प्रत्यक्षpratyakṣa

प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣa) is a Sanskrit word meaning visible or perceptible, clear, distinct, real, keeping in view or discerning, direct perception by the senses, superintendence or care, a style descriptive of impressions derived from the senses. Its 40 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Adjective: Visible, Perceptible, Clear, Direct, Real, Corporeal, Adverbial Usage (e.g., Before the eyes, Clearly), Comprehensive Overview (Adjective, Noun, Adverb, etc.).

Root: श्रु (śru)
Etymology: E. अक्ष an organ of sense
Definitions: 40

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Meanings by context

Adjective: Visible, Perceptible, Clear, Direct, Real, Corporeal

12 definitions

Visible or perceptible.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

clear, distinct, real

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Visible or perceptible to the eye.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Present, in sight, before the eye

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cognizable by any sense organ.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Distinct, evident, clear

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Direct, immediate

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Explicit, express.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Corporeal

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Perceptible, present, or perceivable by the senses.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Perceptible, present, before the eyes

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Present, visible, or perceptible. 2. Distinct, evident, or clear. 3. Direct or immediate. 4. Corporeal.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adverbial Usage (e.g., Before the eyes, Clearly)

12 definitions

before the eyes, clearly, directly, or personally

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

explicitly, actually, really

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

visibly, publicly, or directly

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Before one's face or publicly.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Before, in the presence of, in the sight of

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Openly, publicly

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Directly, immediately

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Personally

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

At sight.

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Explicitly

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Clearly

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Literally

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Comprehensive Overview (Adjective, Noun, Adverb, etc.)

6 definitions

Visible, evident, apparent, actual, real, direct, and immediate perception

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Perceptible by the senses, present, or cognizable. 2. Distinct, clear, or evident. 3. Direct or immediate. 4. Corporeal. 5. Ocular evidence or sensory perception.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Visible or present. 2. Perceptible or evident. 3. In the presence or publicly. 4. At sight or evidently. 5. Perception. 6. Superintendence.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Plainly visible, clear, or actual. 2. Superintendence or direct perception.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

before the eyes, plainly visible

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Perceptible to the senses, present before the eyes, or in sight. 2. Clear, evident, distinct, actual, real, corporeal, or immediate. 3. Perceptibility, ocular evidence, clearness, or superintendence. 4. Sensory apprehension, perception, intuition, or a descriptive rhetorical style.

प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣa) [Printed book page 0624-b]
प्रत्यक्ष (pratyakṣa) praty-akṣa, as, ā, am, perceptible

to the eye, being present before the eyes, in sight,

perceptible, sensible, cognizable by any of the organs

of sense (opposed to paro'kṣa, q. v.); clear, dis-

tinct, evident, undoubted, express, explicit, actual,

real; corporeal; immediate; having before the eyes,

keeping in view, discerning; (am), n. perceptibility,

ocular evidence, clearness, distinctness, explicitness;

superintendence; (in philosophy) apprehension by the

senses, sensation, perception, intuition; (in rhetoric)

a kind of style descriptive of impressions derived from

the senses; (am, āt, eṇa), ind. before the eyes, in

the sight of; with direct personal knowledge, dis-

tinctly, clearly; in the face of, in the presence of,

before; publicly; immediately, directly, explicitly,

really; literally; personally; at first sight, at sight;

(e), ind. in the sight of, before the eyes of. —Praty-

akṣa-kṛtā, f., Ved., scil. ṛk, a hymn or verse in

which a deity is addressed directly or in the second

person (e. g. O Indra, thou &c.). —Pratyakṣa-

khaṇḍa, as, am, m. n., N. of the first part of the

Tattva-cintā-maṇi a Nyāya work by Gaṅgeśa. —Pra-

tyakṣa-jñāna, am, n. knowledge obtained by per-
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ception. —Pratyakṣa-tamām or pratyakṣa-ta-

māt, ind., Ved. most perceptibly; most directly; most

evidently. —Pratyakṣa-tas, ind. before the eyes,

in presence of, visibly, perceptibly, (pratyakṣataḥ

śrutam, heard perceptibly or with the ears); evi-

dently, clearly, plainly. —Pratyakṣa-tā, f. or pra-

tyakṣa-tva, am, n. visibility, perceptibility, per-

ception by the senses, ocular demonstration; the

standing face to face; explicitness; addressing in

the second person (Ved.); pratyakṣatayā, visibly.

—Pratyakṣa-darśana, am, n. seeing with one's

own eyes, witnessing or seeing in person; the power

of discerning the godhead present (in the sacrifice);

(as), m. an eye-witness, witness. —Pratyakṣa-

darśin, ī, inī, i, seeing with one's own eyes, one who

has seen with his own eyes, an eye-witness. —Praty-

akṣa-darśivas, ān, m. one who has seen anything

with his own eyes, an eye-witness; seeing anything

clearly as if before the eyes. —Pratyakṣa-dṛś, k,

k, k, seeing distinctly, one who sees anything clearly

as if before the eyes. —Pratyakṣa-dṛśya, as,

ā, am, to be seen with the eyes, visible, per-

ceptible. —Pratyakṣa-dṛṣṭa, as, ā, am, seen

with the eyes. —Pratyakṣa-parīkṣaṇa, am, n.

real observation or examination. —Pratyakṣa-

pramā, f. correct or certain knowledge obtained

through the senses. —Pratyakṣa-pramāṇa, am, n.

ocular or visible proof, the evidence of the senses;

an organ or faculty of perception. —Pratyakṣa-

phala, am, n. a visible consequence. —Pratyakṣa-

bṛhatī, f., Ved. a real or original Bṛhatī, an

evident Bṛhatī. —Pratyakṣa-bhakṣa, as, m.,

Ved. real or actual eating. —Pratyakṣa-bhūta, as,

ā, am, become visible, manifested. —Pratyakṣa-

bhoga, as, m. enjoyment or use of anything in the

presence of or with the knowledge of the owner.

—Pratyakṣa-vādin, ī, inī, i, ‘asserting percep-

tion by the senses,’ one who admits of no other

evidence than perception by the senses; (ī), m. a

Buddhist. —Pratyakṣa-vihita, as, ā, am, expressly

enjoined. —Pratyakṣa-vṛtti, is, is, i, having a

form which is visible to the eye; composed clearly

or intelligibly. —Pratyakṣa-siddha, as, ā, am,

determined by the evidence of the senses. —Praty-

akṣī-karaṇa, am, n. looking at, viewing; making

manifest or apparent. —Pratyakṣī-kṛ, cl. 8. P. A.

-karoti, -kurute, -kartum, to make visible or evident;

to inspect, look at with one's own eyes, see. —Praty-

akṣī-kṛta, as, ā, am, seen with the eyes; made

present or visible; manifested, displayed. [ID=31621]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Noun: Perception, Evidence, Superintendence, Explicitness

5 definitions

direct perception by the senses

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

superintendence or care

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Perception, ocular evidence, or apprehension by the senses

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Explicitness, distinctness

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Ocular evidence or sensory perception. 2. In the presence of or before. 3. Publicly. 4. Immediately, directly, or personally.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Specific Compounds & Derived Meanings (e.g., pratyakṣa-darśin, pratyakṣa-phala)

4 definitions

keeping in view or discerning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a style descriptive of impressions derived from the senses

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a hymn in which a deity is directly addressed

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

correct or certain knowledge obtained through direct sensory perception

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Referential Entry

1 definition

See pratyaksha.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.