(vi-√ īkṣ) Ā. vīkṣate (ep. also P.), to look at, see, behold, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.; to look upon, regard (pitṛ-vat, as a father), [R.]; (with hṛdi) to see in the heart, ponder, [R.]; to consider, observe, discern, ascertain, understand, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to think fit or proper, [Suśr.]; to look over, peruse, study, [VarBṛS.] : Pass. vīkṣyate, to be looked at &c.; to look like, appear, [Vikr.]