# अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa)

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अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) is a Sanskrit word meaning visible, capable of being perceived, in the sight of, perceptibly, manifestly, perceptibly or manifestly, not distant or remote. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Adjective: Perceptible, Visible, Present, Clear, Adverbial: In Presence or Perceptibly, Adjective: Not Distant, Not Remote.

- **SLP1:** `aparokza`  **IAST:** aparokṣa  **Devanagari:** अपरोक्ष
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparoksha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/aparoksha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** अपरोक्षा (aparokṣā)

## Meanings by context

### Adjective: Perceptible, Visible, Present, Clear (7 definitions)
- visible  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 51,3] अ - परोक्ष (a-parokṣa) mfn. not invisible [ ID=9614 ]
- capable of being perceived  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > perceptible [ ID=9615 ]
- Visible or perceptible to the senses.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 0110-c ] अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) a. 1 Not invisible, perceptible to the senses, visible
- Visible or present  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 020-1 ] अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) a-parokṣa, a. not invisible, present, perceptible: lc. of one has been present ( gr. ); -tva, n. presence. [ ID=1937 ]
- 1. Perceptible to the senses. 2. Not remote.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 038-23 ] अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) a. (f. क्षा (kṣā) ) 1. Not invisible, perceptible to thfr senses; 2. not distant, not remote. [ ID=2162 ]
- visible, perceptible, or clear  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अपरो (aparo) क्ष (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 029 ] अपरो (aparo) क्ष (aparokṣa) a. not beyond the eye or out of sight, witnessed, testified, perceptible, clear; abstr. अपरो (aparo) क्ष (aparokṣa)++ (aparokṣa++) ° त्व (°tva) n. — अपरो (aparo) ° क्षम् (°kṣam) & अपरो (aparo) ° क्षे (°kṣe) in the presence of; अपरो (aparo) क्ष (aparokṣa) ात् (aparokṣāt) clearly. [ ID=1960 ]
- 1. Not invisible or perceptible. 2. In the sight of. 3. Perceptibly or manifestly.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 0052-a ] अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) a-parokṣa, as, ā, am, not in- visible; perceptible; ( am ), ind. (with gen.) in the sight of; ( āt ), ind. perceptibly, manifestly. [ ID=3416 ]

### Adverbial: In Presence or Perceptibly (3 definitions)
- in the sight of  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1C) [Printed book page 51,3] अ - परोक्षम् (a-parokṣam) ind. (with gen. ) in the sight of [ ID=9616 ]
- perceptibly, manifestly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > अ - परोक्षात् (a-parokṣāt) ind. perceptibly, manifestly, Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title) xiv. [ ID=9617 ]
- In the presence of  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — क्षं (kṣaṃ) adv. In the presence of (with gen. ); अपरोक्षात् (aparokṣāt) perceptibly, visibly, manifestly, openly

### Adjective: Not Distant, Not Remote (2 definitions)
- Not distant or remote  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 0110-c ] अपरोक्ष (aparokṣa) a. 2 Not distant or remote
- 1. Not distant or remote. 2. Perceptible and clear. 3. Absolute and unqualified.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अ (a) परोक्ष (parokṣa) (aparokṣa) [Printed book page 173-b ] अ (a) परोक्ष (parokṣa) (aparokṣa) Tatpur. m. f. n. ( - क्षः - क्षा - क्षम् (-kṣaḥ-kṣā-kṣam) ) 1 Not distant, not remote; e. g. in the Sūtra of Pāṇini III. 2. 119. and the Kār. 2. to III. 2. 118., where the past which is not remote is opposed to the past which is remote (as treated III. 2. 115 ff.). 2 Perceptible, clear; e. g. in the Sāṅkhya Sūtras: युक्तितो (yuktito) ' पि न बाध्यते दिङ्गूढवदपरोक्ष (parokṣa) ादृते ('pi na bādhyate diṅgūḍhavadaparokṣādṛte) (scil. बन्धः (bandhaḥ) or the bon- dage of the soul; comm. = साक्षात्कारं विना (sākṣātkāraṃ vinā) ); or नानुमे - (nānume-) यत्वमेव क्रियाया नेदिष्ठस्य तत्तद्वतोरेवापरोक्ष (parokṣa) प्रतीतेः (yatvameva kriyāyā nediṣṭhasya tattadvatorevāparokṣapratīteḥ) (comm. प्रत्यक्षेणापि प्रतीतिरस्ति (pratyakṣeṇāpi pratītirasti) &c.); अ (a) परोक्ष (parokṣa) (aparokṣa) म् (aparokṣam) also used adver- bially. 3 Absolute, not qualified; as epithet of Brahman (neuter) in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upan., where the ablative अ (a) परोक्ष (parokṣa) (aparokṣa) ात् (aparokṣāt) is used absolutely in the sense of the nomin. अ (a) परोक्ष (parokṣa) (aparokṣa) म् (aparokṣam) viz. यत्साक्षादपरोक्ष (parokṣa) ाद्ब्रह्म (yatsākṣādaparokṣādbrahma) ( Śaṅkara: यद्ब्राह्म साक्षा - (yadbrāhma sākṣā-) दव्यवहितं केनचित् । द्रष्टुरपरोक्ष (parokṣa) ादगौणं न श्रोत्रब्रह्मादिवत् ।; (davyavahitaṃ kenacit. draṣṭuraparokṣādagauṇaṃ na śrotrabrahmādivat.;) Anandajnāna: मुख्यमेव द्रष्टुरव्यवहितस्वरूपं ब्रह्म । तथा च (mukhyameva draṣṭuravyavahitasvarūpaṃ brahma. tathā ca) द्रष्ट्रधीनसिद्धत्वाभावात्स्वतोऽपरोक्ष (parokṣa) मित्यर्थः । श्रोत्रं ब्रह्म मनो (draṣṭradhīnasiddhatvābhāvātsvato'parokṣamityarthaḥ. śrotraṃ brahma mano) Page174-a+ 56 ब्रह्मेत्यादि यथा गौणं न तथा गौणम् । (brahmetyādi yathā gauṇaṃ na tathā gauṇam.) ). E. अ (a) neg. and परोक्ष (parokṣa). [ ID=4847 ]

### Related Terms/Derivatives (1 definition)
- direct cognition  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अनुभूतिः (anubhūtiḥ) f. direct cognition. [ ID=2482 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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