लक्ष्

See also: लक्ष, लाक्षा, and लक्ष्मी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• લક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• លក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ລກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ലക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• லக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• లక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• ลกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• ལ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps an l-form of रक्ष् (rakṣ, “to protect”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐkʂ/

Root

लक्ष् • (lakṣ)

1. to perceive, observe
2. to recognise
3. to mark, sign
4. to characterize, define
5. to indicate, designate indirectly
6. to aim, direct towards, have in view, mean
7. to consider or regard as
8. to suppose of someone that they will (do etc.)
9. to know, understand, recognize by or as or that
10. to notice, perceive, observe, see, view
11. to be meant or intended
12. to be named or called
13. to be perceived or seen, appear, seem, look like

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लक्ष् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लक्ष् (9 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• लक्षति (lakṣati, Present)
• लक्षते (lakṣate, Present)
• लक्षयति (lakṣayati, Present)
• लक्षयते (lakṣayate, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• लक्ष (lakṣa)
• लक्षण (lakṣaṇa)
• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa)
• लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī)
• लक्ष्य (lakṣya)
• अललक्षत् (alalakṣat)
• अललक्षत (alalakṣata)
• लक्षयितुम् (lakṣayitum)
• लक्षयित्वा (lakṣayitvā)
• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate)
• लिलक्षयिषित (lilakṣayiṣita)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0891/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 144
• Differentiation of Meanings in the English and German Language: The Case of the Concept 'Vision'