Pakshata, Pakṣatā: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pakṣatā can be transliterated into English as Paksata or Pakshata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPakṣatā (पक्षता).—
1) Alliance, partisanship.
2) Adherence to a party.
3) Taking up a side or argument.
4) Forming a part of.
5) Maintaining or defending a thesis.
6) The essential nature of a proposition.
7) Being the minor term or subject of a syllogism.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakṣatā (पक्षता).—f.
(-tā) 1. The nature or essential character of a proposition. 2. The taking up a side of argument. 3. Maintaining or defending a thesis. E. tal added to pakṣa; also with tva, pakṣatvaṃ.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakṣatā (पक्षता).—[pakṣa + tā], f. Alliance, Mahābhārata 2, 2665.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPakṣatā (पक्षता) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[nyāya] by Raghunātha. Oudh. Xv, 96.
—by Raghudeva. Sb. 208.
—by Gadādhara q. v.
—[commentary] Oppert. 904. 7717.
—[commentary] by Kṛṣṇabhaṭṭa. Io. 331. Oudh. Xv, 98. Oppert. Ii, 3696. 8498.
—[commentary] by Śaṅkara Bhaṭṭa. Oppert. Ii, 10241.
1) Pakṣatā (पक्षता):—[=pakṣa-tā] [from pakṣa > pakṣ] f. partisanship, adherence to a party (tāṃ-√gam, with [genitive case] ‘to take the side of’), [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] (in [philosophy]) the taking up a side or argument
3) [v.s. ...] maintaining or defending a thesis
4) [v.s. ...] the essential nature of a proposition
5) [v.s. ...] the being the premiss to be proved
6) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce works.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPakṣatā (पक्षता):—(tā) 1. f. Nature of a thesis; the taking of one side.
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Starts with (+7): Pakshatagrantha, Pakshatagrantharahasya, Pakshatakroda, Pakshatakrodapattra, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthadidhititika, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthakroda, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthaloka, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthanugama, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthaprakasha, Pakshatapurvapakshagrantharahasya, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthatika, Pakshatapurvapakshagranthavivecana, Pakshatarahasya, Pakshatasiddhantagrantha, Pakshatasiddhantagranthakroda, Pakshatasiddhantagranthaloka, Pakshatasiddhantagranthanugama, Pakshatasiddhantagranthaprakasha, Pakshatasiddhantagrantharahasya, Pakshatasiddhantagranthatika.
Ends with: Apakshata, Brihahpatipakshata, Brihaspatipakshata, Nishpakshata, Nishpratipakshata, Pratipakshata, Purvasiddhantapakshata, Sapakshata, Satpratipakshata, Uttarapakshata, Vipakshata.
Full-text (+9): Vipakshata, Pakshatakroda, Pakshatatippani, Pakshatatika, Pakshatavadartha, Pakshatagrantha, Pakshatavicara, Pakshatarahasya, Pakshatavada, Pakshatasiddhantagrantha, Sapakshata, Apakshata, Pratipakshata, Uttarapakshata, Purvasiddhantapakshata, Brihahpatipakshata, Samshayapakshatarahasya, Samshayapakshatavada, Paramarshakaranapakshatavada, Ubhay.
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