श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताBhagavad Gītā · in the light of Sri Aurobindo, home
Sign in
ApteAll dictionariesSanskrit dictionaryDhātuPāṇiniConjugationDeclensionInflected formsParts of speechWord frequencyTree diagramAnalyzerRootsQuarter-verse indexMemorable linesNames

कोशःDictionaries

Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for लक्षणम्

3 entries · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लक्षणम्lakṣaṇamA mark, token, sign, indication, characteristic, distinctive mark; वधूदुकूलं कलहंसलक्षणम् Ku.5.67; अनारम्भो हि…

    [लक्ष्यतेऽनेन लक्ष्-करणे ल्युट् Uṇ.3.8.]

    1. A mark, token, sign, indication, characteristic, distinctive mark; वधूदुकूलं कलहंसलक्षणम् Ku.5.67; अनारम्भो हि कार्याणां प्रथमं बुद्धिलक्षणम् Subhāṣ; उपकारापकारौ हि लक्ष्यं लक्षण- मेतयोः H.4.15; अव्याक्षेपो भविष्यन्त्याः कार्यसिद्धेर्हि लक्षणम् R.1.6;19.47; गर्भलक्षण Ś.5; पुरुषलक्षणम् 'the sign or organ of virility'.
    2. A symptom (of a disease).
    3. An attribute, a quality.
    4. A definition, accurate description; असाधारणधर्मो लक्षणम्; नामधेयेन पदार्थमात्रस्याभि- धानमुद्देशः, तत्रोद्दिष्टस्यातत्त्वव्यवच्छेदको धर्मो लक्षणम् Vātsyāyana Bhāṣya 1.1.2.
    5. A lucky or auspicious mark on the body (these are considered to be 32); द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणोपेतः; लक्षणसंपन्नान्नां गवामधः सस्नौ K.64.
    6. Any mark or features of the body (indicative of good or bad luck); क्व तद्विधस्त्वं क्व च पुण्यलक्षणा Ku.5.73; क्लेशावहा भर्तुरलक्षणाहम् R.14.5.
    7. A name, designation, appellation (Often times at the end of comp.); विदिशालक्षणां राजधानीम् Me.24.
    8. Excellence, merit, good quality; as in आहितलक्षण R. 6.71 (where Malli. renders it by प्रख्यातगुण and quotes Ak.: गुणैः प्रतीते तु कृतलक्षणाहितलक्षणौ).
    9. An aim, a scope, an object.
    10. A fixed rate (as of duties); नदीतीरेषु तद्विद्यात् समुद्रे नास्ति लक्षणम् Ms.8.46.
    11. Form, kind, nature.
    12. Effect, operation.
    13. Cause, occasion.
    14. Head, topic, subject.
    15. Pretence, disguise (Equivalent to लक्ष); प्रसुप्तलक्षणः Māl.7.
    16. A line, spot.
    17. Observation, seeing.
    18. Indicatory characteristic; लक्ष्यते येन तल्लक्षणम्, धूमो लक्षणमग्नेरिति हि वदन्ति ŚB. on MS.1.1.2.
    19. A chapter; धर्मो द्वादशलक्षण्या व्युत्पाद्यः.
    20. A sexual organ; लक्षणं लक्षणेनैव वदनं वदनेन च Mb.13.4.58.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -णः

      1. Name of Lakṣmaṇa.
      2. The crane.

    • -णा

      1. An aim, object.
      2. (In Rhet.) An indirect application or secondary signification of a word, one of the three powers of a word; it is thus defined: मुख्यार्थबाधे तद्योगे रूढितोऽथ प्रयोजनात् । अन्योऽर्थो लक्ष्यते यत् सा लक्षणारोपिता क्रिया K. Parasmaipada2. लक्षणा शक्यसंबन्धस्तात्पर्यानुपपत्तितः Bhāṣā Parasmaipada; see S. D.13. also श्रुतिलक्षणाविषये च श्रुतिर्न्याय्या न लक्षणा ŚB. on MS.6.2.2; Atmanepada Rām.7.5.26-27.
      3. A goose.
      4. Name of Duryodhana's daughter.

    • -अन्वित Adjective possessed of auspicious marks; उद्वहेत द्विजो भार्यां सवर्णां लक्षणा- न्विताम् Ms.3.4.

    • -कर्मन् Neuter definition.

    • -ज्ञ Adjective able to interpret or explain marks (as on the body).

    • -भ्रष्ट Adjective deprived of good quatities, ill-fated, unlucky; जायन्ते लक्षणभ्रष्टा दरिद्राः पुरुषाधमाः Y.3.217.

    • -लक्षणा Equivalent to जहल्लक्षणा quod vide, which see

    • -संनिपातः branding, stigmatizing.

    • -संपद् Feminine a multitude of marks.

    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. उपलक्षणम्upalakṣaṇam1 Looking at, beholding, observing, marking, ascertainment; वेलोपलक्षणार्थम् Ś.4.
    1. 1 Looking at, beholding, observing, marking, ascertainment; वेलोपलक्षणार्थम् Ś.4.
    2. A mark, characteristic or distinctive feature; उपलब्धमुपलक्षणम् V.4,4.33; उपलक्षणे तृतीया Sk.
    3. Designation; प्राद्युपल- क्षणम् Sk.
    4. Implying something that has not been actually expressed, implication of something in addition or any similar object where only one is mentioned; synecdoche of a part for the whole, of an individual for the species, or of a quality for that in which the quality exists (स्वप्रतिपादकत्वे सति स्वेतरप्रतिपादकत्वं); मन्त्रग्रहणं ब्राह्मणस्याप्युपलक्षणम् ParasmaipadaII.4.8 Sk.; so अस्ति नास्तेरुपल- क्षणम् etc.
    Source: ApteApte entry
  3. संलक्षणम्saṃlakṣaṇamMarking, distinguishing or characterizing.

    Marking, distinguishing or characterizing.

    Source: ApteApte entry