चक्षुस्

See चक्षु (cakṣu).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ́k.ʂus/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐk.ʂus̪/

चक्षुस् • (cákṣus) stem

1. seeing (having vision; capable of sight)

चक्षुस् • (cákṣus) stem, n

1. light; clearness
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 5.24.9:

     सू॒र्यश् च॒क्षुषाम् अ॒धिपतिः स॒ मावतु ।

     sūryáś cakṣúṣā́m adhípátíḥ sa mā́vátú.

     May Sūrya (the Sun), ruler of lights, favour me.

2. the faculty of seeing; sight; vision
   • c. 1 CE – 200 CE, Vimalakīrtinirdeśa 3.29:

     कियद् आयुष्मान् अनिरुद्धो दिव्येन चक्षुषा पश्यति ।

     kiyad āyuṣmān aniruddho divyena cakṣuṣā paśyati.

     How far does the Elder Aniruddha see with the divine sight?

3. the eye (often at the end of a compound)
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.9.6:

     दुर्हा॒र्दश् च॒क्षुषो घोरा॒त् त॒स्मान् नः पाह्य् आञ्जन ॥

     dúrhārdáś cakṣúṣó ghórāt tasmā́n náḥ pā́hy ā́ñjana.

     Ointment, protect us from that evil-intending, horrible eye.

4. a look
5. lustre; splendour

• चक्षु (cakṣu)

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चक्षुस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “Cákshus”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 382/1.