# साक्षि (sākṣi)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sakshi

साक्षि (sākṣi) is a Sanskrit word meaning witness, used in compounds for sakshin.

- **SLP1:** `sAkzi`  **IAST:** sākṣi  **Devanagari:** साक्षि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshi_%28witness%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sakshi/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** साक्षी (sākṣī)

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- witness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1198,1] 1. सा (sā) क्षि (kṣi) m. ( m.c. for सा (sā) क्षि (kṣi) न् (kṣin), in लोक - (loka-) and समस्त - स् (samasta-s) ° (°), q.v. ) [ ID=241038 ]
- used in compounds for sakshin  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 2. सा (sā) क्षि (kṣi) in comp. for सा (sā) क्षि (kṣi) न् (kṣin). [ ID=241039 ]
- 1. A witness. 2. The deities acting as witnesses.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > साक्षि (sākṣi) [Printed book page 3-576 ] Sākṣi — witness; the Devas as witnesses to piṇḍadāna. Vā. 110. 59 and 60. [ ID=15727 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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