सम्प्रेक्ष्
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Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]सम् (sam) + प्र- (pra-) + √ईक्ष् (īkṣ, “to regard, to consider”)
Verb
[edit]सम्प्रेक्ष् • (samprekṣ)
- root of सम्प्रेक्षते (samprekṣate)
- to look well at
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 6.13:
- संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्
- saṃprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan
- contemplating the nose-tip of his self and to (other) direction not glance
- संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन्
- to become aware
- to reflect upon
Related terms
[edit]- सम्प्रेक्षक (samprekṣaka, “spectator”)
- सम्प्रेक्षित (samprekṣita, “investigated, considered”)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “सम्प्रेक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1177.