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pakṣaपक्षpakṣá m. (ifc. f(A or I). ) a wing, pinion (in one passage n.), [RV.] &c. &c.
a symbol. N. of the number two, [Var.]; [Hcat.]
a feather, the feathers on both sides of an arrow (cf. gārdhra-p°)
the fin of a fish (cf. nis-tvak-p°)
the shoulder
the flank or side or the half of anything, [RV.] &c. &c.
the side or wing of a building, [AV.]
the wing or flank of an army, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
the half of a lunar month (the first half from new moon to full moon was called pūrva or āpūryamāṇa, later śukla or śuddha; the other half apara or apa-kṣīyamāṇa, later kṛṣṇa or tāmisra; each fortnight consists of 15 Tithis or lunar days called prathamā, dvitīyā &c.), [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.]; [Var.] &c.
a side, party, faction
multitude, number, troop, set, class of beings
partisan, adherent, follower, friend (śatru- ‘the enemy's side’ or ‘a partisan of the enemy’; mahā-, ‘one who has many adherents’), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
side i.e. position, place, stead (°kṣe ifc. instead of or by way of), [ib.]
quantity (see keśa-)
one of two cases or one side of an argument, an alternative (°kṣe, ‘on the other hand’, with atra, ‘in this case’, pakṣāntare, ‘in the other case’), [Pāṇ.], Sch.
a point or matter under discussion, a thesis, a particular theory, a position advanced or an argument to be maintained (cf. pūrva-, uttara-)
an action or lawsuit, [Yājñ., Sch.]
(in logic) the proposition to be proved in a syllogism, [Tarkas.]; [Bhāṣāp.]
any supposition or view, motion, idea, opinion (mukhyaḥ pakṣaḥ, ‘an excellent idea’, [Śak.], Sch.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the sun, [Sāy.] on [RV. iii, 53, 16]
N. of sev. men, [VP.]
(in alg.) a primary division or the side of an equation in a primary division
the wall of a house or any wall, [L.]
an army, [L.]
favour, [L.]
contradiction, rejoinder, [L.]
the ash-pit of a fire-place, [L.]
a royal elephant, [L.]
a limb or member of the body, [L.]
the feathers of the tail of a peacock, a tail, [L.]
proximity, neighbourhood, [L.]
a bracelet, [L.]
purity, perfection, [L.]
pakṣá mfn. = pācaka, bādhaka, [Sāy.] on [RV. vi, 47, 19.]
[cf. OGerm. fahs; Angl.Sax. feax.]
pakṣasपक्षस्pákṣas n. a wing, [Uṇ. iv, 219], Sch.
a side, [RV. vi, 47, 19]
the side part of a carriage, [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.]; [Gobh.]
the leaf or side-post of a door, [VS.]; [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.]
the wing of an army, [ŚāṅkhBr.] a half or any division, [ŚrS.]
a half month, [TāṇḍBr.]
the side or shore of a river, [ib.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
pakṣajaपक्षजpakṣa—ja m. ‘produced in half a month’, the moon (also -janman), [L.]
N. of partic. clouds, [VP.]
pakṣakaपक्षकm. a wing (ifc.; cf. sa-)
N. of the number two, [Hcat.]
a fan, [Gal.]
a side door, [L.]
a side, [Śiś.]
a partisan, [L.]
pakṣatāपक्षताpakṣa—tā f. partisanship, adherence to a party (°tāṃ-√ gam, with gen. ‘to take the side of’), [MBh.]
(in phil.) the taking up a side or argument
maintaining or defending a thesis
the essential nature of a proposition
the being the premiss to be proved
N. of sev. works.
pakṣatiपक्षतिpakṣatí f. the root or pit of a bird's wing, [VS.]; [Kāv.]; [Rājat.] (cf. [Pāṇ. v, 2, 25])
the feathers or plumage of a bird, [Kād.]; [Bālar.] (ifc.; -tā f.)
the first Tithi or day of the half month (also °tī), [L.]
pakṣaghnaपक्षघ्नpakṣa—ghna (with tri-śālaka) n. (a house) wanting (lit. killing) a side i.e. having three halls towards east and south and north (but not one towards the west), [Var.]
pakṣaśasपक्षशस्pakṣa—śas ind. by or for half months or fortnights, [MBh.]
pakṣakṛtपक्षकृत्pakṣa—kṛt m. a partisan, follower, [VāmP.]
pakṣatvaपक्षत्वpakṣa—tva n. the being a part of (comp.), [Śaṃk.]
the being the premiss to be proved, [Tarkas.]
the being a lawsuit, [Yājñ., Sch.]
