लक्ष
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬮᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- লক্ষ (Assamese script)
- লক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- લક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ꦭꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- ಲಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- လက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- ଲକ୍ଷ (Oriya script)
- ꢭꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- లక్ష (Telugu script)
- ལཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
Noun
लक्ष • (lakṣa) 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.
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “लक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0891.
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