Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prekṣaka प्रेक्षक – looking on; spectator

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary adjective

looking on; spectator

Derived from

  1. pra प्र previx — forward; forth; onward
  2. īkṣ ईक्ष् verbal root — see; behold
  3. aka अक suffix — formative suffix -aka
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

prekṣaka ·f. prekṣikā looking at, viewing; considering, judging.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Prekṣaka, as, ikā, am, looking at, viewing, beholding, seeing, surveying, intending to view; (as), m. a looker, spectator, beholder, surveyor, member of an audience.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

prekṣaka (von īkṣ mit pra) adj. f. prekṣikā zusehend, sich Jmd oder Etwas (acc.) ansehend, sich Jmd oder Etwas anzusehen beabsichtigend; subst. Zuschauer: rājānaḥ sarva eva te . prekṣakāḥ samapadyanta bhīṣmaśālvasamāgamam MBH. 1,4113. prasthitau prekṣakāvubhau HARIV. 4469. āgamiṣyati vaidehīṃ māṃ cāpi prekṣako janaḥ R. 2,54,24. ityevaṃ tumulā vācaḥ śuśruvuḥ prekṣakeritāḥ MBH. 1,5359. MBH. 1,5375. MBH. 3,803. MBH. 4,1930. MBH. 5,7112. MBH. 6,1660. te sene — śarapātamapākramya tasthatuḥ prekṣike tadā MBH. 8,941. MBH. 13,7769. HARIV. 5051. SĀṂKHYAK. 65. KATHĀS. 50,72. RĀJA-TAR. 2,156. KULL._zu_M. 7,92.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prekṣaka , raṅga˚ UTTARARĀMAC. 119,14 (162,2).

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

prekṣaka Adj. (f. prekṣikā) — 1〉 zusehend, sich Jmd oder Etwas (Acc.) ansehend, — anzusehen beabsichtigend; Subst. Zuschauer MĀN. GṚHY. 1,12. — 2〉 in Betracht ziehend, erwägend, Recht sprechend Chr. 210,24.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

prekṣakaḥ A spectator, looker on, be holder, sight-seer.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prekṣaka, f. prekṣikā zusehend, ansehend, erwägend, Recht sprechend.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

prekṣaka m. spectateur. [Page454-2]

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.9–3.11: The Self as Dancer 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 3.11 Segment 1

    Attested form: prekṣakāṇi Grammar of the segment: nominative plural neuter

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