लक्ष
Sanskrit
Etymology
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Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- লক্ষ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- লক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- လက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- લક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- លក្ឞ (Khmer script)
- ລກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
- ലക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
- ଲକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- ලක්ෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- லக்ஷ (Tamil script)
- లక్ష (Telugu script)
- ลกฺษ (Thai script)
- ལ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Noun
लक्ष • (lakṣa) stem, m
- or n. (prob. fr. √ लग् as ‘that which is attached or fixed’) a mark, sign, token, (esp.) a mark to aim at, target, butt, aim, object, prey, prize RV. ii, 12, 4, &c. &c. (cf. लब्ध-ल्° ; आकाशे लक्षम्-√बन्ध्, to fix the gaze vaguely on space, look into space as if at some object barely visible in the distance Ṡak. ; cf. also आकाश-बद्ध-लक्ष)
- appearance, show, pretence (cf. -सुप्त)
- a kind of citron L.
- a pearl L.
Noun
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- a lakh, one hundred thousand Yājñ. Hariv. &c.
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pka" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "inc-mgd" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pmh" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- → Middle Chinese: 洛叉 (MC lak tsrhea|tsrhae)
- → Old Javanese: [script needed] (lakṣa)
- → Old Malay: [script needed] (laksa)
- → Old Mon:
- → Mon: လက်
- → Old Tamil:
- Tamil: இலட்சம் (ilaṭcam)
- Pali: lakkha
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- → Sinhalese: ලක්ෂය (lakṣaya)
- → Telugu: లక్ష (lakṣa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0891.