cl. 1. Ā. ī́kṣate, īkṣāṃ-cakre ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 63]), īkṣiṣyate, aikṣiṣṭa, īkṣitum, to see, look, view, behold, look at, gaze at; to watch over (with acc. or rarely loc.), [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to see in one's mind, think, have a thought, [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; [Bhag.] &c.; to regard, consider, [Kum.]; to observe (the stars &c.), [VarBṛS.]; to foretell for (dat.; lit. to observe the stars for any one), [Pāṇ. i, 4, 39] : Caus. īkṣayati, to make one look at (with acc.), [ĀśvGṛ.] (This root is perhaps connected with akṣi, q.v.)