,26. patnīṣu pratyakṣādreto dadhāti AIT. BR. 3,37. pratyakṣādetadahaścaturviṃśam AIT. BR. 4,2. ŚAT. BR. 12,8,2,15. ŚAT. BR. 12,9,1,11. Vgl. pratyakṣatas. — 5〉 pratyakṣeṇa dass. LĀṬY. 10,16,3. pra˚ hi dṛśyante devāḥ MBH. 3,13630. pra˚ vahniṃ dṛṣṭvā Schol. zu JAIM. 1,5. pratyakṣeṇopalakṣyate MĀRK. P. 21,74. astabdhatvamacāpalyaṃ pratyakṣeṇāvagamyate bemerkt man gleich beim ersten Anblick Spr. 1676. — 6〉 pratyakṣe vor Jmds Augen, inʼs Angesicht (Gegens. parokṣe) Spr. 1729. Spr. 1847. — Vgl. a˚, prātyakṣa.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

pratyakṣa 2〉 pratyakṣābhāvavādin SARVADARŚANAS. 47,6. ˚mūlatā SARVADARŚANAS. 5,16. pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate loke kṛtasyāpakṛtasya ca was in der Welt gethan und was versehen worden ist, springt sogleich in die Augen Spr. 3874. Am Schluss hinzuzufügen Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,b,9. — 5〉 pradīptaṃ pāvakaṃ pratyakṣeṇāvalokya HIT. 106,12.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

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pratyakṣa — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 vor Augen liegend, augenfällig, sinnlich wahrnehmbar. — b〉 augenfällig, so v. a. offen zu Tage liegend, deutlich, keinem Zweifel unterworfen, klar. — c〉 ausdrücklich, wirklich, wahr. — d〉 unmittelbar, direct. — e〉 Etwas vor Augen habend, Einsicht habend in (Gen.) — 2〉 n. — a〉 Aufsicht über, Sorge um (Gen.). — b〉 Augenschein, unmittelbare Wahrnehmung, — Erkenntniss. — c〉 in der Rhetorik eine Form, in welcher Sinneseindrücke geschildert werden. — d〉 Titel verschiedener Werke OPP. CAT. 1. — 3〉 [Page4-150-c] pratyákṣam Adv. — a〉 coram, vor Augen, inʼs Angesicht, von den Augen —, in Gegenwart von (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend), augenfällig, auf Augenschein, mit einer unmittelbarer Kenntniss. — b〉 deutlich, klar. — c〉 ausdrücklich, wirklich, geradezu, eigentlich. — d〉 unmittelbar, direct, persönlich. — 4〉 pratyákṣāt = 3〉c〉 d〉. — 5〉 pratyakṣeṇa = 3〉a〉 c〉. — 6〉 pratyakṣe vor Jmds Augen, inʼs Angesicht Spr. 4238. fg. — 7〉 pratyakṣa˚ = 3〉a〉 b〉 c〉 d〉.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

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pratyakṣa a. [akṣṇaḥ prati] 1 Perceptible (to the eye), visible; pratyakṣābhiḥ prapannastanubhiravatu vastābhiraṣṭābhirīśaḥ Ś. 1. 1. 2 Present, in sight, before the eye 3 Cognizable by any organ of sense. 4 Distinct, evident, clear. 5 Direct, immediate. 6 Explicit, express. 7 Corporeal. — kṣaṃ 1 Perception, ocular evidence, apprehension by the senses, considered as a pramāṇa or mode of proof; iṃdriyārthasannikarṣajanyaṃ jñānaṃ tyakṣaṃ T. S. 2 Explicitness, distinctness. (The forms pratyakṣaṃ, pratyakṣeṇa, pratyakṣataḥ, pratyakṣāt are used adverbially in the sense of 1 Before, in the presence of, in the sight of. 2 Openly, publicly. 3 Directly, immediately. 4 Personally. 5 At sight. 6 Explicitly. 7 Distinctly, clearly. 8 Literally. so pratyakṣe in the sight of before the eyes of). Comp. — kṛtā (i. e. ṛ k) a hymn in which a deity is directly addressed. — jñānaṃ ocular evidence, knowledge obtained by direct perception. — darśanaṃ ocular evidence. direct proof. — darśanaḥ, -darśin m. an eye-witness. — dṛṣṭa a. personally seen. — parīkṣaṇaṃ personal examination. — prama correct or certain knowledge, such as is obtained by direct perception through the senses. — pramāṇaṃ 1 ocular proof, evidence of the senses. 2 an organ of perception. — phala a. having evident or visible consequences. — bhūta a. manifested. — bhogaḥ enjoyment of anything with the knowledge of the owner. — vādin m. a Buddhist who admits no other evidence than ocular proof or perception. — vihita a. directly or explicitly enjoined. — siddha a. determined by ocular proof.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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pratyakṣa n. auch Außicht über (Gen.).

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pratyakṣa augenfällig, offenbar, deutlich, ausdrücklich. n. augenschein, adv. patyákṣam vor Augen, ins Gesicht (auch pratyakṣe), coram (Gen. o.—˚); deutlich, ausdrücklich, unmittelbar.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

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pratyakṣa pratyakṣa a. (akṣa) qui est devant les yeux, visible. — À l'ac. sous les yeux, en présence de, g. pratyakṣadarśana m. (dṛś) témoin oculaire. pratyakṣin a. qui a sous les yeux, qui voit.

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SiSa 1.10-1.16: Lehrmeinungen 1 occurrence

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