Utpeksh, Utpekṣ: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Utpekṣ can be transliterated into English as Utpeks or Utpeksh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryUtpekṣ (उत्पेक्ष्).—1 Ā. [उत्प्र-ईक्ष् (utpra-īkṣ)]
1) To look up to; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1. to expect; K.35,229; to anticipate, see in prospect; उत्प्रेक्षमाणा जघनाभिघातम् (utprekṣamāṇā jaghanābhighātam) Mu.2.
2) To see, perceive, behold
3) To guess, conjecture; भगवति किमुत्प्रेक्षसे कुतस्त्योऽयमिति (bhagavati kimutprekṣase kutastyo'yamiti) Uttararāmacarita 4,6; K.67.121,198-9.
4) To believe, fancy; K.18; Ve.2.1; उत्प्रेक्षामो वयं तावन्मतिमन्तं बिभीषणम् (utprekṣāmo vayaṃ tāvanmatimantaṃ bibhīṣaṇam) Rām.
5) To remember, think of; तदुत्प्रेक्ष्योत्प्रेक्ष्य प्रियसखि गतांस्तांश्च दिवसान् (tadutprekṣyotprekṣya priyasakhi gatāṃstāṃśca divasān) Amaruśataka 43; Uttararāmacarita 6.37.
6) To transfer (with loc.).
7) To illustrate by a supposed simile; see उत्प्रेक्षा (utprekṣā) below.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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