Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vakṣas वक्षस् – chest; breast

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

chest; breast

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

vákṣas ·n. breast, chest.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Vakṣas, as, n. (according to some originally pakṣas), strength (Ved.); the breast, bosom, chest, (in this sense perhaps fr. rt. 1. vah); (ās), m. an ox, bullock; [cf. perhaps Lat. pectus; Hib. uchd, ‘the breast.’]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. vákṣas (von vakṣ) UṆĀDIS. 4,220. 1〉 n. vielleicht Stärke: a̱hamindro̱ rodho̱ vakṣo̱ athàrvaṇaḥ ich Indra bin Schutzwehr und Kraft des Ath. ṚV. 10,48,2. — 2〉 m. Ochs UJJVAL.

Original text · German · substantive neuter

2. vákṣas (wie vakṣaṇā) UṆĀDIS. 4,219. n. (auch pl.) der obere Theil des Leibes, Brust NIR. 4,16. AK. 2,6,2,29. H. 602. HALĀY. 2,372. HALĀY. 2,368. HALĀY. 2,398. HALĀY. 1,27. vakṣàssu ru̱kmām̐ adhì yetire śu̱bhe ṚV. 1,64,4. ṚV. 1,166,10. ṚV. 5,54,11. ṚV. 7,56,13. apòrṇute̱ vakṣàḥ ṚV. 1,92,4. ā̱virvakṣā̀ṃsi kṛṇuṣe vibhā̱tī ṚV. 123,10. ṚV. 124,4. ṚV. 6,64,2. des Opferthiers AIT. BR. 2,6. AIT. BR. 7,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,8,3,17. ŚAT. BR. 3,8,3,25. des Pferdes MBH. 3,2787. — R. 2,96,24. R. 3,34,30. prabhinnavakṣorukaṭīśirodhara mit unregelmässiger Contraction R. 5,42,20. SUŚR. 1,49,2. SUŚR. 1,86,15. SUŚR. 1,100,13. SUŚR. 1,254,8. RAGH. 3,61. RAGH. 12,77. ŚĀK. 161. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,100. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,116. BHĀG. P. 3,21,11. vakṣaḥsthaśuklavarṇadakṣiṇāvartalomāvalī WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 272. vakṣaḥsthaviṣaduḥsaha KATHĀS. 19,47. Am Ende eines adj. comp.: pīna˚ R. 1,1,13. vipula˚ R. 2,30,2. pṛthu˚ R. 1,52,1. pṛthuvakṣāñcitanetraḥ d. i. pṛthuvakṣā añcita˚ MBH. 1,2506. pṛthupīna˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 69,14. viśāla˚ R. 4,2,11. kapāṭa˚ RAGH. 3,34. vindhyataṭavyūḍha˚ RĀJA-TAR. 3,240. śrīvatsāṅkita˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,31. śrīvatsa˚ dass. MBH. 3,13004. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 274. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 289. lakṣmīkaustubha˚ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 220,a, No. 526. annavānsamavakṣāḥ syātpīnairvakṣobhirūrjitaḥ . vakṣobhirviṣamairniḥsvaḥ GĀRUḌA-P. 66_im_ŚKDR. vakṣaḥsthala HARIV. 15673. R. 1,45,43. Spr. 3167. PRAB. 116,2. BHĀG. P. 2,7,25. PAÑCAR. 1,5,15. PAÑCAR. 2,4,5. PAÑCAT. 239,4. PAÑCAT. 239,5. — Vgl. ni˚, mahā˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

2. vakṣas vgl. hiraṇya˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

vákṣas — 1〉 n. Sg. und Pl. der obere Theil des Leibes, Brust. — 2〉 *m. Ochs.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

vakṣas n. [vah asun suṭ ca] 1 The breast, bosom, chest; kapāṭavakṣāḥ pariṇaddhakaṃdharaḥ R. 3. 34. 2 Ved. Strength. — m. An ox, a bull. Comp. — jaḥ, -ruh, -ruhaḥ, (vakṣojaḥ, vakṣoruh, vakṣoruhaḥ) the female breast; Bv. 2. 17. — sthalaṃ (vakṣa or vakṣaḥ -sthalaṃ) the breast or bosom.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

vákṣas n. Brust.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive masculine

vakṣas vakṣas m. (Vd. pour ukṣan) bœuf.

Original text · French · substantive neuter

vakṣas vakṣas n. (sfx. as) poitrine; irl. uchd. vakṣoja n. (jan) sein, mamelle. vakṣoruha m. (ruh) mms.

Occurrences in source texts (6)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 34–38: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 20–28: Setting Sarasvatī in Motion 2 occurrences

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 2 occurrences

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.88-3.91: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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