ईक्षा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঈক্ষা (Assamese script)
- ᬈᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- ঈক্ষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰃𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀈𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဤက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
- ઈક્ષા (Gujarati script)
- ਈਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌈𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦇꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂆𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಈಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ឦក្ឞា (Khmer script)
- ອີກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
- ഈക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘃𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦣𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐃𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଈକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
- ꢅꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆆𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖃𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඊක්ෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚃𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஈக்ஷா (Tamil script)
- ఈక్షా (Telugu script)
- อีกฺษา (Thai script)
- ཨཱི་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒄𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root ईक्ष् (īkṣ, “to see”) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /iːk.ʂɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /iːk.ʂɑː/
Noun
ईक्षा • (īkṣā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ईक्षा (īkṣā) | ईक्षे (īkṣe) | ईक्षाः (īkṣāḥ) |
| accusative | ईक्षाम् (īkṣām) | ईक्षे (īkṣe) | ईक्षाः (īkṣāḥ) |
| instrumental | ईक्षया (īkṣayā) ईक्षा¹ (īkṣā¹) |
ईक्षाभ्याम् (īkṣābhyām) | ईक्षाभिः (īkṣābhiḥ) |
| dative | ईक्षायै (īkṣāyai) | ईक्षाभ्याम् (īkṣābhyām) | ईक्षाभ्यः (īkṣābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ईक्षायाः (īkṣāyāḥ) ईक्षायै² (īkṣāyai²) |
ईक्षाभ्याम् (īkṣābhyām) | ईक्षाभ्यः (īkṣābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ईक्षायाः (īkṣāyāḥ) ईक्षायै² (īkṣāyai²) |
ईक्षयोः (īkṣayoḥ) | ईक्षाणाम् (īkṣāṇām) |
| locative | ईक्षायाम् (īkṣāyām) | ईक्षयोः (īkṣayoḥ) | ईक्षासु (īkṣāsu) |
| vocative | ईक्षे (īkṣe) | ईक्षे (īkṣe) | ईक्षाः (īkṣāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- समीक्षा (samīkṣā)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “ईक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 170, column 1.