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Entry साक्षात्

साक्षात्sākṣātComp. करणम् causing to be visibly present.
1. Compound करणम् causing to be visibly present.
2. making evident to the senses.
3. intuitive perception.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कारः perception, apprehension, knowledge.
- साक्षात् sākṣāt, Indeclinable
  
  In the presence of, before the very eyes, visibly, openly, evidently.
  
  In person, actually in bodily form; साक्षात् प्रियामुपगतामपहाय पूर्वम् Ś.6.15; 1.6.
  
  Directly. In comp. it is often translated by 'incarnate'; साक्षाद्यमः; or by 'open, direct'; तत्साक्षात् प्रति- षेधः कोपाय Māl.1.11. (साक्षात्कृ
- -क्रिया
  
  intuitive perception.
  
  realization.
  
  to see with one's own eyes, realize personally.
  
  to have an intuitive perception or manifestation of; साक्षात्कृतधर्माण ऋषयः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.
  
  To experience a result of or reward for; साक्ष्यात्कृतं मे परिबर्हणं हि Bhāg.5.5.27;1.22.2.)
In the Gita18·75

योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ॥

yogaṁ yogeśvarātkṛṣṇātsākṣātkathayataḥ svayam. — Through the grace of Vyasa I heard this supreme secret, this Yoga directly from Krishna, the divine Master of Yoga, who himself declared it. 18·75
- साक्षात्sākṣātadverb indeclinable (in front of one’s eyes, evidently, immediately, directly).
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