= -tā, [L.]
pakṣavatपक्षवत्pakṣá—vat (°kṣá-), mfn. winged, having wings or flanks, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
belonging to a party, having adherents or followers, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.] ‘belonging to a good family, wellborn’).
pakṣabhāgaपक्षभागpakṣa—bhāga m. the side or flank, (esp.) the flank of an elephant, [L.]
pakṣabhedaपक्षभेदpakṣa—bheda m. distinction between two sides of an argument
the difference between the two halves of a lunar month, [MW.]
pakṣadharīपक्षधरीpakṣa—dharī f. N. of wk.
pakṣadharaपक्षधरpakṣa—dhara mfn. having wings (cf. m.)
taking the side of, clinging to (gen. or loc.), [MBh.]
pakṣa—dhara m. a bird, [Hariv.]
an elephant that has strayed from the herd, [L.]
the moon, [L.] (cf. -cara)
N. of Jayadeva (author of the Tattva-cintāmaṇy-āloka), [Cat.]
pakṣaghātaपक्षघातpakṣa—ghāta See pakṣāgh°.
pakṣabalaपक्षबलpakṣa—bala n. strength of wing, [MW.]
pakṣacchidपक्षच्छिद्pakṣa—cchid m. ‘cutter of the wings’ (of mountains), N. of Indra, [Kālid.]
pakṣacaraपक्षचरpakṣa—cara m. = -gama, m. (cf. jala-pakṣa-c°)
an elephant strayed from the herd, [Kād.]
the moon, [L.]
pakṣagamaपक्षगमpakṣa—gama mfn. moving with wing, flying
pakṣa—gama m. a bird, [R.]
pakṣaharaपक्षहरpakṣa—hara m. a recreant, traitor, [MBh.]
pakṣahataपक्षहतpakṣa—hatá mfn. paralysed on one side, [ŚBr.]
pakṣahomaपक्षहोमpakṣa—homa m. an oblation lasting for a fortnight or to be offered every fortnight, [L.]
pakṣamūlaपक्षमूलpakṣa—mūla n. the root or articulation of a wing, [L.]
pakṣanāḍīपक्षनाडीpakṣa—nāḍī f. a quill, [Suśr.]
pakṣapāliपक्षपालिpakṣa—pāli f. a wing, [Caṇḍak.]
a private or back door, [L.]
pakṣapātaपक्षपातpakṣa—pāta m. ‘falling of the feathers’, the moulting of birds, [L.]
flying, soaring, [Ratnāv. ii, 7]
adopting a side or argument, siding with, partiality or inclination for (loc. gen. acc. with prati, or comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (also, [Ratnāv. ii, 7])
a partisan, adherent, [W.]
pakṣapuṭaपक्षपुटpakṣa—puṭa m. a wing (lit. ‘the hollow of the wing’), [Hariv.]; [Kād.]
pakṣatitāपक्षतिताpakṣati—tā f.
pakṣavādaपक्षवादpakṣa—vāda m. expression of opinion, stating a case, [MBh.]
pakṣavadhaपक्षवधpakṣa—vadha m. ‘side stroke’, paralysis of one side, [Car.]; [Bhpr.]
pakṣayāgaपक्षयागpakṣa—yāga m. N. of wk.
pakṣabhuktiपक्षभुक्तिpakṣa—bhukti f. the course traversed by the sun in a fortnight, [BhP.]
pakṣaṃgamaपक्षंगमpakṣa—ṃ-gama mfn. = °kṣa-g, [R.]
pakṣabinduपक्षबिन्दुpakṣa—bindu m. ‘wing-spot’, a heron, [L.]
pakṣadvāraपक्षद्वारpakṣa—dvāra n. a side or inner or back door, private entrance, [Mṛcch.]
pakṣadvayaपक्षद्वयpakṣa—dvaya n. both sides of an argument, [W.]
a month (lit. 2 half months), [ib.]
pakṣagrāhaपक्षग्राहpakṣa—grāha ([Hariv.]) mfn. one who takes the side or chooses the party of (gen. or comp.)
pakṣaguptaपक्षगुप्तpakṣa—gupta m. ‘wing-protected’, a species of bird, [L.]
pakṣakṣayaपक्षक्षयpakṣa—kṣaya m. the end of a half month, [Var.]
pakṣakṣepaपक्षक्षेपpakṣa—kṣepa m. the stroke or beat of a wing, [Bhpr.] (v.l. pakṣotk°).
pakṣapātinपक्षपातिन्pakṣa—pātin mfn. flying
ifc. siding with, favouring, [Kāv.]; [Pañc.]
