mf(A)n. able, possible, practicable, capable of being (with inf. in pass. sense, e.g. na sā śakyā netum balāt, ‘she cannot be conducted by force’; tan mayā śakyam pratipattum, ‘that is able to be acquired by me’; the form śakyam may also be used with a nom. case which is in a different gender or number, e.g. śakyaṃ śva-māṃsādibhir api kṣut pratihantum, ‘hunger can be appeased even by dog's flesh &c.’; cf. [Vām. v, 2, 25]), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
to be conquered or subdued, liable to be compelled to (inf.), [MBh.]
explicit, direct, literal (as the meaning of a word or sentence, opp. to lakṣya and vyaṅgya), [Alaṃkāraś.]