pakṣapucchaपक्षपुच्छpakṣa—pucchá n. wings and tail, [ŚBr.]
pakṣarātriपक्षरात्रिpakṣa—rātri f. a kind of play or sport, [Cat.]
pakṣagrāhinपक्षग्राहिन्pakṣa—grā°hin ([R.]) mfn. one who takes the side or chooses the party of (gen. or comp.)
pakṣapātitāपक्षपातिताpakṣa—pā°ti-tā f., [Rājat.]; [Naiṣ.]
pakṣapoṣaṇaपक्षपोषणpakṣa—poṣaṇa mfn. favouring a party, factious, [BhP.]
pakṣaracanāपक्षरचनाpakṣa—racanā f. forming a party or faction
pakṣatāvādaपक्षतावादpakṣa-tā—vāda m. N. of wk.
pakṣatāṭīkāपक्षताटीकाpakṣa-tā—ṭīkā f. N. of wk.
pakṣatipuṭaपक्षतिपुटpakṣati—puṭa m. pl. the expanded wings, [Caṇḍ.] (cf. pakṣa-p°).
pakṣavāhanaपक्षवाहनpakṣa—vāhana m. ‘whose vehicles are wings’, a bird, [L.]
pakṣavikalaपक्षविकलpakṣa—vikala mfn. having mutilated wings, [Mṛcch.]
pakṣavyāpinपक्षव्यापिन्pakṣa—vyāpin mfn. embracing the whole of an argument, [MW.]
pakṣagrahaṇaपक्षग्रहणpakṣa—grahaṇa n. taking the side of (gen.), [Kām.]
pakṣanikṣepaपक्षनिक्षेपpakṣa—nikṣepa m. the placing on the side of, counting among (comp.), [Sarvad.]
pakṣapātitvaपक्षपातित्वpakṣa—pā°ti-tva n., [MW.]
pakṣasammitaपक्षसम्मितpakṣa—sammita mfn. corresponding to the (size of the) wings, [KātyŚr.]
pakṣasundaraपक्षसुन्दरpakṣa—sundara m. Symplocos Racemosa, [L.]
pakṣatākroḍaपक्षताक्रोडpakṣa-tā—kroḍa m. N. of wk.
pakṣahomavidhiपक्षहोमविधिpakṣa-homa—vidhi m. N. of wk.
pakṣapradyotaपक्षप्रद्योतpakṣa—pradyota m. N. of a partic. position of the hands in dancing, [Cat.]
pakṣapucchavatपक्षपुच्छवत्pakṣa—pu°ccha-vat mfn. having wings and tails, [ib.]
pakṣatāgranthaपक्षताग्रन्थpakṣa-tā—grantha m. N. of wk.
pakṣatāvicāraपक्षताविचारpakṣa-tā—vicāra m. N. of wk.
pakṣadharamiśraपक्षधरमिश्रpakṣa—dhara—miśra m. N. of an author
pakṣadharoddhāraपक्षधरोद्धारpakṣa—dha°roddhāra m. N. of wk.
pakṣatārahasyaपक्षतारहस्यpakṣa-tā—rahasya n. N. of wk.
pakṣatāvādārthaपक्षतावादार्थpakṣa-tā—vādārtha m. N. of wk.
pakṣatāṭippanīपक्षताटिप्पनीpakṣa-tā—ṭippanī f. N. of wk.
pakṣavañcitakaपक्षवञ्चितकpakṣa—vañcitaka n. a partic. position of the hands in dancing, [ib.]
pakṣadharavyākhyāपक्षधरव्याख्याpakṣa—dhara—vyākhyā f. N. of wk.
pakṣadharmatāvādaपक्षधर्मतावादpakṣa—dharmatā-vāda m. N. of wk.
pakṣapradoṣavrataपक्षप्रदोषव्रतpakṣa—pradoṣa-vrata n. N. of wk.
pakṣapātakṛtasnehaपक्षपातकृतस्नेहpakṣa—pāta—kṛta-sneha mfn. manifesting party attachment, sympathizing, [MW.]
pakṣaracanānaipuṇyaपक्षरचनानैपुण्यpakṣa—racanā—naipuṇya n. skill in forming &c., [Daś.]
pakṣatāsiddhāntagranthaपक्षतासिद्धान्तग्रन्थpakṣa-tā—siddhānta-grantha m. N. of wk.
pakṣahomasamasyavidhānaपक्षहोमसमस्यविधानpakṣa-homa—samasya-vidhāna n. N. of wk.